Dead­line July 1^st, 2010 11:59 p.m. EST

Dx1W has pro­claimed 2010 Inter­na­tional Year of the First World in Need, and has defined four main areas to address: Food Pro­duc­tion and Eat­ing Dis­or­ders, Aging Pop­u­la­tion and Low Birth rate, Immi­gra­tion and Inte­gra­tion to Soci­ety, Sus­tain­abil­ity and Over consumption.

Fur­ther­more, one of the major aims of the Year will be to demon­strate the ben­e­fi­cial effects of cul­tural diver­sity. We want to rec­og­nize the impor­tance of trans­fers and exchanges between cul­tures through implicit or explicit dia­logue that under­lines how cul­tures and civ­i­liza­tions are inter­linked and con­tribute to the progress of humankind.

The strat­egy of the Inter­na­tional Year con­sists in main­stream­ing the above-mentioned prin­ci­ples in all policy-making at local, national, regional and inter­na­tional lev­els through the involve­ment of the great­est num­ber of rel­e­vant stake­hold­ers. The activ­i­ties car­ried out under the Inter­na­tional Year focus on:

• Reduc­ing obesity.
• Address­ing aging pop­u­la­tion and low birth rate.
• Reduc­ing con­sump­tion rate of mass pro­duced goods.
• Inte­grat­ing the immigrant population.

The Dx1W com­pe­ti­tion is addressed to the devel­op­ing coun­tries of the world: All cre­ative solu­tions depend on hav­ing a pow­er­ful idea. Whether it’s great resources, mil­i­tary, pol­i­tics or gov­ern­ment, power and size are not enough with­out hav­ing a pow­er­ful vision. The First World needs our ideas to solve their prob­lems. First World prob­lems demand Sim­ple Third World solutions. From today on The Third World will bring ideas to redesign the future of the First World.

Indi­vid­ual and team sub­mis­sions are welcomed.

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