Applications call for World Summit Awards Young Innovators Program 2020.

The WSA Young Innovators is a special call within the framework of WSA, that promotes and awards young social entrepreneurs. Basically, the WSA Young Innovators is a special recognition for young people under 26 years of age, using ICTs to take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Together with the WSA winners of each year, they are honored as outstanding digital innovation with social impact.

Eligible Projects 

The WSA Young Innovators call is eligible for projects that

• Are developed by young innovators under the age of 26.
• Offer digital solutions to any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Deliver content-rich digital solutions to the user including individuals, businesses, and organizations
• Have a strong digital component: websites, apps, SMS based solutions, IoT, wearables, etc.
• Are market-ready or already launched on the market – no ideas or concepts are eligible

Eligibilities 

The World Summit Awards Young Innovators Program 20202 is for young citizens of all UN member states, WSA Young Innovators is open to every start-up, social entrepreneur, NGO, student or individual. Submissions for the WSA Young Innovators can contain all mobile and web-based projects, such as apps, web pages, applications for wearables, kiosk installations, SMS based products, games, and interactive productions. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with. All submissions have to be launched products. In addition to that, no drafts, ideas, or unfinished projects can be accepted.

Application 

The WSA Young Innovators Award is an open call. Participation in the WSA Young Innovators is open to any entrepreneur, company, student group or project team – at least one of the founding members and the majority of the team must be under the age of 26 (born on or after January 1, 1994).

General Guidelines 

• Candidates must be short and precise and make the digital project easy to understand. Avoid too long sentences and complicated technical terms.
• Similarly, candidates fill in the application solely in ENGLISH and make sure that the URL to your project/product and the email they provided works.
• They must be aware that an international jury is evaluating your project. E.g. if your project cannot be downloaded from the play store in some countries, please make sure that you give enough information, provide screenshots or a comprehensive presentation for the jurors.
• WSA advises to first do their application in a word document and then copy paste to the database for easier structuring.
• WSA tries to keep the application as short as possible; hence WSA  advises to fill in all fields, even if they are not obligatory.