WSA invites all UN member states to nominate their best local digital solutions for the global award.
WSA selects and promotes local digital innovation 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.
Categories
WSA categories reflect the UN WSIS action lines and are updated regularly to meet the development of the UN Goals. For the edition of the WSA 2023 the categories are:
Government & Citizen Engagement
Health & Well Being
Learning & Education
Environment & Green Energy
Culture & Heritage
Smart Settlements & Urbanization
Business & Commerce
Inclusion & Empowerment
Eligibility
Producers
Any company, organization, or individual from all UN and UNESCO member states can be nominated.
Solutions
WSA is strictly restricted to digital applications with a strong benefit for society and a high local impact.
Nominations for the WSA can contain mobile applications, SMS based products, webpages, databases, kiosk installations, wearables, devices, IoT etc. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.
The projects can be max. 3 years old at the date of nomination or need to prove major updates/upgrades/innovation within the past 2 years.
No ideas, drafts, demonstrations or concepts are accepted, all submitted projects must be market ready or already on the market.
WSA evaluates and highlights the content, user value and local impact of digital solutions.
Rules
WSA looks for digital applications that have a strong impact on society in one of the 8 WSA categories. WSA focuses on content depth, strategic value and local impact of a product.
By submission of a project, producers accept the rules of the WSA contests as stated on this page and in the WSA Contest Database.
All submitters to WSA have to abide by the rules and regulations mentioned in the UN Declaration on Human Rights. Submissions which encourage war, the exercise of violence, fraud, racism or discrimination will therefore not be accepted and eliminated. Similarly, submissions that violate international copyright provisions will be excluded.
WSA cannot be held liable for accepted submissions and their contents and rights.
