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S!NERGY: STUDENTS X IDEAS X ENERGY 

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What is S!NERGY

S!NERGY, an initiative by the International Association of Youth and Students for Peace in Japan, has now expanded its reach to other IAYSP national chapters, making it a global platform for students and young individuals to showcase their projects and ideas that align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This event provides an opportunity for participants to present their initiatives in a professional setting. A judging panel, comprising accomplished young individuals with successful projects, along with esteemed guests, engages in a collaborative voting process with the audience to determine the best idea and presentation. The selected winner is awarded a grant to further support their exceptional project, making S!NERGY a valuable avenue to gain both publicity and financial backing for your initiative. 

Purpose of S!NERGY

For presenters to share their knowledge

For presenters to share their knowledge

and widen the impact of their efforts for peace and sustainable development 

Inspire other young people

Inspire other young people

to realize what impact they can have on the world, incentivizing action

For YSP to be able to give

For YSP to be able to give

monetary support to projects from young people that exemplify our values of responsibility, integrity, service and empathy. 

Rules and Guidelines

Who can participate

Anyone aged 30 and under is eligible to compete (unless a specific S!NERGY event specifies otherwise). 

*In order to apply for any of the S!NERGY competitions posted on our website, participants must display some understanding of the YSP Peace Perspective. 

Submitting a presentation

If you would like to participate in a S!NERGY competition, be sure to fill in the required fields of the online submission form once a competition is announced. 

The submissions will be reviewed by a committee, and the top submissions then selected to be presented live on stage or to an online audience. These live presentations need to be 7-10 minutes long, relating to the theme of the specific S!NERGY event. There are local, national, regional and global levels of S!NERGY events. 

  • Local level S!NERGY events are usually hosted by a local YSP group in partnership with a city council, school or organization.
  • National level S!NERGY events can be open to multiple cities and are hosted by a national YSP chapter.
  • Regional level S!NERGY events welcome submissions from any country within the region and are hosted by the regional YSP team.

Rules for entering into multiple S!NERGY competitions

Participants may submit multiple presentations to the same competition, but only one submission can be selected to be presented live. 

The same presentation can be submitted to different S!NERGY competitions as long as they are not of the same level (i.e. local, national, regional). 

All Regional S!NERGY competitions (S!NERGY x Europe & Middle East) are shown on this website. Participants can enter the same presentation to multiple Regional S!NERGY competitions only if they have not been awarded 1st place before. 

Presentations will be judged on: 

  • Inspiration (energy and conviction)
  • Content (importance and feasibility)
  • Delivery (quality of slides, articulation)

Presentation Guidelines

  • Presenter must be age 16-30 and have watched the YSP Peace Perspective
  • Content should be either a realised, ongoing project OR a project proposal to create peaceful, more sustainable development and a better society
  • Clearly state the issue you are trying to address and how you will go about solving it
  • Share a personal connection with the issue and how it affects you/ others
  • Link to at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Have a clear theme, related to the theme indicated for the event
  • Keep slides simple and clean
  • Do not use copyrighted images
  • Make sure any facts are accurate
  • Use clear, readable fonts for your slides

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Usage of the S!NERGY logo is limited to YSP entities and partners exclusively.
All other entities must request permission for logo usage.