Mondialogo Engineering Award
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Mondialogo Engineering Award was established to encourage cooperation and dialogue between engineering people from different countries and cultures, working together across continents on a joint project activity. Daimler and UNESCO
invite student engineers from universities around the world to apply for the largest international engineering competition - the Mondialogo Engineering Award.
Quality of project – quality of analysis and understanding of a relevant problem, quality and innovativeness of project idea and design, and quality of presentation of the project proposal
Degree to which the project addresses the Millennium Development Goals, especially poverty eradication and sustainable social development
Relevance of project proposal in mitigating negative impacts of climate change
Feasibility of the proposed project – demonstration of the practicality of implementing the proposed project, and benefit to local community;
Quality of Dialogue – level of communication within project teams and student groups, balanced involvement of both student groups
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
invite student engineers from universities around the world to apply for the largest international engineering competition - the Mondialogo Engineering Award.
Previous Rounds
The first round of the competition 2005 ended with a symposium in Berlin while the second round in 2007 ended in Mumbai. In its first round, the Mondialogo Engineering Award brought over 1,700 young engineers from 79 countries together to work on engineering solutions tackling poverty and promoting sustainable development in all regions of the world. While in the second round 3200 students from 89 countries participated.Goals
The Mondialogo Engineering Award invites engineering students in developing and developed countries to form international teams to create project proposals that address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals to 1) eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; 2) achieve universal primary education; 3) promote gender equality and empower women; 4) reduce child mortality; 5) improve maternal health; 6) combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; 7) ensure environmental sustainability; and 8) develop global partnerships for development. Mondialogo encourages proposals that will improve the quality of life in the developing world, particularly poverty eradication and the promotion of sustainable development.Procedure
International Project Teams eligible to apply for the Mondialogo Engineering Award should consist of two student groups from two higher education establishments, with one group from a developing country and the other from a developed country. The Mondialogo Internet Portal www.mondialogo.org acts as a contact centre for groups to meet each other, and will later function as a virtual office for inter-group communications. Teams will have time until April 2009 to develop and design their project proposals. An international jury will then assess the entries and decide on the awarding, which will be part of a festive ceremony in later 2009. Key factors in the assessment are sustainability, technical quality, feasibility of the project proposals and the quality of the intercultural cooperation between the teams.Criteria
The following criteria will be taken into consideration when assessing the final project proposals:Quality of project – quality of analysis and understanding of a relevant problem, quality and innovativeness of project idea and design, and quality of presentation of the project proposal
Degree to which the project addresses the Millennium Development Goals, especially poverty eradication and sustainable social development
Relevance of project proposal in mitigating negative impacts of climate change
Feasibility of the proposed project – demonstration of the practicality of implementing the proposed project, and benefit to local community;
Quality of Dialogue – level of communication within project teams and student groups, balanced involvement of both student groups