The World Summit Award is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best digital contents, held every two years. The national pre-selection in UGANDA is done through direct nomination by the national expert or through a competition or combination of both. Focal point to suggests projects to is Daniel Stern, Hive Colab, who serves as WSA National Expert for UGANDA.
Projects can be submitted to him until 25th March in eight categories:
1. e-Government & Institutions
2. e-Health & Environment
3. e-Learning & Education
4. e-Entertainment & Games
5. e-Culture & Heritage
6. e-Science & Technology
7. e-Business & Commerce
8. e-Inclusion & Participation
Daniel Stern, who sits on the Board of Directors for Hive Colab, calls on people of UGANDA to suggest their best current projects for the international WSA competition: UGANDA needs to show that it can compete on a global level; UGANDA has developed applications that are being used elsewhere in Africa, and that offer prospects for being adopted internationally. A Ugandan took the Mobile Monday Summit Peer Award for Base of the Pyramid category 2010.
After the nominations from all over the world are complete, an international jury will come together for a multiday-session to evaluate the submissions on the basis of content and creativity. Jury members come from all continents and have backgrounds in the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism and research, as well as in teaching. The jury also includes representatives of international organisations and partners in the ICT-for-development field.
Winners will have the chance to network with each other and meet other experts in the field of ICT at the WSA 2011 Winners event in fall.
About the WSA
The World Summit Award (WSA), organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM) in Salzburg, was started in 2003 as part of the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). It is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-Content and innovative ICT applications; to date more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national pre-selections and contests and a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive.
For further general information, go to www.wsis-award.org or contact wsa@icnm.net.
To contact Daniel Stern, WSA National Expert for UGANDA, send a mail to dstern@hivecolab.com.
The World Summit Award is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best digital contents, held every two years. The national pre-selection in UGANDA is done through direct nomination by the national expert or through a competition or combination of both. Focal point to suggests projects to is Daniel Stern, Hive Colab, who serves as WSA National Expert for UGANDA.
Projects can be submitted to him until 25th March in eight categories:
1. e-Government & Institutions
2. e-Health & Environment
3. e-Learning & Education
4. e-Entertainment & Games
5. e-Culture & Heritage
6. e-Science & Technology
7. e-Business & Commerce
8. e-Inclusion & Participation
Daniel Stern, who sits on the Board of Directors for Hive Colab, calls on people of UGANDA to suggest their best current projects for the international WSA competition: UGANDA needs to show that it can compete on a global level; UGANDA has developed applications that are being used elsewhere in Africa, and that offer prospects for being adopted internationally. A Ugandan took the Mobile Monday Summit Peer Award for Base of the Pyramid category 2010.
After the nominations from all over the world are complete, an international jury will come together for a multiday-session to evaluate the submissions on the basis of content and creativity. Jury members come from all continents and have backgrounds in the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism and research, as well as in teaching. The jury also includes representatives of international organisations and partners in the ICT-for-development field.
Winners will have the chance to network with each other and meet other experts in the field of ICT at the WSA 2011 Winners event in fall.
About the WSA
The World Summit Award (WSA), organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM) in Salzburg, was started in 2003 as part of the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). It is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-Content and innovative ICT applications; to date more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national pre-selections and contests and a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive.
For further general information, go to www.wsis-award.org or contact wsa@icnm.net.
To contact Daniel Stern, WSA National Expert for UGANDA, send a mail to dstern@hivecolab.com.