The Natalie Prize for Press Freedom competition launches in Sana’a

The European Commission Delegation in Sana’a inaugurated the competition for the Natalie Prize for Press Freedom 2008. The European Commission representative in Yemen Mr. Michele Cervone d’ Urso said that the prize touches the essence of their work in Yemen. 

The European Commission has been focusing more on good governance as an essential condition for promoting development in Yemen and to work towards poverty reduction and strengthening cooperation with Yemen in the fields of human rights and freedom of expression, according to their representative.

D’ Urso explained that the competition for the Natalie Prize for Press Freedom is open to all media outlets, whether written, audio-video, or electronic. The value of prizes is up to 15,000 Euros and will be granted to 15 winners from five geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean Sea Region and the Middle East.

The conditions of participation in this competition are to provide one press article, and the subjects have to be over human rights, democracy, and development. The article should not be more than five pages or 10,000 words, and it must be written in one of the official languages of the EU countries: English, French, or Spanish. The deadline for receipt of participants is June 30, 2008.

D’ Urso recently visited three high schools where he was surprised by the students’ questions, a proof of desire to know more about the European culture. He also noted that the Natalie Prize comes within the EU week which witnessed different activities, such as cooking demonstrations giving seven different dishes of seven countries, a drawing competition awards-giving ceremony, EU Football Cup for schools, and cultural lectures for high school students. “For the first time, the Natalie Prize 2008 for Press Freedom will be launched in Yemen his week with all kinds of media taken in account,” said d’ Urso.

The Natalie prize was founded in 1992 by the European Union as a prize for promoting Press Freedom and to commemorate for the late Lenzo Natalie the former Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for cooperation and development in the period 1985-1989.

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