SUITCASE 2023 Annual Journalism Award
Published: Nov 27, 2023 Reading time: 2 minutes
The Migration and Citizenship Service of Armenia (MCS), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Armenia and the People in Need INGO (PIN) carry on the tradition of the “SUITCASE” annual media contest.
This year, materials published during the period of 28 November 2022 to 4 December 2023 can be submitted for the contest.
Eligible materials include:
• Printed / online articles in the press/blogs / news websites.
• Online journalistic videos
• Online radio stories, podcasts
• Online / printed photo galleries with human-interest story pictures
The materials can cover one or more of the following groups of people:
• asylum seekers
• refugees
• migrants
• stateless persons
• returnees
• communities hosting refugees.
Topics of interest (one or more):
• Situation of forcibly displaced persons.
• Solutions to issues faced by refugees and host communities.
• Support from the international community; international protection of refugees.
• Refugees’ access to jobs, education, and services.
• Contribution of refugees to host communities.
• Contribution of host communities to refugee protection and assistance.
• Migration processes.
• Return, re-integration.
The contest is open to journalists and media actors working in television, radio, print media, electronic media, independent
bloggers, photographers, and multimedia professionals.
NB: Please note that media materials developed in the frame of any grant project, on a fee-for-service basis, will be considered
ineligible.
The submitted materials will be evaluated by the Jury, and the winners of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be announced at the closing ceremony in December 2023.
The materials must be submitted by 23:59, 4 December 2023, to ghalamka@unhcr.org, along with the following mandatory
information:
• the author's (authors’) name(s) and surname(s), phone number, e-mail address.
• date of publication, link to the source, additional justification of the authorship (if the applicant deems it necessary), name of the media outlet.
In case of questions please contact us at 095 005 313 (Aramazd Ghalamkaryan, UNHCR), 091 520 254 (Nelly Davtyan, MCS) or 091 506 884 (Shushanik Nersesyan, PIN).
Suitcase 2023 Journalism Award is aimed at motivating high-quality thematic media coverage. Since 2010, by encouraging the production of professional and impressive media content on the processes relating to refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, returnees, and migrants in Armenia, we aim to inspire journalists to apply more comprehensive, accurate and impartial approaches in media work with displaced persons and migrants. Suitcase 2023 is funded by the European Union, contracted by ICMPD through the Migration Partnership Facility (MPF), by UNHCR Armenia, IOM, and UN Armenia.
