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The World Summit Awards promotes and awards also young innovators, who developed a digital application tackling the UN SDGs. The WSA Young Innovators is a special recognition for young social entrepreneurs under 26 years of age, using ICTs to take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The World Summit Award (WSA) looks for digital applications that have a strong impact on society in one of the 8 WSA categories:
GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT – services | open data | democratic participation
HEALTH & WELL BEING – medical care | sport | lifestyle
LEARNING & EDUCATION – knowledge | science | skills
ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY – climate | sustainable resources | agriculture
CULTURE & TOURISM – heritage | entertainment | subcultures
SMART SETTLEMENTS & URBANIZATION – mobility |productive work | sustainable living
BUSINESS & COMMERCE – innovative services | security | finance | marketing
INCLUSION & EMPOWERMENT – diversity | gender | justice | human rights
Applicants must be nominated by the WSA National Expert. Any entrepreneur, company, student group or project team is eligible – at least one of the founding members and the majority of the team must be under the age of 26.
The World Summit Awards are a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. This means that winners benefit not from a one-time financial reward, but a lifelong partnership and integration. More information on the non-monetary benefits on the following link: https://www.worldsummitawards.org/contest/benefits/
Find out who your WSA National Expert. Then you can contact the WSA office and they will be happy to introduce you to your WSA National Expert. Once you have contacted your expert, they will go through the steps you will need to take in order to qualify for national selection with you.
For more information, please visit the official web page.
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