WSIS Prizes 2026 Winners Ceremony
WSIS
Session 442
The WSIS Prizes 2026 Winners Ceremony is one of the flagship moments of the WSIS Forum 2026, bringing together the global digital development community to celebrate excellence, innovation, and impact.
Following a historic edition of the WSIS Prizes Contest that attracted a record 1,595 submissions from 122 countries, and after more than 2.2 million votes cast by participants around the world, the journey culminates with the announcement of the 18 WSIS Prizes 2026 Winners—one winning project in each of the 18 WSIS Action Line Categories.
Taking place on the Main Stage (Room C, -1 level) of WSIS Forum 2026 at Palexpo in Geneva, the ceremony will feature a special awards presentation by ITU Secretary-General Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, who will honor the projects that best demonstrate how digital technologies can drive sustainable development and create meaningful impact for people and communities worldwide.
The WSIS Prizes Winners represent the very best of global digital innovation—initiatives that are transforming lives, accelerating progress of the WSIS Action Lines, and advancing the vision of an inclusive information society for all.
Join participants from around the world, both onsite and online, for this unforgettable celebration as the global WSIS community comes together to discover who will become the WSIS Prizes 2026 Winners. Be part of the excitement, witness the recognition of outstanding achievements, and celebrate the projects that are shaping our digital future.
We invite all WSIS Forum participants to attend this prestigious ceremony and experience the culmination of the world's largest and most recognized contest for digital development projects and initiatives.
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C2. Information and communication infrastructure
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
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C6. Enabling environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-government
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-business
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-learning
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-employment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-agriculture
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science
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C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
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C9. Media
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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C11. International and regional cooperation
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
www.wsis.org/sdg
- Objective 1: Close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals
- Objective 2: Expand inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy for all
- Objective 3: Foster an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space that respects, protects and promotes human rights
- Objective 4: Advance responsible, equitable and interoperable data governance approaches
- Objective 5: Enhance international governance of artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity
