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ICDB Award

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Cao Ning, from China Central Television, and Gideon Tuffuor Amponsah, Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh, Naa Aforkor Tette from Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, winners of the 2008 ICDB Global Award.

UNICEF call for entries from radio and television broadcasters for the 2009 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award. 

The ICDB Award will go to the broadcasters with the best programming that reflects the 2009 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting theme: Unite for Children - Tune in to Kids, and who demonstrates a overall dedication to youth-participation in media.

Read the Rules and Regulations (HTML or PDF)
Go the printable entry form.  (HTML or PDF)

In a move to encourage more youth participation throughout the year, UNICEF considers not only the great work done for the ICDB but also the commitment broadcasters make to fostering youth and media on an ongoing basis.

To be eligible for the ICDB Award, the broadcast must have taken place on or around Sunday, 1 March 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting.  The deadline for entries is 15 June 2009.

The International Children's Day of Broadcasting Award honours programming that allows youth the opportunity to speak up and be heard.  Programmes should be for young people and created with some aspect of youth participation.

All television and radio stations that participated in the International Children's Day of Broadcasting can compete for this Award.   Broadcasters that have programs to enter for competition can submit them to the UNICEF Regional office that covers their country.  For a list of countries and offices, click here.

Programmes will be judged regionally.  Regional prize winners will go on to compete for the ICDB Award, presented at a special awards ceremony in New York in the fall.

The 2008 Award went to China Central Television (CCTBV) for their program “On the Road” and Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) for their program “Curious Minds”.  CCTV was one of six regional ICDB prize winners, including Channel I (Bangladesh, “The Winner”), KI.KA - Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF (Germany, “TRICKBOXX in Arabia”), Channels Television (Nigeria, “ICDB 2007 – The World We Want”), Asociacion Nacional de Television Red TV (Peru, “Napa”) and Spacetoons Kids TV (Arabic Region, Iraq, “The World We Want”).   GBC was also one of six regional prize winners, including Radio Nacional de Angola (Angola, “The World We Want”),  Rádio MEC, a broadcast service of EBC - Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (Brazil, “Radio MEC no Dia Internacional da Crianca no Radio e na TV”), Radio Beijing Corporation (China, “Listen to Children, Listen to Nature”), Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB) Radio Broadcasting (Iran, “Radio Tiny”) and Equal Access Nepal (Nepal, “Chatting with my Best Friend”)

To read coverage of the 2008 ICDB Awards ceremony, click here.  For a press release on the 2008 nominees, click here.