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The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to which aims to select and promote the world’s best in digital content and innovative applications within the framework of, and in cooperation with, the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), mandated by the WSIS Plan of Action and executed in collaboration with UNESCO, UNIDO and UN GAID.〔http://www.wsis-award.org/partners/strategic-partners〕 The World Summit Awards award e-Content that contributes to a true knowledge society and promotes it at a global congress. The WSA is a nomination based award that works with an international expert network.〔http://www.wsis-award.org/national-experts/expert-panel-27720100608〕 The experts task is to scout the national ICT markets for suitable applications due to the evaluation criteria of the WSA.〔http://www.wsis-award.org/content/evaluation-criteria-how-your-product-will-be-evaluated-96320130522〕 Submissions are free of charge.〔http://www.wsis-award.org/content/contest-rules-what-keep-mind-when-you-wish-participate-96220130522〕 WSA emphasizes on its homepage cultural diversity and identity, the creation of varied information content and the digitalization of educational, scientific and cultural heritage. It aims to make the benefits of the new Information Society accessible and meaningful for all humanity, and in particular, to raise public awareness and give deserved public recognition to the highest quality e-Content, produced all over the world.It, as of 2014, involves representatives from 174 countries on each continent.〔http://www.wsa-mobile.org/about/decade-mobile-content-and-applications-26020100517〕 The World Summit Award (WSA) is organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM), Salzburg, Austria.〔http://www.icnm.net/about〕 ==Categories== Yearly, five projects are awarded in each of eight categories,〔http://www.wsis-award.org/contest/categories-and-rules〕 summing up to a total of 40 awardees. The eight categories derive from the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)UN Geneva Agenda and the Tunis Action Plan〔http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html〕 and, as of 2013, are as follows:〔http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/swa-e-content-products-summit-to-hold-in-sri-lanka/145891/〕 *e-Government & Open Data *e-Health & Environment *e-Learning & Science *e-Entertainment & Games *e-Culture & Tourism *e-Media & Journalism *e-Business & Commerce *e-Inclusion & Empowerment 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Summit Award」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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