The British Council has established a new award – International Young Interactive Entrepreneur (IYIE) – to champion and celebrate the importance of creative entrepreneurs working in the field of the interactive media.

The International Young Creative Entrepreneur (IYCE) award programme celebrates the achievements and develops the potential of young creative entrepreneurs in emerging markets across world. As the second step of IYCE award programme in Turkey, the award seeks to showcase international business innovation in this field, using the UK as the nexus for cultural, creative and commercial exchange.

The winner of Turkey will be one of the eight international finalists for the award and will have a chance to visit the UK in November 2008 to participate in the international competition and undertake a common programme where they will take part in valuable networking both with key UK interactive media sector partners and amongst their IYIE peers. The programme will run alongside the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) awards event on 27 November 2008.   

Who can apply?

			Interactive software publishers, developers and marketing specialists
			Interactive entertainment developers for the internet, digital television, radio and mobile devices
			Internet multimedia and web designers
			Interactive event producers
			Experimental media practitioners
			Consultants providing specialist services in this area

Please note: An applicant should not primarily be an academic; finalists will be judged solely on the merit of their entrepreneurial abilities in the industry.

A participant must:

			Be aged between 25 and 35
			Already work in the sector with at least 3 years experience in the related fields
			Be entrepreneurial and have shown their ability in the promotion of  interactive media sector in Turkey, in either a commercial context, public context, or both
			Through their character, drive and abilities demonstrate their potential to be a future leader of the sector in Turkey
			Good command of English both in speaking and writing

The competition will be judged by Mevlüt Dinç (General Manager, Sobee), Murat Kaya (Editor, Digitalage), Oğuzhan Özcan (Professor, YTU Communication Design Programme), Cemil Türün (General Manager, Yogurt Technologies), Ruth Ur (Director Creativity, British Council).

Please submit an application if you wish to enter the competition. You can download the application form here.

The deadline for applications is 12 September 2008.

For your questions please send an e-mail to arts.info@britishcouncil.org.tr