The Tech for Good Institute, based in Singapore, is holding a regional essay writing competition on the theme “Shaping the Future of Southeast Asia’s Digital Economy”. The competition is open to Southeast Asian youth aged 18-35. The essay of no more than 1,500 words should be about the current state of the digital economy, its challenges, and how its promise can be maximised for the most good in a Southeast Asian country or Southeast Asia as a whole.

 

 

The College of Social Sciences and Philosophy of UP Diliman is one of the Institute’s partners for this competition, together with Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universiti Malaya, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Chiang Mai University, Vietnam National University, ADB-SEADs, and ADB. As a partner institution, they have specially provided a prize category for UP students who will join the competition. 

 

This competition is free to enter, providing a chance to be published along with attractive prizes of up to $1,000USD in various categories to be won.

 

The official website for the competition can be found here: https://www.techforgoodinstitute.org/tech-for-good-essay-competition/.

The submission instructions can be found here: https://techforgoodinstitute.org/tech-for-good-essay-competition-submission-instructions-terms/.

The link to the submission form can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScseHNw6llI2y3bwp7NkzolvuHezFUVNuaw8e1iy0t7ZVwbYg/viewform.