Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2016 Nominee

Drones for Good Award


Description

The UAE Government invite the most innovative and creative minds to find solutions that will improve people’s lives and provide positive technological solutions to modern day issues. This Award is designed to offer the people of the world an opportunity to really make a difference. With a commitment underlined by the significant prize fund.
The UAE Drones for Good Award is considered the first and largest of its kind awarding the best practical implementations of drones to benefit humanity. The award’s aim is to serve as a hub for innovators worldwide to demonstrate their prototypes, network with stakeholders and investors, and explore collaboration opportunities. It consists of an International competition (award of US$ 1Million) and a National competition (award of 1Million AED). Through establishing strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Samsung, Indra & IEEE, the award attracted 800+ submissions from 57 countries within its first cycle and 1017 submissions from 165 countries for the second cycle.

Project website

https://www.dronesforgood.ae/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2016
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Coverage
  • Afghanistan
  • Anguilla
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Western Sahara
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Netherlands Caribbean
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
  • Burundi
  • Belgium
  • Benin
  • Bangladesh
  • Bahamas
  • Bhutan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Central African Republic
  • Canada
  • Czech Republic
  • Chad (Republic of)
  • Chile
  • Cook Islands
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Comoros
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cape Verde (Republic of)
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • France
  • Faroe Islands
  • Gabon
  • Gambia (Republic of the)
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guadeloupe
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • French Guiana
  • Guinea
  • Guam
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Holy See
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Ireland
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao, China
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Marshall Islands
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Republic of North Macedonia
  • Moldova
  • Madeira
  • Maldives
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia (Federated States of)
  • Mali
  • Malawi
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro (Republic of)
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Northern Marianas
  • Martinique
  • Montserrat
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal (Republic of)
  • Niger
  • Netherlands
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norway
  • New Zealand
  • French Polynesia
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Easter Island
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Congo
  • Palestine
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Reunion
  • Korea (Rep. of)
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Saint Helena
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • American Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somali (Democratic Republic)
  • Spain
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Sri Lanka
  • South Sudan
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Slovenia
  • Kingdom of Eswatini
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tokelau
  • East Timor
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tunisia
  • Türkiye (Republic of)
  • Tuvalu
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Ukraine
  • Russian Federation
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Uruguay
  • United States of America
  • The United States Virgin Islands
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Viet Nam
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Taiwan, China
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Status

Completed

Start date

01 January 2014

End date

01 February 2015


Entity name

Ministry of Cabinet Affairs

Entity country—type

United Arab Emirates Government

Entity website