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Participation preserves culture. P3DM is an interactive world map based on Google Maps technology operated by participatory mapping practitioners. Since winning the WSA in 2007 the portal has been further developed and successfully established in many parts of the world. It serves for documentation and awareness of intangible...
Sexuality can be an awkward topic to discuss, but a visit to the SexualityandU.ca website - WSA Winner in 2005 - is as discreet, confidential, and credible as a trip to the doctor’s office. Since its inception, the portal has been designed to provide easy access to relevant, accurate, timely, unbiased...
In 2009, Spongelab Interactive was awarded a World Summit Award in eScience and technology. Three years later,
we’re continuing our amazing momentum towards becoming a standard in education across the world. With users in
over 160 countries and over a two...
WSA-team renounces guilty pleasures to support Education Generation
“I am a total orphan and my peasant guardians can only afford to provide shelter, a meal and school fee for me,” states teenager Francis Wettaka, born in Uganda. To overcome his hard...
GUESTBLOG by Lucia Gallikova (No Label Project)
Last month I took part in the biggest geek event in the world of its kind – ...
News from WSA-mobile Winner MyHandicap
Where do I find a specially designated parking lot or a restroom for persons with handicaps? Which museums, libraries, and restaurants are wheelchair accessible or allow guide dogs? The mobile app MyHandicap provides PWDs with the information they need to live independently, making it a shining...
Estonia selects best m-services in 2012 and announces nominees for the WSA-mobile 2012
The competition ’Best m-services in Estonia 2012’ is organized by the Estonian Information Systems’ Authority within the framework of the European Union’s structural funds programme ‘Raising Public Awareness of the Information. All in all, 44 Estonian m-services took part in the competition organized...
13-year-old developer takes part in Lithuanian WSA-mobile selection finals
This year’s national selection for the World Summit Award mobile 2012 (WSA-mobile) showed that there is a new generation of talented developers growing up in Lithuania. Jonas Peteraitis – a 13-year old pupil from Vilnius – participated in the national selection finals and received most probably the biggest applause in...
WSA team took the 10k to raise awareness for breast cancer
Have you ever attempted to run 10 kilometres while sun is burning down merciless, trying to drive you into the cold floods of the river next to you? If you did, you probably know how the WSA-team felt while struggling to complete the fourth “Women’s run against breast cancer” in Salzburg, Austria...
Help save water and reduce the amount of CO2
This week, the Rio + 20 Conference on Sustainability will take place and will review – after 20 years – how much of their goals could be achieved. On the occasion of the Conference, the team of the World Summit Award will show solidarity and contribute to the environment by going green. We will get a little help from WSA Winner 2011,...
