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World Summit Award (WSA)
The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best in e-Content and Creativity, commenced in 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 GAID.WSA places its emphasis on 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...
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World Summit Award Mobile
The WSA-mobile selects and promotes the world’s best in mobile content and innovative applications. It is based on the expertise, mechanism and network of the World Summit Award and is held every two years, with the first Winners’ Gala to take place in Abu Dhabi in December 2010 in cooperation and along with the UN DESA GAID Global Forum.
WSA-mobile emphasizes 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...
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UNIDO
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helps developing countries with economies in transition in their fight against marginalization in today's globalized world. It mobilizes knowledge, skills, information and technology to promote productive employment, a competitive economy and a sound environment. UNIDO generates and disseminates knowledge relating to industrial matters and provides a platform for the various actors in the public and private sectors, civil society organizations and the policy- making community in general to enhance cooperation, establish dialogue...
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UNESCO
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has 193 Member States and seven Associate Member States. It is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. The Secretariat, headed by the Director-General, implements the decisions of these two bodies. UNESCO has its headquarters in Paris. The Organization also has more than 50 field offices around the world. The work of the five programme sectors of UNESCO - Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communication and Information - implements objectives defined by the international community, such...
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WITSA
The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (‘WITSA”) is the leading voice of the global ICT industry. WITSA is a consortium of 81 national ICT industry associations with members representing more than 90 percent of the world's ICT market. WITSA was founded in 1978 under its original name - World Computing Services Industry Association - by a group of 30 individuals with the objective of understanding how trends and government regulations impact the social economic development of the global ICT industry. WITSA was incorporated in 1998 in the Commonwealth of Virginia within the...
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UN GAID
The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID), an initiative approved by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2006, was launched after comprehensive worldwide consultations with governments, the private sector, civil society, the technical and Internet communities and academia.
While the 2005 United Nations Summits emphasized the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there was a need for a truly global forum that...
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SuperSocial Marketing
SuperSocial is a new media agency developing marketing solutions. We help brands listening, understanding and engaging conversations in social media. We’re a new kind of agency, but conversations between people are nothing new. We strategize! We design. We talk. Make sure that you’re pushing your social media strategy to its full potential.These days social media is a essential element of social conversation. If you want to know more about how to use social media to build your brand, then let’s talk!
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TAMK
TAMK University of Applied Sciences is an internationally oriented multi-disciplinary university offering higher education in Art and Media, Business, Engineering, Technology and Forestry. TAMK School of Art and Media is an active participant in international networks like EUROPRIX and the World Summit Award. The School is also founder of the most important digital media conference and award in Finland, the MindTrek. This year TAMK will also join World Summit Youth Award activists to support and promote this important initiative.
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Youth Ki Awaaz
Founded in March 2008, Youth Ki Awaaz, which literally translates to "Voice of the Youth" in English, is an online platform for young people to express themselves on issues of importance. They make best use of social media tools and online journalism skills to mobilize and engage young people in participatory and collaborative journalism. They combine new media innovation with social news reporting. Youth Ki Awaaz is the most prolific blog around presenting honest youth views on important local, national and international issues. Presently, it hosts over 3000 articles, is read by 10000+...
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European Journalism Centre (EJC)
The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is an independent, international, non-profit institute dedicated to the highest standards in journalism, primarily through the further training of journalists and media professionals. Building on its extensive international network, the Centre operates as a facilitator and partner in a wide variety of training projects.The main goals of the EJC are to:
promote high quality journalism through professional training, particularly in a European context;
provide a forum for discussion, debate, and exchanges of views and experience for journalists, editors,...
