The ILO Youth Employment Programme in cooperation with the Mastercard Foundation, has launched the global photo contest WORK4YOUTH. The objective of the contest is to highlight the challenges young people face in the workplace. Through their photos, participants are invited to capture youth at work (in different places and under various conditions) in a creative and original manner.

Photographers from all around the world will have to focus specifically on working conditions, gender barriers, discrimination, informality, entrepreneurship, working poverty, migration, precarious work, and the rural economy, among others.

Eligibility
Entrants aged 18 and over are allowed to enter the contest.
Entrants have to be residents in one of the ILO Member Countries. 

Each participant is allowed to submit a maximum of five photos!
All entries should be submitted via email to ilophotocontest@gmail.com and include the Official Entry Form and photos should be submitted with a title, date shot, location and caption.
Entrants must insert their age and country of residency in the email subject box in order to be considered.

Prizes
A jury will award a total of five prizes in two categories:
– Global: A selection made from all photo entries
      1) Best photo: USD 1,000
      2) Second best photo: USD 500
      3) Youth prize (entries of persons aged 18-29 years): USD 800
– Regional: A selection made from photo entries from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region
 
4) CEE best photo: USD 1,000
5) CEE youth prize (entries of persons aged 18-29 years): USD 800
 
The winning photos will be displayed in an online photo exhibition.
 
Deadline: was 15 April 2013 at 23:59 (European Central Time).

We will keep you informed when a new call is published.