Mekong Media Field trip 2024
Information for participants
Deadline 10 February 2024, 11:59 PM, Asia/Bangkok (UTC +07)
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Overview of the Mekong Media Field trip
Research Institute for Climate change (DRAGON-Mekong), Can Tho University and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) are jointly offering a Mekong Media Field Trip to journalists and communicators from Vietnam and Thailand.
Thailand and Vietnam have shared various common natural-ecological characteristics. The Mekong River flows through the two countries and has been providing key resources for socio-economic development. Global climate change ranks among top worst issues risking the sustainability of both Thailand and Vietnam.
This motivates DRAGON-Mekong to develop the plan for the field trips in Chiang Rai, Thailand and Can Tho, Vietnam from 29 February to 06 March 2024, engaging journalists and communicators from two countries who are highly interested and recognised in terms of the Mekong region transboundary issues and sustainable development under climate change impacts.
The field trip aims to strengthen public awareness of the climate-induced shared challenges in the Lower Mekong region, highlight existing and potential activities to address them, and facilitate information-sharing among Mekong journalists and scientists.
Important dates
Participants’ Eligibility
Participants can be from Thailand or Vietnam. We especially encourage early-and mid-career journalists, communicators, and influencers with strong interest in Mekong-related issues, to apply.
Applicants must:
- Commit to attending both the online and in-person activities attached to the appendices.
- Commit to implementing all proposed activities towards the outputs presented in the call for application pack.
- Have experience in reporting on Mekong-related topic such as water security, green energy transition, sustainable or smart agriculture, transboundary developments of the Mekong region, or environmental issues in any medium (online, print, television, radio) from all types of media organizations - international, national, local, and community-based.
- Understand and be able to communicate in English. Applications must be in English.
DRAGON-Mekong reserves the right to disqualify applicants from consideration if they have been found to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct, including, but not limited to, plagiarism and/or submitting AI-generated content as their own.
What participants receive
- Becoming the first generation of the J-CoRe network - a network of journalists acting for the community and climate change coordinated by DRAGON-Mekong Institute and sponsored by the British Embassy in Vietnam.
- Awarding the certificate of participation from DRAGON-Mekong Institute, British Embassy in Hanoi and British Embassy in Bangkok after candidates fully participate in all stages of the project.
- Full funding for expenses for return flights (economy class), accommodations, and meals throughout the field trip.
- Accompanied and supported by a network of experienced experts from Thailand, Vietnam, and the UK.
- Contacting and exchanging with communities in Thailand and Vietnam that have been affected by climate change and inter-regional development issues.
How to apply
Applicants must apply via the application form: https://form.typeform.com/to/w1ZzN3Uo or scan the QR code.
Application process
- Official recruitment: 30 January 2024 to 10 February 2024.
- Reviewing process: 10 to 16 February 2024.
- Results announcement: 17 to 19 February 2024.
- Briefing orientation: 24 to 25 February 2024.
- Chiang Rai field trip: 29 February to 02 March 2024.
- Can Tho field trip: 03 to 05 March 2024.
- Roundtable discussion with key stakeholders: 06 March 2024.
- Post deliverables completion: by 07 April 2024.
Contact information
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Urgent support points:
- Associate Professor Van Pham Dang TRI
Director of DRAGON-Mekong
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- Phan Ky TRUNG
Researcher of DRAGON-Mekong - Coordinator of the Mekong Media Field trip
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