From tannucheria@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 04:50:59 +0530
Subject: [anitaandedwin] South Asia Essay Contest [deadline 31 December     2004]

Individuals In Action: The Role Of Common Citizens In Transforming South Asia.

Dear Sir/Madam;

I am writing to request your cooperation to spread the word about South Asia Essay Contest organized by Strategic Foresight Group.  The subject of the contest is Individuals In Action: The Role Of Common Citizens In Transforming South Asia. The objective is to invite ideas for action by common people to transform their own societies: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan and India.  We want to encourage common people to share their ideas on what can be done to reduce corruption, injustice and inefficiency in the delivery of public goods.

Strategic foresight group is India's leading think tank on foreign policy and governance issues.  We are known for forward-looking reports on the future of turbulent countries in Asia. We are currently planning a report on the future of South Asia.  We plan to include input from the best essays in this report.

We have announced decent prizes as incentives to the contributors, however we depend on the cooperation of like-minded individuals and institutions to publicize the contest.  It will be indeed very kind of you if you forward this email to all the people you think might be interested in such an essay contest and help us to reach maximum number of participants in any way that might be feasible for you.

I am attaching below a short announcement of the essay contest.  You can kindly check our website www.strategicforesight.com for further details.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Ms Sonya Fernandes

Strategic Foresight Group

SOUTH ASIA ESSAY CONTEST

Strategic Foresight Group announces an essay contest on "Individuals in Action: The Role of Common Citizens in Transforming South Asia"

The objective of the South Asia essay contest is to invite ideas for action by common people to transform their own societies: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan and India.

The essay should address the question: What can be done to transform the society in order to overcome the problems of corruption, injustice and inefficiency in the delivery of public goods? The essay should discuss the actions individuals or small groups can take to bring about transformation. The essay should not consider the actions that large organisations can undertake given their greater resources.

The essay should reflect the reality and the experiences of society in any of the South Asian countries along with ideas or actions for change. The essay should be forward looking and explore initiatives for the future.

The last date of submission is December 31, 2004.

Check our website www.strategicforesight.com for further information.

Prizes First Prize: US$ 1000 Two Second Prizes: US$ 500 each Certificates of Merit: Top five entries from each South Asian country Top five entries from non-resident community