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Digital@UNGA Awards

Digital Inclusion Award

Recognizes initiatives that expand meaningful and equitable access to digital technologies, connectivity, digital skills, accessibility, and online participation — particularly addressing the needs of underserved, marginalized, and vulnerable communities.

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Digital Inclusion

Winner Runners-up Finalists

To be announced.

To be announced.

Government / Public

Accessible UAE: From National Digital Accessibility Policy to Accessible-by-Design Government Services

Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Autho — United Arab Emirates

 Private Sector

AI-Powered Sign-Language and Easy-Read Accessibility for the Deaf and People with Reading Difficulties

EQ4ALL — Korea (Rep. of)

 Civil Society / NGO

Community Health Toolkit

Medic Mobile Inc. (Medic) — United States of America

 Civil Society / NGO

Connect the Unconnected – Community-Centered Connectivity in Haïti

ISOC Haiti — Haiti

 Civil Society / NGO

Connected North

TakingITGlobal — Canada

 International Org

Connectivity for Refugees: A Multi-Stakeholder Initiative led by UNHCR, ITU, GSMA, and Government of Luxembourg

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency — Switzerland

 Start-up

Digital Community Centers

New Sun Road — Guatemala

 Civil Society / NGO

Digital knowledge sharing for remote rural areas in local languages

Access Agriculture — Belgium

 Government / Public

Digital Service Cards for Persons with Disabilities Initiative

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development — Saudi Arabia

 Government / Public

Educational Broadcasting Cambodia (EBC)

Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) — Cambodia

 Government / Public

Giga Bénin – Connecting Every School: Open School Mapping, Connectivity and Digital Classrooms for Inclusive Education in Benin

Ministère de la Transformation Digitale et de l'Innovation — Benin

 Civil Society / NGO

Instant Network Schools

Vodafone Foundation — United Kingdom

 Civil Society / NGO

Safecity – AI-Enabled Community Intelligence for Safer, More Inclusive Cities

Red Dot Foundation — India

 Start-up

Shared Success Network. Connecting Caribbean Calibre.

Island Innovators Collective — Grenada

 Private Sector

Skills on Wheels

Huawei Technologies — China

Jury Members

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Gitanjali Sah

Head, WSIS and Stakeholder Engagement Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

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Luisa Monse

Partnerships and Engagement Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Guilherme Canela

Director, Division for Digital Inclusion, Policies and Digital Transformation, UNESCO

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Jenna Omassi

Public Policy Manager, Global Institution Engagement, TikTok

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Alix Jagueneau

Head of External Affairs, GSMA