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.
This project aims at providing a unifying technological platform for Arabic cultural heritage in a multilingual world context. The platform is founded on semantic technologies. It offers the opportunity to share this heritage through the web of data. Ara… more »
The Translation Challenge was launched in September 2017 by the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives with aims to improve Arabic educational content, and to bridge the gap between educational curricula in Arab and developed countries, in order to provi… more »
The project entails the implementation of a digital repository for document available to users for online viewing and printing as well as the digitisation of historical documents. The main objectives of the system would be to: • provide long term access … more »
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication (BNNRC) introduced a project titled- “Fellowships for Rural Youth in Community Media and Journalism,” in 2013 supported by Free Press Unlimited. Under the fellowship programme, length of 4 months, a tota… more »
InfoPreta is the pioneer of diversity in the digital world, the first company to work with black collaborators and minority participants. InfoPreta provides technological services made by women, maintenance such as: restoration, backup, formatting of com… more »
Considering the importance of indigenous people and recognizing that, in order to respect the rights granted in the Political Constitution regarding access to information and communication technologies for all Mexicans, as well as radio and telecommunica… more »
The year 2013 was the time when I initiated ‘Project IT for Differently Able’ with a grant from the US Department of State and turned my dream into reality. The project aims to pass on technological education and skills to people with disabilities. I bel… more »
Lenali is specialized in development of mobile application adapted to socio-cultural and economic realities for african nations. In March 2017, LENALI launches its mobile social network application, the first in the world that is fully vocal and speaks l… more »
Leti Arts is an interactive media studio with offices in Ghana and Kenya that develops cross-platform games and apps which are influenced by African history, folklore, and culture. Our current in-house project, Africa’s Legends is a superhero franchise w… more »
Launched in August 2017, Khabrona.Info (Khabrona or خبرونا means "inform us" in Arabic) harnesses the potential of digital tools and mobile connectivity to increase the security and self-reliance of refugees, particularly female refugees. It is a website… more »
NaTakallam –“We Speak" in Arabic–is a social enterprise connecting displaced persons with language learners worldwide for online practice. Individuals fleeing conflict face tremendous work restrictions and language barriers in their host countries. Our… more »
Olabi, a social organization that works to democratize the production of technology by contributing to the construction of a socially more just world, presents Pretalab, a survey that shows that it is urgent to debate representation in the world of innov… more »
Social Intelligence is a project of Information Age Consulting (Kuwait). This project was developed by Dr. Salah Alnajem, the founder and CEO of Information Age Consulting and the associate professor of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Proc… more »
Tainacan is a digital platform baptized from an indigenous legend originating from the Carajás peoples. The Ministry of Culture, the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram) and the Federal University of Goiás have developed the Tainacan platform for the m… more »
The qualitative framework proposed to investigate the practices of access, use and activities of young people online is pioneer in researching such areas, with the purpose of identifying gender differences in terms access, uses and opportunities; self-pr… more »
Techtonica's mission is to make every engineering team as diverse as its local community while empowering low-income women and non-binary adults through tech training and careers. Techtonica breaks down the barriers that prevent those most in need of eco… more »
Community project seeks to rehabilitate 100 young men and women Objectives : - The composition of 100 young men and women . - Spreading the culture of human rights among young people - Spreading the culture of equality . Results : - Enabling young peo… more »
Uganda Computer Aid is an amazing initiative implemented by Musabe Foundation. Uganda Computer Aid is active in the field of Information & Communication Technology in the remote, disadvantageous region of the Rwenzori Mountaions bordering the … more »
In Vietnam, gender equality has improved a lot over the years. However, in rural areas, ethnic minority areas, gender equality has not yet been addressed. The role of women is not yet appreciated in the family and society. Women who are not educated at h… more »
This project aims at providing training for people to understand and perform the rituals of Hajj and Umrah properly, and reduce the common mistakes made by people and pilgrims as far as possible, learning step by step using 3D virtual reality technique, … more »
Visit Hebron – Palestine is a Palestinian youth initiative dedicated to promoting the city of Hebron in Palestine through unique online and printed resources, mainly a website www.visithebron.ps and a social media account www. facebook.com/visit… more »
