LAC English Essay Competition
The vision of the youth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Title: “The industrialization challenges of the LAC region in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 9 and an Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID)”
The essay competition has ended!
The final winner was Telma Giovana de Freitas from Brazil.
The three best essays were written by:
• Telma Giovana de Freitas (Brazil)
• Jorge Luis Filio Flores (Mexico)
• Mauricio Tong Wong (Peru)
They won a trip to Vienna from 8 to 10 March 2016. Also, they received:
- Scholarship worth EUR 800
- Chance of presenting the essay to UNIDO technical experts
- Chance of presenting the essay to the diplomatic corps of LAC region in Vienna
- Chance of attending the AIESEC workshop in Vienna
Below is the list of top 10 essays:
| Name | Country | Essay (PDF) |
| Jorge Luis Filio Flores | Mexico | Read |
| Mauricio Tong Wong | Peru | Read |
| Telma Giovana de Freitas | Brazil | Read |
| Brenda Amairani Bastidas Carvajal | Mexico | Read |
| Stefan Rickford Knights | Guyana | Read |
| Kamila de Sousa Aben Athar Alencar | Brazil | Read |
| Julia Isabel Serrato Fonseca | Mexico | Read |
| Sebastian Luis Castañeda Alvarez | Peru | Read |
| Hiran Catuninho Azevedo | Brazil | Read |
| Jorge Orlando Nuñez Pagoaga | Honduras | Read |
The authors of the top 10 essays received:
- Online professional development courses donated by the ICWFD
- Chance of publishing the essays on the UNIDO public website
- Award Certificate
Organizers:
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) LAC Bureau
In cooperation with:
- AIESEC
- International Commission On Workforce Development (ICWFD)
Partners:
- Macro Universities Network (Red de Macro Universidades)
- Common Area of Higher Education (ECOES)
- Latin American and the Caribbean Universities Association for the Integration (AUALCPI)
- University of Monterrey (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
- Latin American Economic System (SELA)
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