The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to select and promote the worlds best in e-Content and Creativity, held in the framework of and in cooperation with the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
WSA places its emphasis on cultural diversity and identity, the creation of varied information content and the digitalization of educational, scientific and cultural heritage. It aims not only to make the benefits of the new Information Society accessible and meaningful for all humanity, but in particular to raise public awareness and give deserved public recognition to the highest quality e-Content, produced all over the world.
WSA strongly aims to encourage openness towards different cultures and to support the exchange of local best practice examples by and within its international network.
It sees the bridging of the digital divide and narrowing of the content gap as its overall goal and, as of today, involves 168 countries on each continent.
The WSA associate partner network consists of over 120 professional organisations engaged in the development of multimedia on the national and international level.
WSA is supported by numerous governments, heads of state and international organizations, including UNIDO, UNESCO and the UN ICT Task Force. All main activities are conducted with a strong support of the WSA worldwide partner network and are coordinated from the WSA Central Office at the ICNM International Centre for New Media. For more information please visit: www.wsis-award.org
The award will be held in 8 categories:
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e-Learning,
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e-Culture,
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e-Science,
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e-Government,
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e-Health,
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e-Business,
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e-Entertainment, and
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Special Category: e-Inclusion
An awareness session on the Award will be held on Saturday June 4 2005 at 10am, holding at the Lagos Digital Village, 46 Coattes Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos.
The awareness session, with the theme "Showcasing the Best of Nigeria's eContent and Creativity", will introduce the awards in Nigeria, introduce potential nominees to the process website (for Nigeria) and flag off the process of selecting with the launching of the website that will serve as the official platform for the Nigerian eContent Awards.
Please write
wsa-nigeria@icnm.netto confirm participation.
More information:
'Gbenga Sesan
WSA 2005 Expert Panel
Team Leader, Paradigm Inititive Nigeria
Email:
me@gbengasesan.com
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