Grameenphone, a subsidiary of Telenor Group, announced the launch of the fifth edition of its Telenor Youth Forum at a press meet in Dhaka yesterday.
The forum is a global empowerment initiative that aims at connecting young talented individuals to represent Bangladesh towards digital transformation of the society.
The forum—a global programme designed and hosted by Telenor Group and the Nobel Peace Centre (NPC)—is now open for entries.
The joint initiative is based on a belief that the youth can use digital technology to bring real change in the world, Grameenphone said in a statement.
The last date of application submission for Bangladesh is August 10, the organisers said at the press meet at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.
Quazi Mohammad Shahed, chief human resources officer at Grameenphone, said, “In the last four editions of the Telenor Youth Forum, delegates from Bangladesh have made the nation proud and presented themselves highly in front of the whole world with their talent, innovation and persistence. We believe this year will be no different, if not better.”
Applicants between 20 to 28 years of age are eligible to participate in the competition, which will be held in Oslo, Norway, from December 8-10.
The selected delegates will be working virtually throughout the Telenor Youth Forum with their assigned teams.
Their work will, over the course of the year, create digital services that address urgent social challenges originally posed to them at the event's kickoff in December, said Grameenphone.
Entries will be shortlisted through a defined selection process culminating with three finalists being selected by the local team of judges at a final gala event later this year.
Selection of the final two candidates, who will travel to Oslo in December, will be made by an international selection panel consisting of representatives from civil society, academia and Telenor top management.
At last year's Telenor Youth Forum, Rafsan Sabab Khan and Ramim Ahmed, both students of the Institute of Business Administration of Dhaka University, were selected to represent Bangladesh at the global event in Norway.
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