GADvocacy PITCH COMPETITION GUIDELINES

MECHANICS AND GUIDELINES

WHAT IS AN ADVOCACY?
Advocacy is a process that seeks to change structures that are unequal and unfair. It involves
challenging
and influencing people using a shared strategic plan. This plan must be based on evidence and
the real-
life experiences of those who are demanding the change and those who are affected by the
issue.
Advocacy must have a strategy that is evidence- and experienced-based that analyses a
problem,
develops a solution, identifies the decision-makers, and develops strategic tactics to target
them.
WHAT IS A PITCH?
A pitch is a speech or message intended to spur decision-makers to action. A good pitch must
be short,
specific, and memorable.
GADvocacy PITCH COMPETITION MECHANICS
1. The competition is open to all secondary and college students in Biliran Province.
2. Each school is allowed to send multiple entries, provided that, no student must be in more
than
one entry.
3. Entries must be aligned with celebrating the violence against women campaign with the
theme
“UniTed for a VAW-Free Philippines.”
4. You have produced and submitted the Entry and all elements of your Entry are original, are
not
copied from any other work, and do not infringe upon the rights of any third party. To the
extent
any elements were created by a third party (“Third Party Participant”), you own all rights, titles
and interests in said elements that are part of your entry to enable you to grant the rights
granted
herein.
5. You retain ownership of the Entry you submit; however, by entering the competition, you, on
behalf of yourself and any Third Party Participants, grant the BiPSU Gender and Development
Office the perpetual, fully-paid, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce,
prepare derivative works of, distribute, display, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize,
otherwise use, and permit others to use and perform throughout the world the Entry in any
manner, form, or format now or hereinafter created, including on the Internet, and for any
purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising or promotion of Contest Entities and Contest
all without further consent from or payment to you. By submitting your Entry, you agree that
the BiPSU Gender and Development Office has no obligation to post or publish your Entry,
that all such postings or publications, if any, will be at the GAD Office’s sole discretion, and
that the posting or publication of an Entry does not guarantee the Entry will be selected as a
winner.
6. By submitting an Entry, each entrant understands and grants to the BiPSU Gender and
Development Office permission for the Entry to be posted on the GAD Office Facebook and
other digital platforms in perpetuity throughout the world for viewing by visitors to the
platforms.
7. Each Entry must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, or
other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. If the Entry contains any
material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights
of
third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, before submission of the Entry, any and
all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by the BiPSU
GAD Office in the manner outlined in these Official Rules. The BiPSU GAD Office reserves
the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to them from any entrant
at any time.
8. By signing and sending the registration form, along with the film entry, the entrants agree to
abide by the rules of the competition and film guidelines.
9. The final copy of the pitch must be submitted no later than November 25, 2022, at 5:00 PM.
10. Top three pitches will be funded by the BiPSU Gender and Development Office for
implementation. This will become a joint project between the school and the GAD Office.

PITCH GUIDELINES
1. All entries received on the abovementioned deadline will be part of the competition. Teams
who fail to submit their video by the deadline will be disqualified from joining the competition.
2. A video pitch with a maximum of 3 mins must be submitted along with the registration form.
3. An entry must have a maximum of 3 student members and/or 1 mentor.
4. In general the pitch must answer the question: “How can we empower our communities to
eliminate violence against women?”
5. The video pitch must specifically answer the following:
5.1.What is the observed situation? (Problem)
5.2.Why does the problem exist? (Analysis)
5.3.What can we do about this? (Solution)
5.4.How can we better implement our proposed solution? (Mechanism)
5.5.Why it’s important to solve the problem? (Impact)
IMPORTANT DATES
November 25, 2022 – Registration and Submission of Entries
(Send your entries to gad@bipsu.edu.ph)
November 26-28, 2022 – Announcement of Finalists
December 14, 2022 – Live Pitching and Announcement of Winners
CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

PRIZES
1st Place – 5, 000.00 + Certificate
2nd Place – 3, 000.00 + Certificate
3rd Place – 2, 000.00 + Certificate
Community Choice Award – Certificate