THE Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) on Monday launched its Media Awards on Water 2015, which for the first time is a video competition and is open to ALL Caribbean nationals.

This year’s competition seeks to raise awareness on the importance of a dedicated #watergoal in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be finalised this year and to commemorate World Water Day on March 22nd.

More than US$1800 in cash prizes are up for grabs! All you have to do is produce a two-minute video based on one of the competition’s themes and the video MUST begin with the hashtag #watergoal. The deadline date for submissions is April 19th, 2015.
In 2012, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) launched its Media Awards on Water, an annual competition aimed at inspiring Caribbean journalists to raise awareness on critical water issues in their country and the Caribbean.
The Media Awards on Water is also one of the ways the GWP-C commemorates the United Nations (UN) World Water Day, which is observed on March 22nd each year.
Due to the interest in the competition from Caribbean journalists and the general public over the last three years, this year, the Media Awards on Water 2015 will be open to all Caribbean nationals and will take the form of a video competition. The competition runs from March 9th – April 19th, 2015.
Background
The UN World Water Day theme for 2015 is “Water and Sustainable Development.” The theme feeds into a broader global dialogue aimed at supporting a #watergoal in the lead-up to finalising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the end of the year.
Do You Know That…
In 2014, the UN General Assembly proposed 17 goals which will form the basis of negotiations in 2015 for the SDGs. Of the 17 proposed goals, #6 is a dedicated water goal: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
It is important that water be reflected as a priority in the SDGs in order to address the global water crisis. Without a dedicated #watergoal, water issues risk being forgotten by the global community in this next phase of development effort, threatening the progress of other sustainable human development efforts, our environment, and our economies.