Telenor youth forum opens for entries
Grameenphone, a subsidiary of Telenor Group, announced the launch of this year's Telenor Youth Forum at a programme in Dhaka yesterday.
The forum, which is a global empowerment initiative that aims at connecting young opinion leaders towards digital transformation of the society, is now open for entries in Bangladesh.
Syed Tanvir Husain, director of the Centre of Expertise, People and Organisation, and Sayed Talat Kamal, head of external communications at Grameenphone, attended the launch.
“Digitalisation for Peace” is the topic of this year's forum, which will take place at Oslo in Norway in December and will be attended by young opinion leaders from 13 countries, Grameenphone said in a statement.
Under the local selection process, entries are expected from students, young academics and innovators, the operator said.
“Candidates are expected to present interesting insights into how digital communication foster understanding among people over the bounderies, prosperity and ultimately, peace.”
Applications for entries will be taken until August 6, according to the statement.
Two candidates will be selected from each of the 13 countries, including Bangladesh, where Telenor Group is present.
Ideal candidates for the Oslo event are young opinion shapers, up to the age of 28 years, with fresh perspectives and strong voices.
Entries will be shortlisted through a defined selection process culminating with three finalists being selected by the local team of judges at a final gala event in September 2016.
Selection of the final two candidates, travelling to Oslo in December, will be made by an international selection panel consisting of representatives from civil society, academia and Telenor top management.
Last year, Abreeshme Haque and Sabab Rahman of the Institute of Business Administration under Dhaka University won the local contest of the Forum and represented Bangladesh in Oslo.
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