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The WSA Board of Directors appointed Managing Director of GnosySoft Ltd. to be the WSA National Expert for Cyprus for 2008-2009.  What is WSA
The World Summit Award (WSA) is the global initiative to select and promote the world's best e-Content and innovative ICT applications. WSA was started in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) as a contribution of the Austrian Government to the global effort to bridge the digital divide and close the content gap. WSA activities include national contests and selections of best practice, a global contest held every 2 years and content-focused national and international conferences with exhibitions - the WSA Road Show.
WSA works to strengthen entrepreneurship within content industries and to bring about economic and cultural development through the creative use of ICTs. It supports the UN Millennium Development Goals of ending poverty, hunger and disease, saving the environment and giving a fair share to women.
WSA is an invitation project and a global activity for all who share the understanding of the crucial importance of excellent e-Content creation within the information society. Partners in over 160 UN member states are actively involved in WSA.
National Expert Panel for Cyprus
The tasks of the expert panel members are to propose in the eight categories of the WSA the best multimedia product or application from Cyprus, according to the guidelines of the WSA. All proposed products will then be evaluated by the WSA Expert Grand Jury, which will meet in March 2009 in Venezuela to select the best 5 in each category. The producers of the selected products will then be invited to Monterrey, Mexico, in June 2009, to showcase their products in the framework of UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development. WSA Gala Event will be the highlight of the UN's Global Forum. Timeline in detail: Beginning of call for experts: January 2008
Deadline for call for experts: June 1st 2008
Selection process Expert Panel: June 1st - 10th 2008
Announcement Expert Panel: June 10th 2008
National contests/pre-selections: April 10th - Nov. 30th 08
WSA contest 09 registration start: September 1st 08
Registration deadline: January 30th 09
Products check-in: February 1st - 28th 09
Grand Jury 09: March 01st to 10th 09
Winners Gala 09: June 10th - 13th 09 For more info contact us at wsa[at]gnosysoft.com or visit the WSA web site.
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