One part of my culminating activity for my BAYER YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL ENVOY Project. :))

SEARCH FOR PAULINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENVOYS 2011 (SPUQC)

I.  Rationale: This program is patterned after the Bayer Young Environmental Envoys (BYEE) Philippines which recognizes young individual for his/ her environmental advocacies and projects with exemplary leadership and community involvement. The Search for Paulinian Environmental Envoys recognizes a Paulinian student who will play a major role to protect the environment and to help other students become aware of environmental problems inside and outside the school.

Through the Paulinian Environmental Envoy program, the Paulinian Student Government hopes to achieve the following goals:

• To identify the youth leaders for environmental protection
• To encourage Paulinian students in establishing activities or programs that will promote environmental awareness and protection inside and outside SPUQC.

II. Qualifications:

• Filipino citizen, 17 to 24 years old
• A bona fide college student enrolled in St. Paul University Quezon City.
• Actively involved in environmental activities/projects
• No failing grade throughout the entire college years and of good moral character.

III. How to join:

Each co-curricular organization may join the contest. They can send a maximum of 4 applicants.

In no more than 1,000 words, the candidate writes an individual proposal for a simple and do-able environmental project in SPUQC or partner communities of SPUQC that addresses a specific environmental problem.

• Identify and describe a current situation with environment-related problems in school/partner community of SPUQC and the relevance of addressing this concern.
• Name a few practical solutions to the problem that your organization has so far carried out.
• Draw up a personal project you intend to do to help alleviate this problem. State the objectives of your project and your deliverables.
• Indicate your resource requirements like budget, manpower, facilities, as well as institutions/groups/organizations involved, making sure that all necessary resources are within your reach. Compare resources and costs with the benefits you expect to gain.

Implementation of all the projects that will make it to the final round must begin not earlier than July 1, 2011 and end not later than July 23, 2011.

IV. Procedure / Rules

• Fill out the application form and attach a 2X2” color photo.
• All entries must be accompanied by a project proposal. Incomplete application forms and entry requirements will not be processed.
• Secure the endorsement of your Program Director and College Dean.
• All applications should reach SPUQC Student Affairs office by June 27 at 5 pm.
• Project proposals must be typewritten in English; double-space. Handwritten or e-mail entries will not be accepted.
• On June 28 shortlisted candidates will be released and required to submit their:
1. Soft copy of the proposal
2. Proof of awards received
• Project proposals which are adaptations/upgrades of already existing projects are acceptable, but the entry will be judged solely on the basis of new elements introduced and their added value. Pre-existing work or accomplishments prior to the official start-up date will not be given any credit.
• Successful finalists shall be asked to begin implementing their respective projects by July 1, 2011. A premature start-up of the proposed projects will be grounds for disqualification.
• While the project proposal should be the applicant’s own concept, the project itself may be carried out by any number of people, with the applicant taking a significant role in its implementation.
• The project must be completed by July 23, 2011. 
• The judge’s decision is final in all aspects of the competition.

V. Judging and selection

• Applicants will be short-listed based on the content of their project, their leadership and environmental know-how and involvement.
• A panel of judges will interview each of the shortlisted candidates to determine their intelligence and understanding of environmental issues, their communication and people skills, and the feasibility of their project proposals. 
• The Top 4 finalist will receive the formal title of “Paulinian Environmental Envoy” during the awarding ceremony on July 27, 2011 and will be required to join and apply for the Bayer Young Environmental Envoys 2012.