During Phase II, an Expert Group revised the projects referring to the rules for project submission and nomination criteria. The outcome of the Expert Group's work was a list of nominated projects listed below. The Expert Group consisted of professionals working on the implementation of WSIS outcomes. The decisions of the Expert Group are final and without appeal.
All nominated projects will also be part of the WSIS Stocktaking Report.
The project aims to conduct practical training on the rituals of Hajj and Umrah properly, step by step, using 3D, interactive, multilingual, multi-environment virtual world techniques, and by simulating the rituals closer to reality, with realistic model… more »
Africa Teen Geeks has taught 49000 children from disadvantaged communities with 23000 of those being girls. December 2018 it entered into a partnership with the department of basic education to develop and implement a coding and robotics curriculum to be… more »
Creating an ecosystem of value chain support in ICT, Creative Innovation among youth, schools and the farming community to adopt ICT4Agriculture to optimise using ICT as a entrepreneurship capacity building on ICT driver needed to optimise e-business, pr… more »
Despite the mass adoption of digital technologies and as Indonesia’s digital economy matures at an unpraecedented rate, the disability community are often excluded from the conversation about digital transformation for the community. According to the sta… more »
Jari Cerdik is a project that provides educational, Indonesian cultural content, and linguistic diversity. Jari Cerdik as an innovation, a creativity and a contribution of teachers and students of MIN 1 Kota Madiun, useful, inspiring and unique contents.… more »
La Papeleta is a collaborative Cuban cultural billboard on the web, through the url www.lapapeleta.cu. Created in March 2013 and has as its main objective, the promotion and dissemination of cultural activities and events throughout the country, it gathe… more »
Elimisha Empowerment community-based organization works to reduce inequalities in marginalized communities in Kenya focusing on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10. The term ‘Elimisha’ is a Swahili word that means ‘To educate.’ Therefore, the organizat… more »
About 11% of the population of Bangladesh consists of minorities, who face discrimination due to their religion, ethnicity, gender identity, and geographical location-based differences. Discrimination persists in the above groups on access to education, … more »
Habka is the first 100% Arabic platform for screenwriting that provides full and reliable support for the Arabic language, and enables Arab screenwriters to write films and series according to approved international standards. Habka platform aims to maxi… more »
Huawei has developed an Intelligent Information Accessibility Solution for people with disabilities. It has incorporated "accessibility" traits into its product design since 2017 and keeps refining the accessibility features to ensure that all users espe… more »
ICT for the Deaf (ICTD) is a project that aims to create ICT skills training opportunities for the deaf community facing a language barrier in accessing ICT skills training in Tanzania. The vision of the Open University of Tanzania is to provide affordab… more »
Konnect is an online platform for connecting adolescents and young people between ages 13-18 to develop their creativity, capacity, and nurturing abilities through activities and gamification, and to build a secure cyber productive environment, as a gove… more »
Leti Arts is an interactive media studio with offices in Ghana and Kenya that develops cross-platform games and apps which are influenced by African history, folklore, and culture. Our current in-house project, Africa’s Legends is a superhero franchise w… more »
Aboriginal language is an oral tradition, so it is logical and important for the MALTC to develop a podcast channel focusing on understanding Aboriginal Language. The first series of eight episodes are hosted by the Awabakal Language Program language res… more »
SpeakLiz is an Artificial Intelligence app that helps the world’s 470 million deaf people communicate by interpreting sign language for those that cannot speak it. SpeakLiz is a powerful Artificial Intelligence communication tool, it has been designed as… more »
The aim of the project was to provide bulk-free mobile phone SMS for pupils in Tanzania for selected primary school subjects. This enabled the pupils to be able to contact their teachers when any further explanation or clarification related to a subject … more »
It solved the problem of 'inaudible,not clear or inaccurate' for special groups with hearing impairments and people in a mute or noisy environment. China Mobile Migu Corporation is the first in the industry to create AI subtitles for sports live broadcas… more »
Lamba Labs Beirut Hackerspace is a community of makers who like to share their skills with like minded people. They also work for the advancement of the makers community by promoting inititatives that teach skills and build potential careers. One such in… more »
The project titled ‘Travel Planner for visually impaired and limited mobility Community’ will help visually impaired and limited mobility community to provide ease in transportation and mobility. The UI for web application will be easier to handle by the… more »
In Vietnam, gender equality has improved a lot over the years. However, in rural areas, ethnic minority areas, gender equality has not yet been addressed. The role of women is not yet appreciated in the family and society. Women who are not educated at h… more »
