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WSA winners From Sri Lanka:
Category
| Project/Software
| Organization | e-Government & Institution
| Government Information Centre (GIC 1919) | ICTA
| e-Inclusion and Participation
| Impaird Aid | Jinasena Pvt.Ltd |
visit WSA site to view all winners National Pre - Selection selected nominees for WSA. | Category | Project/Software | Organization | | e-Government & Institutions | Government Information Center (GIC- 1919) | ICTA | | e-Health & Environment | Not Selected | -- | | e-Learning & Education | e-BIT | University of Colombo School of Computing | | e-Entertainment & Games | Colombo Ride | Gamos Technology Solutions | | e-Culture & Heritage | Pansiya Panas Jathaka Potha | Vicit Innovative (Pvt.) Ltd. | | e-Science & Technology | Mihimadala ( The Blue Planet) | Ya TV | | e-Business & Commerce | Gemidiriya IT Shed Sri Lanka | Gemidiriya | | e- Inclusion Participation | Impaired Aid | Jinasena Pvt. Ltd. | World Summit Award 2009 The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative for selecting and promoting the world's best e-content and applications and thereby contributing towards bridging the Digital Divide and narrowing the Content Gap. WSA works to strengthen entrepreneurship within content industries and to bring about economic and cultural development through the creative use of ICTs. The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global contest for selecting and promoting the world’s best practice examples in e-content and creativity . The initiative was started in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and sees bridging the Digital Divide and the Content Gap as its overall goal. As of today WSA involves representatives from 168 countries all over the world. Focusing on cultural identity and diversity, the WSA looks for multimedia projects that effectively and creatively work with quality contents and digitalize educational, scientific and cultural heritage. Categories of World Summit Award Contest . * e-Government & Institutions
| * e-Health & Environment | * e-Learning & Education | | * e-Entertainment & Games | * e-Culture & Heritage | * e-Science & Technology | | * e-Business & Commerce | * e-Inclusion & Participation | |
Types of products :
| * Broadband/online | * Offline/DVD, CD-Rom or Video Materials | * Games Platform |
| | * Cross Media | * Mobile Content | * Interactive TV |
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Time Frame
| National Pre-Selection | WSA Global Contest: | | Registration start November 14th 2008 | Registration start October 28th 2008 | | Registration deadline December 08th 2008, 12.00 noon | Registration deadline February 15th 2009 | | | Products check-in January 15th – February 15th 2009 | | | Grand Jury 2009 March 2009
| | | Winners Gala, Mexico September 02nd |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 20 July 2009 18:06 )
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