WITSA 2008 Global ICT Excellence Awards
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Public Sector ICT
Excellence Award
Government entities and non-profit organizations are eligible to
be nominated in the Public Sector Excellence category.
Criteria for Government authorities: To be nominated, a government entity must, in its
delivery of services within or outside the entity, use information technology
to 1) improve a national or local government's effectiveness in meeting the
needs of its citizens; 2) save time and money in government operations by
eliminating inefficient practices and processes; and/or 3) improve access to or
the quality of services, communication and information within government. In addition, the project implemented by the
nominee must meet at least one of the following criteria: use IT to improve the
common good, either at the local, national or global level (measuring the
social benefit); demonstrate efficient use of current technology; highlight the
benefits of latest advances; run pilot projects evaluating the potential of new
innovative means of communication and information distribution.
Criteria for Non-profit organizations: To be nominated, non-profit organizations must
utilize information and communications technology to achieve the organization's goals, as well to improve
the common good through programs with significant social benefits. Examples of such programs include: medical
groups that facilitate remotely assisted surgery via Internet, deployment of
informative databases or other technologies that increase citizen participation
in communities of interest - uses that bring aid, comfort, information, support
or services to target community groups.
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Private Sector ICT
Excellence Award
All for-profit, high-end information technology users
are eligible for this award. This
award honors the innovative uses of information and communications technology that directly
increase a business' ability to meet its objectives, improve its
competitiveness or better serve its customer needs. A for-profit user of ICT that creates an advantage in the design,
development, manufacturing, marketing and/or distribution of products and
services would be competitive for this award.
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Digital
Opportunity Award
Individuals, academic institutions, corporations,
NGOs or government authorities that have made a remarkable and successful
effort at providing digital opportunities to those in need are eligible for
this award. Nominees must help
facilitate the deployment of information and communications technology and use of the internet
among inner city populations, or in towns, rural areas or cities in developing
and least-developed countries in order to be considered for this award. WITSA member associations have autonomy in
nominating and selecting the most qualified candidates in their respective
country or region. In order to nominate
a candidate, the WITSA member association must demonstrate the effectiveness of
the program; approximate the number of people benefiting from the program;
describe the degree of intensiveness of the program; and evaluate the level of
innovation used in achieving the program’s goals.