Applications call for World Summit Awards 2020

The World Summit Awards are a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation with a high impact on improving society. It is a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. Winners benefit not from a one-time financial reward, but a lifelong partnership and integration. The World Summit Awards are also a nomination based award system.

Call

To participate you need to be nominated by a WSA National Expert as the best national digital application in one of the 8 categories. However, the nominations to WSA are possible through national contests and national expert panel selection. Each country can only nominate one project/solution per category.

Categories 

• GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT – services | open data | democratic participation
• HEALTH & WELLBEING – medical care | sport | lifestyle
• LEARNING & EDUCATION – knowledge | science | skills
• ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY – climate | sustainable resources | agriculture
• CULTURE & TOURISM – heritage | entertainment | subcultures
• SMART SETTLEMENTS & URBANIZATION – mobility | productive work | sustainable living
• BUSINESS & COMMERCE – innovative services | security | finance | marketing
• INCLUSION & EMPOWERMENT – diversity | gender | justice | human right

Benefits 

Combining an ongoing series of international events and activities with a global network of start-ups, social entrepreneurs, mentors, jurors, speakers, experts, government leaders, academia and civil society, WSA is an international platform for cutting edge examples on how ICTs can have an impact on society. Moreover, the program is running 15 years by now, WSA has become a quality seal for digital content with societal impact in over 180 participating countries.

Application Process

Candidates must find out who your WSA National Expert is. Then you can contact the WSA office and they will be happy to introduce you to your WSA National Expert. Once you have contacted your expert, they will go through the steps you will need to take in order to qualify for national selection with you.

Some countries also offer applications through a national contest. The application procedure for the WSA & WSA Young Innovators requires detailed information on your product that you have to provide in the WSA Database. All producer and project information in the WSA Database must, however; be in English to make the application easier for the international jury to evaluate and process and hence promote your project the best.