During Phase II, an Expert Group revised the projects referring to the rules for project submission and nomination criteria. The outcome of the Expert Group's work was a list of nominated projects listed below. The Expert Group consisted of professionals working on the implementation of WSIS outcomes. The decisions of the Expert Group are final and without appeal.
All nominated projects will also be part of the WSIS Stocktaking Report.
The strategic vision regarding the scientific and technological revolution that has changed the lives of the world's inhabitants has been strongly expressed in San Luis, where, since 2010, the Government has provided free connectivity in all cities and t… more »
A national Government has a unique relationship with its citizens. It is the only institution that consistently interfaces with all citizens through every phase of life. The Government, is exclusively positioned to know its citizens and therefore has a r… more »
SIYAFUNDA CTC is an implementing Partner in South Afrcia for the Africa Code Week, with half a million youth introduced to coding over the past 2 years. This is a continent-wide initiative to spark the interest of African children, teenagers and young… more »
“Uruguay Digital” brings together the efforts of the public and private sectors, academia and organised civil society, and is set as country commitment. This has been an ongoing and evolving process, reflected in the four generations of the digital agend… more »
In the framework of the Talent Hackathon of Campus Party 2017, held in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, from July 5 to 9, 2017, the Ministry of Public Function and the Coordination of the National Digital Strategy through the Unit of Digital Government,… more »
Inline of contributing to the national Digital Talent Policy, Edified Generation Rwanda is committed to take a lead to support the GoR in regards to the achievement of this policy through a national wide project “Bridging Digital Divide Among t… more »
The CIC Programme promotes Universal access to ICTs by all Zimbabweans in urban, rural and remote areas and narrows the digital divide between urban and rural communities, all genders and the rich and poor. The Programme does this through providing relev… more »
“ConectaRSE para Crecer” (Connecting to grow) program highlights the benefits of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to promote the development of rural areas in Peru. CPC started as a corporate social responsibility program of Telefónica d… more »
Hack4Girl: As we are trying to improve the number of girl in STEM, the Hack4Girl included a set of activities that aims to attract and retain Girls in STEM education and professional career and well as entrepreneurship. To this aims we do have - Gir… more »
The municipal sector in Saudi is unique in structure, it contains the Ministry (MOMRA), sixteen regional municipalities (Amanats) and 269 municiaplities (Baladiyat) have several entities. Over the last 25 years those entities have been working almost in … more »
The main objective of the pilot project is to evaluate the impact of the use of connectivity services to provide financial inclusion services in the rural areas north of the State of Puebla and to measure how the economic development of these zones is en… more »
The Republic of Kazakhstan pays special attention to the introduction of modern information technologies into the activities of law enforcement agencies. In 2017 they launched the pilot project on "Electronic criminal case", implemented on the basis of t… more »
UITE implements of the “Armath” project of establishment of engineering club-laboratories in the system of schools of Armenia. The project, with its expected wide-ranging social-economic impact, is linked to the national strategies of national security, … more »
The eGOV Awards is an annual search for best practices in Philippine local government units in utilizing information and communications technology (ICT) to effectively and efficiently deliver its public services directly to its constituents and to its bu… more »
On September 7th and 19th of 2017 Mexico was hit by two devastating earthquakes, ranking at 8.2 and 7.1 on Ritcher's magnitude scale, respectively. This tragedy took the lives of over 400 people and left thousands with loss to their properties and liveli… more »
Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), as the central agency for modernisation, is responsible for the development of the Malaysian Public Sector ICT Strategic Plan (ISP) which is the main reference for all governme… more »
The project “International Information Technology Cluster of Nizhny Novgorod region” (IT-cluster) is a business association which strategy is oriented to consolidation of Russian and international companies to constitute complete chain process of develop… more »
INNOVAPP is a contest that seeks to promote the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation using technology and celebrating digital entrepreneurship through the solution of social, environmental and educational challenges through the development of applicatio… more »
International Congress on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies launched in 2016 as an international conference for enriching research findings and technological development. It aims to contribute the scientific progress by attracting an interdiscipli… more »
The tale of the digital society in Indonesia is a fascinating object of study. While having an enormous potential, yet the narrative of digital society in Indonesia is still barely efficiently developed. Then, a research institution named Center for Digi… more »
To develop a unified national consensus regarding a complete and comprehensive technology stack for adopting Open Source technologies. 120 branches of technologies are covered, including operating systems, virtualization environments, middleware, databa… more »
Lebanon IGF platform would foster national multistakeholder dialogue and collaboration with the global Internet community on public policy for the Internet. Outputs from the Lebanese IGF (LIGF) will be presented to the Internet Governance Forum. LIGF … more »
Iran Information technology organization has defined a long-term and ongoing program for measuring the information society of Iran and evaluating progress with regards to the existing ICT-related goals and policies in the development plans of the country… more »
The MBRSLP was launched in 2012 by H. H. Sheikh. Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as a part of the UAE Vision 2021 and national agenda for education transformation. MBRSLP mission is to de… more »
999 National Emergency Service is a centralized 24/7 emergency support allowing any citizen within the country border to directly connect with the Police, Fire and Ambulance emergency responding teams on the ground, in order to get aid in an emergency st… more »
Ignite (Formerly National ICT R&D Fund Company) is rolling out “National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative” for the year 2017-18. The program aims to assist Final Year undergraduate students of ICT related disciplines: Electrical Engineering, Electronic… more »
Hoax, hate speech, digital radicalism, cyberbullying, pornography, and many other negative contents appear to be rising challenges for Indonesia amidst the growing digital society. It is an urgency for the multi-background sectors to find a solution to m… more »
Mexico has been an Open Contracting Champion since the launching of the Open Contracting Partnership. In 2013 the country officially adopted the Open Contracting Principles, and since then, it has worked through a multi stakeholder initiative officially … more »
As Singapore journeys toward the Smart Nation vision, it is important that we leave no one behind in the opportunities afforded by technology. NEU PC Plus Programme (NPP) aims to bridge the digital divide between the haves and have-nots. It is the only n… more »
Having a baby is a deeply rewarding experience, particularly when registering a newborn requires several documents from several governmental bodies. The process of registering a newborn baby in the UAE involves the local health authority, the hospital, t… more »
The contract for the SMART project was signed on November 20th, 2012 with Telecommunications provider Cable and Wireless and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission. The project provides subsidized internet access to 340 households at a ver… more »
Nationwide Education Network (OSE) provides fast, safe and free of charge Internet access to primary and secondary schools in Poland. We are looking at 30 853 schools and over 5 000 000 potential users (both students and teachers). OSE is going to be ful… more »
The vision for Persian SE Program is achieving “the best search services in Persian language” by providing • The most accurate search capability in Farsi • The highest-quality localized services in Farsi Feasibility and comparative studies as well as… more »
For the first time Computadores para Educar installed photovoltaic solutions in 311 education facilities around the country to allow over 9.000 students to access information and knowledge. Solutions are made up by solar panels with their respective… more »
The 547 Citizen Spots spread throughout Portugal, and also Paris and São Paulo, are user-centered physical counters that offer citizens a single point of access to 233 online public services with the personal assistance of a specialized “mediator”. The s… more »
Prime Minister’s National ICT Scholarship Program has been offering scholarships to students of marginalized areas for undergraduate level studies in the field of ICT across all provinces of Pakistan. The program has been executed under the ambit of Mini… more »
To reduce the digital divide and promote connected communities, 350 Wi-Fi hotspots with free 10 MB Internet connection through Optical Fibre, have been set up in public places across Mauritius. An additional 250 locations have been earmarked to be equipp… more »
The Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) of Oman requested Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers for Consultancy Services for a financial and technical study for a new telecommunication architecture. The existing PAEW Water System Network in… more »
Red Compartida is the first large-scale, wholesale-only mobile network in the world. It will allow for the installation of a single latest-technology network that can be shared by all operators which, in turn, will reduce their costs, particularly in reg… more »
o Takaful and Karama program is developed by the Egyptian government as a national targeted Social Safety Network program aimed at protecting the poor through income support. o Takaful is an income support program (Conditional cash transfer) for famili… more »
The Ministry of Education is keen to open communication with beneficiaries, Develop and provide the service to all sectors of the general education and higher education institutions, upgrade the concept “client care service” and exceeds through adopting … more »
As a part of the the national government's strategy for the strengthening and the promotion of the digital economy and the technology-based business, the MINTIC created the Startup Team. This initiative, composed of 16 digital ventures, that seeks to … more »
The project is about telecom operator’s big data platform in the smart city constructing and demographic dynamic monitoring fields, through which we have carried out researches and application with big data technology and artificial intelligence technolo… more »
The Fundacion Telefónica Mobile Classroom project is a comprehensive approach to children’s education that seeks to improve it through technology. It consists of a portable station that functions as a content server, educational resources, and tools such… more »
The UAE’s National Students Cyber Awareness Initiative was initiated by H.H. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, as a part of the Khalifa Empowerment Program for Students, which aims to develop the next generation of UA… more »
The "Vive Lab" and "Puntos Vive Digital Lab (PVD Lab)" are the national lab network for the production of digital media, where technical tools such as commercial and specialized software, hardware and technical training are pointed out, to carry out acti… more »
