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The national final of the BBC Young Writers and Public Speaking Awards took place on 9 April 2005 at the Peace Palace in the Hague. It coincided with the Haganum Festival 2005. Results Public Speaking Awards 2005
Click on one of the names below to read the finalist's speech (in Microsoft Word format). Dimitri
Pletser (Rijnlands Lyceum, Wassenaar) - Third Culture Kid Results Young Writers Awards 2005
The prizes were awarded by Drs. Wim Deetman, mayor of the Hague. The day was presented by Aldith Hunkar, presenter of NOS journaal (photo on the right). This year's jury members were as follows:
Sir Colin Budd KCMG
Colin Budd took up his appointment as British Ambassador to the Netherlands in April 2001. He was born in 1945, in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England. He was educated in Bath and then read History at Cambridge. Colin Budd entered the British Diplomatic Service in 1967. He has served in Warsaw, Islamabad, Bonn and Brussels, as well as The Hague (where he was Head of Political Section from 1980 to 1984). He has had several spells of duty in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, mostly covering European affairs. Most recently he was Deputy Under-Secretary of State (Director for European Union and Economic Affairs). He was awarded the KCMG (Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George) in June 2002. He is married to Agnes Smit and together they have two children, Francesca and Nicholas. Wayne Dunsford
Wayne Dunsford joined the BBC in 1989 in the role of Project Coordinator with BBC Enterprises looking after an experimental satellite television project in cooperation with the European Space Agency. The project was designed to identify opportunities for developing BBC-branded channels in continental Europe. Following this project, Dunsford took responsibility for the programming and presentation of BBC TV Europe, the BBC's first continental European channel, which was later renamed BBC World Service Television. In 1995 it was replaced by BBC World (international news channel) and BBC Prime (international entertainment channel), with Wayne Dunsford as Director of Distribution and Marketing. In 1997 he became General Manager of the channels. In 1998 Dunsford took up his current position as Director of Channels for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. In this role he is responsible for driving the growth of existing BBC Worldwide channels in this region and developing new channel propositions. BBC Prime is now available across 100 countries and territories and is still expanding. Dunsford lead his team to create a new channel, BBC Food, which launched into Africa in 2002, into Europe in 2003 and into the Middle East in 2005. He went on to develop BBC Japan and a version of BBC Prime for Asia and launched these channels at the end of 2004. He is also responsible for channels forming part of BBC Worldwide's joint ventures with Discovery in the region, and for the management of BBC ONE and BBC TWO in Belgium and the Netherlands. Manisha Tank
Manisha Tank presents World Business Report on BBC World and hourly business news bulletins. After graduating from Oxford University in 1997, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Manisha interned at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She then freelanced for BBC South before becoming a producer at Reuters Television, specialists in financial news. On a posting to New York in 1999 Manisha reported fast-moving markets live from the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange. After the thrills of Manhattan, she returned to London as Reuters Europe Markets reporter based at the London Stock Exchange. Manisha joined the BBC as the London Stock Exchange reporter for news programmes in 2001, and went on to co-present news bulletins between London and New York. She also presents business news on the domestic network, BBC News 24, and has worked with BBC interactive teams hosting current affairs discussions. Away from work Manisha loves to travel, particularly to Asia. She's also active in the community, mentoring children from ethnic minorities. Manisha has also travelled abroad in the name of charity on an English teaching project in the Dominican Republic. She is a board member of 'Asians in Media', a British forum for young Asians working in the broadcast and print media. She also enjoys kickboxing and playing her cello. Ingrid de Beer
Ingrid de Beer graduated from Utrecht University in English language and literature. Her Master thesis was on the concept of the Seven Deadly Sins in Medieval English literature. After graduating, she taught English at a secondary school, which was soon followed by a teaching position at the James Boswell Institute - Utrecht University. She has gained extensive experience in teaching presenting and writing in English to academic (PhD) students. With the development of English streams in both secondary and higher education she has been involved in content-integrated language learning and has given many Teaching in English courses. Ingrid is a member of several professional organisations for teachers (IATEFL, TESOL, ACTFL) and regularly visits their conferences. She is a certified examiner for the IELTS exams and Oral Proficiency Interviews (ACTFL). She is not only an English language trainer but has also been head of the Modern Languages Department of the James Boswell Institute-Utrecht University since 2000. Away from work, English has also played an important role in Ingrid's life. From an early age, she encountered English. As a school girl she had American friends. When she was a Girl Guide leader in Zeist, she organised many activities with the Girl Scouts of the US Air Force Base in Soesterberg. Moreover, while visiting relatives and friends in Canada on numerous occasions she had excellent opportunities to practise her English. More recently, Ingrid has been the National Secretary of the Netherlands-England Society (GNE), already for five years now. One of her tasks is to assist in the organisation of the Young Writers and Public Speaking Awards. Two years ago, she accompanied the Dutch finalists to the International Final of the Public Speaking Competition in London organised by the English-Speaking Union. On top of that, she very much enjoys travelling to English-speaking countries. All in all, Ingrid is both an Anglist and an Anglophile. Roderik van Grieken
After his final exams (A-levels) at the famous British boarding
school Gordonstoun, Roderik van Grieken studied law at the University
of Leiden. During his study he was active in several bodies and
committees of the university, e.g. on the Board of the Faculty of
Law. In Great Britain, already at a young age, Van Grieken became
interested in debate as a sport and as an educational tool and instructional
method. For years he took part successfully in various (inter)national
debate tournaments. Furthermore, he won several prizes during forensic
and rhetorical contests. In 1998 Van Grieken represented the Netherlands
during the World Debating Championships in the Philippines. Since
the beginning of the nineties he has been actively involved in the
organization of various large debating events, such as the European
Debating Championships in 1992. As co-founder and director of the
Nederlands Debat Instituut, Roderik van Grieken has introduced debating
as an educational tool and instructional method in a variety of
organizations and institutions of higher education. In addition,
he is engaged in the development and supervision of debate events,
such as tournaments for specific target groups. His credo is: "One of the greatest values of debating is its capacity to stimulate the mind." |
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British
Ambassador The Hague
BBC
Worldwide Limited, Director of Channels Europe, Middle East, India,
Africa
BBC
World, Presenter World Business Report
James
Boswell Institute – Utrecht University; Head Section Modern
Languages, Board Member Netherlands-England Society
Co-Founder
and Director Nederlands Debat Instituut
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