The World Summit Awards (WSA) is a UN initiative since 2003 that aims to select and promote local digital innovation, predicting its impact on society and rewarding the best projects worldwide.
The advantages of the winners of this initiative are:
- to participate in the exhibition space at the 28th APDC Congress (26th and 27th Sept, CCB),
- disseminate their proposal / solution in national media and gain international visibility by competing with the best of around 180 countries
- Apply to the Born from Knowledge (BfK) award, a partnership with ANI – Agência Nacional de Inovação, whose objective is to recognize the best projects that result from research and development activities. The BfK winner can participate in the WSA Global Congress 2019 participant mode with trips and stays supported by the ANI, even if it is not the national WSA finalist project.
Here are some rules that can help to clarify any doubts:
- Registered products must be in operation (completed after January 1, 2016). No existing, unfinished ideas, projects, prototypes or demonstrations will be accepted.
- Entries for the WSA – World Summit Awards are open to any public, company, entity or individual, and can be made on this site: https://db.icnm.net/Signup/WSA/2018/Portugal/
- There is no limitation on the categories and projects registered by each candidate.
- The same product can not be presented in more than one category and may not have been a candidate for the WSA in previous editions.
- The producer / applicant must own the copyright of all content related to the production of your product. All software used must be licensed.
In 2017 the City Points Cascais app, developed by the Cascais City Council in partnership with the Portuguese company InnoWave Technologies, won in the category of Government & City Engagement. This Portuguese project was the winner among 400 nominations from 180 participating countries.
Apply for your idea here and qualify to stay in the global shortlist or even be Global Champion!