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\n Special Category: Pioneers – Unlocking ideas from youth<\/strong> <\/h2>\n

\n This award recognized a young innovator between the ages of 18 and 29 or a youth organization stepping forward, acting as a trailblazer, and bringing fresh perspectives and creative solutions to build a sustainable future. A USD\u00a02000 award prize was granted to this category to finance the trip to the event in New York. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Project Name: Humans in the Loop<\/strong>
Organization: Humans in the Loop, Bulgaria<\/strong>
Stakeholder Type: Private Sector (Social Enterprise)<\/strong>

Humans in the Loop is a social startup promoting the inclusion of conflict-affected and displaced people in the digital labor market. Humans in the loop contributes to AI systems becoming more human-centric through diverse human input for training and monitoring them, while providing vulnerable people with decent work and upskilling opportunities.
The program provides trainings on data annotation, bias in AI, cybersecurity, etc., which help to promote the workers’ data and AI literacy, overcoming the global digital divide faced by many conflict-affected people residing in their country of origin or having left their homes, in particular women migrants.

Impact:<\/span> they have provided paid online employment opportunities to more than 1000 people across the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa and have further upskilled 500 of them in digital skills and English <\/div>\n
\n Project Name: Digital Infrastructure Program<\/strong>
Organization: LiteHaus International, Australia<\/strong>
Stakeholder Type: Civil Society<\/strong>

Digital Infrastructure Program is an educational program \u2018with the aim of bridging digital divide across the developing world, installing groundbreaking digital classrooms and innovative offline e-library. Our Digital Infrastructure Program installs 15 laptop or desktop computers, with Windows 10, the LibreOffice suite and an offline e-library containing 6.2 million educational articles including the entire Wikipedia collection, Khan Academy content on literacy, numeracy and other socially beneficial content, including awareness on the SDGs.
The program also provides digital skills training through a comprehensive Digital Skills Guidebook. LiteHaus International refurbishes old\u00a0 desktop computers from corporates and schools across Australia.

Impact:<\/span> established 193 computer labs in under resourced schools across remote Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Solomon Islands <\/div>\n
\n Youth on the rise
<\/strong>Eswatini Youth Consortium, Kingdom of Eswatini \u2014\u00a0[Other]<\/em>
ESTUDIANTES DIGITALES ACADEMY
<\/strong>ESTUDIANTES DIGITALES, Argentina \u2014\u00a0[Academia\/ Technical Community]<\/em>
Compassion AI: Integrating Human Value of Empathy
<\/strong>University of California, United States of America \u2014\u00a0[Civil Society]<\/em>
WasteToken
<\/strong>Auwal Hero Ventures, Nigeria \u2014\u00a0[Private Sector]<\/em>
Energy Shift
<\/strong>Energy Shift, Croatia \u2014\u00a0[Private Sector]<\/em>
Green Planet
<\/strong>Habitat Assosication, Turkey \u2014\u00a0[Civil Society]<\/em>
DigiGram \u2013 A Village Inclusive Development System
<\/strong>CEQU Labs Pvt. Ltd., India \u2014\u00a0[Private Sector]<\/em>
Humans in the Loop
<\/strong>Humans in the Loop EAD, Bulgaria \u2014\u00a0[Private Sector]<\/em>
Digital Infrastructure Program
<\/strong>LiteHaus International, Australia \u2014\u00a0[Civil Society]<\/em>
Plant-for-the-Planet platform
<\/strong>Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation, Germany \u2014\u00a0[Civil Society]<\/em>
Mytindy
<\/strong>MyTindy, Morocco \u2014\u00a0[Private Sector]<\/em>
Poolfarm \u2013 Empowering Peruvian Aquaculture through Human-Centered Digital Solutions
<\/strong>POOLFARM, Peru \u2014\u00a0[Private Sector]<\/em>
Digital Grassroots
<\/strong>Digital Grassroots, Zambia \u2014\u00a0[Civil Society]<\/em>
AI-Enabled Asset Management and Planning Tool for Women Farmers in Tanzania
<\/strong>United Republic of Tanzania \u2014\u00a0[Other]<\/em>
ICT Development for Rural women and girls.
<\/strong>Women in Sustainable Enterprises, Kenya \u2014\u00a0[Civil Society]<\/em> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n