PEACEapp
is a global competition organized by the United Nations Alliance of
Civilizations and the United Nations Development Program in collaboration with
Build Up to promote digital games and gamified apps as venues for cultural
dialogue and conflict management. Additional partners of PEACEapp include
GamesForChange and the Institute for Economics and Peace.
We
invite you to submit your entry now. The competition is open to three kinds of
entries: (i) digital games and gamified apps developed purposefully for this
competition; (ii) already existing digital games, and (iii) creative
re-purposing of existing digital games to meet the aim of PEACEapp.
The
competition will consider entries at all stages of development – from
prototypes to fully developed. PEACEapp’s international jury will select five
winning entries: three that are fully functioning and two that are in
development. The three fully functioning games or apps will receive an award of
USD$5,000 each.
The two in development will receive mentorship from expert
partners. In addition, one member of each award-winning team (completed or in
development) will be invited (all travel costs covered) to the Build Peace
conference (Cyprus, April 2015) to share their product with conference
participants.
The
deadline for applications is October 15, 2014. Winners will be announced by
November 30, 2014.
PEACEapp
builds on the success of Create UNAOC –
a competition for apps and games that promoted intercultural dialogue run by
UNAOC and its partners in 2012.
Drawing
on the unique cultural resources and experiences of developers, technologists
and budding peacebuilders around the world, appPEACE invites individuals and
teams — beginners and experts alike — to create new digital games or use
existing digital games to foster dialogue that prevents violence.
The
competition asks entrants to engage with questions that are central to building
peace. How can we create new spaces for dialogue and shared action aimed at
preventing violence? Is the key to provide opportunities for contact among
individuals of different cultural or religious backgrounds? Can sharing stories
also encourage mutual respect for cultural and religious values? Or is it about
offering people tools to question and reframe their identity?
These
questions are key to the work of the UNAOC, given its mandate to promote
intercultural awareness. These questions are also closely linked to UNDP’s work
on conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
PEACEapp
is supported by a range of partners including Games for Change, the Institute
for Economics and Peace, the MIT Center for Civic Media and the ICT for Peace
Foundation.
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