To encourage youth participation in media throughout the year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will award the annual International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award). The competition is open to radio and television broadcasters who participated in the 2008 ICDB with programmes on the theme "The World We Want." To be eligible for the ICDB Award, broadcasts must have taken place on or around March 1 2009, and should be for young people and created with some aspect of youth participation. The theme is 'Unite for Children - Tune in to Kids'.

ICDB, celebrated on the 1st Sunday of every March, is a day when broadcasters around the world focus on children. They air quality programming for and about children. But most of all, they allow children to be part of the programming process, to talk about their hopes and dreams, and to share information with their peers. The day is a joint initiative of the UNICEF and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Programmes will be judged regionally. Broadcasters that have programmes 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 . Prize winners will go on to compete for the ICDB Award, presented in New York City.

The deadline for application is June 15 2009.

Click here for more information.


Click here for rules and regulations.


Click here for an entry form.

Click here to read about previous winners.

UNICEF website on March 13 2009.