WSA 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.
WSA invites all UN member states to nominate their best local digital solutions for the global award.
WSA is a nomination based award system, eligible for all UN member states.
Each country has a national WSA representation – the WSA National Expert. The WSA national experts are carrying out the local pre-selection for WSA, through national contests or national expert panel selection. To participate in WSA, you need to be nominated by a WSA National Expert as the best national digital application in one of the 8 categories.Each country is eligible to nominate one project/solution per WSA category. Please note that a country’s local deadline for application may vary from the WSA Global deadline.
Are you under the age of 26? You may want to also consider to apply for the WSA Young Innovators!
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 2024 the categories are:
- 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 & HERITAGE - 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
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WSA rules & conditions
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.
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.
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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.
Founded in 2003, WSA has become a quality seal for digital content with societal impact in 182 participating countries.
Participate in the WSA Awards
The World Summit Awards (WSA) is a nomination-based award system. Each country can have up to 8 nominees representing them in the global round of the contest.
WSA National Experts, who are well-connected professionals in the local startup and social impact communities, are responsible for selecting the nominees in their countries.
Are you ready to convince your National Expert that your solution deserves a spot at the Global Congress in India next year? Select your country from the dropdown menu below and follow the instructions to submit your solution.