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.
In 2018, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in partnership with Lyda Hill Philanthropies conducted and published the major new research study, “Portray Her: Representations of Women STEM Characters in Media.” The first-of-its-kind study incl… more »
San Luis is a province located in the center of the Argentine Republic, has a territory of 76,748 km² and a population of 500,000 population. The provincial government provides free broadband connectivity to the entire population and internet penetration… more »
Ananke is a digital platform empowering women through awareness, advocacy and education. It was launched in 2014 as a digital media entity documenting women's achievements, showcasing them as role models for aspiring women and girls to emulate; as well a… more »
The objective of this project is to disseminate and report on what happens in the municipality of Caibarien, to this people and to the rest of the world through live audio. This project becomes a community radio project, bringing information related to t… more »
The informatization and digitalization of the world economy is an inevitable trend.The Chinese government highly values the development of digital economy and takes it as a strategic priority to accelerate the building of a "Digital China". The Digital C… more »
The Media Sector in Bangladesh has grown considerably over the last 15 years. Presently, 44 television channels, 28 FM radios, 32 community radios, 1187 daily newspapers, and more than 100 online news portals are active. Most of the Journalists depend on… more »
In 2018 EBU decided to create a regular monthly podcast on technological accessibility innovations and products. While not in itself a 'product', the podcast is the first of its kind entirely by and for visually impaired individuals, which specifically d… more »
The users use an app downloaded from app store. The system includes a Nuc computer installed in the venue together with a wifi network Please meet GalaPro, a ground-breaking startup for the entertainment industry. Using advanced sound and speech recogni… more »
BNNRC believes that gender equality is a core concern of the organizational decree, not being considered as a cross-cutting issue. In this connection, Community Radios constitute a diverse and professional landscape and function as change agents of the p… more »
The GMMP is a worldwide media monitoring, research and advocacy project implemented collaboratively with women’s rights organisations, grassroots groups, media associations, university students and researchers across the world. The research findings are … more »
This is one of the Government shared services that is offered to ministries and government departments in order to enable them to listen to and analyze any public eContent over the internet. There are 170 million resources including all social media plat… more »
The Ministry of Housing and Local Government’s (MHLG’s) mission is to accomplish the national development agenda through people’s housing programmes, municipal and fire services to improve the quality of lives and well-being of the people, guided by… more »
Luchadoras has an online community of 100K followers, being 83% women mainly between 25 and 34 years old in countries like Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and the U.S. They’ve been awarded by Mexico City Prize and Mexico City Hu… more »
Robotics4Kids STEAM education project was initiated by BIGT Infotech Solutions Limited to solve the challenges created by the dearth in technological innovation in Nigeria and Africa. The mission is to ignite the passion for ICT and Technology in pupils … more »
SSMK is a 45 minute weekly radio activity that targets adolescents and youth population, that was initiated in 2001 and later housed at DBI EA in 2004. Each week the young presenters of SSMK 'talk' to young people through this show with the aim of equipp… more »
Social Watcher is a large-scale community service which utilizes media and ICT tools and expertise. The service utilizes Artificial Intelligence, Text Mining, Big Data analytics and visualization, and Natural Language Processing to analyze the public opi… more »
The Stretch TV project improves the usability comprehensibility of television programs, slowing them down so as to present them at the optimal speed for the elderly and for those who suffer from sensory and cognitive disabilities. Reviewing a slowed tele… more »
Information Technology Communication Literacy Talkshow was held to answer the information and editing needs of the older generation or digital urban.this generation is very vulnerable when facing technological security issues, information gaps and hoaxes… more »
VOW Media wants to contribute to a world where women enjoy their basic rights and live with dignity, equality, and justice. It is a non-profit organization that is committed to providing women from marginalized communities with innovative media and techn… more »
VR therapies is an innovative and new social enterprise, created for kids with special-needs & adults with disabilities.Through the magic of VR, I get to take those too poorly to walk swimming with dolphins, children undergoing chemotherapy to explore sp… more »
