Call for Submissions: World Summit on the Information Society (Wsis) Prizes 2019 Contest
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has opened a call for submissions of WSIS related projects to the contest for WSIS Prizes 2019. The contest is open to entities representing Governments, Private Sector, International and Regional Institutions, Civil Society and Academia. The WSIS 2019 contest was developed to create an effective mechanism to evaluate and recognize individuals ,governments, civil society, local, regional and international agencies, research institutions and privatesector companies for outstanding success in implementing development oriented strategies that leverage the power of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT’s) as an enabler of the development.
The WSIS 2019 contest serves to identify and showcase the success stories across the WSIS Action Lines defined in the Geneva Plan of Action and Sustainable Development Goals. For more information about WSIS visit: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/prizes/2019/
To submit projects, stakeholders are requested to complete the submission form for WSIS Prizes 2019 online at the following link: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/prizes/2019/#sform
The period for submission is from 02 July 2018 to 30 November 2018. All entities submitting their projects for the WSIS Prizes 2019 are also required to submit via email, a summary of the project submission to BOCRA for filing purposes.
The contest is divided into the following phases:
1. Phase I: 2 July 2018 – 30 November 2018 : Submission phase ( Deadline for last submission: 00:00)
2. Phase II: 3 December 2018 – 21 December 2018: Nomination phase: Review of submitted projects by Expert Group that will result in list of nominated projects.
3. Phase III: 21 December 2018 – 10 February 2019: (Deadline for casting last vote: 00:00); Public online Voting (identification of five projects per category with the highest number of votes)
4. Phase IV: 11 February 2019 – 15 February 2019: (Selection of winning projects by the ITU Expert Group) 5. Phase V: 8 April-12 April 2019: Announcement of winners to the public during WSIS Prize 2019 Ceremony
For further information or any enquiries, please contact:
Olerato Tiego
Tel: +267 3685571
Email: Tiego@bocra.org.bw
Edwin Kooletile
Tel: +267 3685412
Email: kooletile@bocra.org.bw
