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SERGEI KAMBALOVChief ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch

Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination/DESA

United Nations, New York

World Summit Award and the Cyber Peace Initiative

THEWORLD SUMMIT AWARD

Best in e-Content and Creativity

as a part of the WSIS implementation process until 2015

partners sponsors

WSA TODAY

PARTICIPATION: 168 countries world wide

PATRONAGE: 6 Heads of State

PARTNER NETWORK: 130 members from 78 countries

WSA NATIONAL AWARDS: running in over 50 countries

ROAD SHOW EVENTS: held each year in over 20 countries

worldwide

WSA CATEGORIES

CHALLENGE:To strengthen an inclusive, global platform and multistakeholder activity for the selection and promotion of best practice ine-Content; and to maintain itas a result of the WSISprocess.

VALUE PROPOSITIONS:To strengthen content industries for economic and cultural development

To implement measures that foster capacity building of creative entrepreneurs

To support the UN Millennium Development Goals.

WSA AND WSIS: GOALS

Create awareness through a thematic forum on e-Content within the UN follow up process

Provide a network for non-profit efforts in the selection and promotion of best practice

Invite member states, the business community and civil society organizations in a multi-stakeholder partnership on e-Content to give recognition through global awards

Seek cooperation with all relevant stakeholders active in the area of e-Content to optimize impact and sustain activity until the official WSIS review in 2015

WSA 2008-09: PROGRAM MODULS

Road Show, Conferences, Exhibitions in over 20 countries

3 Global e-Content Summits

National e-Content Contests in over 50 countries

Global Contest 2009

Winners GALA, MEXICO

REVIEW: WSA GRAND JURY 07

On invitation of the Government of Croatia

Locally organized by the Internet Institute of Croatia

Date: August 31- September 7, 2007

Site: Brijuni Islands, Croatia

Participants: 32 Jurors

IMPRESSIONS FROM THE WSA GRAND JURY BRIONI, CROATIA

REVIEW: WSA GALA EVENTS 07

Framework: Global Forum 2007

Date: November 5, 2007

Site: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy

Participants: 280 delegates from about 68 countries

IMPRESSIONS FROM THE WSA 07 WINNERS CONFERENCE

IMPRESSIONS FROM THE AWARDS CEREMONY CELEBRATION 07

WSA & CYBER PEACEMODULES

WSA and Cyber Peace Initiative promoting e-Content creation for peace peace related issues in 160 countries

World Summit Youth Award. Youth for Youth in categories: Peace / Culture / Development

WSA e-Content Summit in Cairo to be held in 2008

First Lady H.E. Suzanne Mubarak to become a global patron of the initiative

YOUTH AWARD: GOALS Identify, document and showcase

best-practice youth-lede-Content initiatives

Realize young people’s potential as content creators and development actors in their communities

Promote learning and skill-sharing from and between the selected projects

Use multimedia and ICTs for peace enhancement and enlarge the awareness of concrete peace activities and their range and diversity.

How to work with WSA

WSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS – CHAIRMANProf. Dr. Peter A. BruckChairman of the BoardHonorary President of the ICNMGeneral Manager, Research Studios Austria Email: bruck@research.at

WSA HEAD OFFICEMs. Anastasia KonstantinovaProject ManagerEmail: konstantinova@icnm.net

PARENT ORGANIZATIONICNM - International Center for New MediaMoosstrasse 43a | 5020 Salzburg | AustriaTel: +43 662 63 04 08-40 | wsa@icnm.net

www.wsis-award.org

For more information:www.wsis-award.org | wsa@icnm.net