[Geneva] ITU Announced 18 winners Including IIM Bangalore,of the WSIS Prizes 2015
Secretary-General Houlin Zhao announced the 18 winners of the WSIS Prizes 2015 at the WSIS High-Level Opening Segment, which was held at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.
The WSIS Prizes 2015 contest provides a platform to identify and showcase success stories across the 11 WSIS Action Lines defined in the Geneva Plan of Action.
This year’s WSIS Project Prize winners include government departments+ international organizations+private sector companies+ NGOs + academia.
More than 300 projects were nominated for the 2015 contest, more than twice the number of nominations in 2014, reflecting the prestigious nature of the award and the growing importance of ICTs in national development strategies.
The awards are conferred through online voting involving over 100,000 stakeholders from around the world.
This year’s 18 winners are:
Action Line C1 The role of government and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
Winner: Young Innovations, Nepal
Action Line C2 Information and communication infrastructure
Winner: Ministry of Communications and Transportation, Mexico
Action Line C3 Access to information and knowledge
Winner: Prime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh
Action Line C4 Capacity building
Winner: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, United Arab Emirates
Action Line C5 Building confidence & security in the use of ICTs
Winner: Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE), Italy
Action Line C6 Enabling environment
Winner: Ministry of Finance, Kazakhstan
Action Line C7 E-government
Winner: Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
Action Line C7 E-business
Winner: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Uruguay
Action Line C7 E-learning
Winner: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Action Line C7 E-health
Winner: FHI 360, United States of America
Action Line C7 E-employment
Winner: Ministry of Manpower, Oman
Action Line C7 E-environment
Winner: Central Agency for Information Technology, Kuwait
Action Line C7 E-agriculture
Winner: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Netherlands
Action Line C7 E-science
Winner: Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Action Line C8 Cultural diversity & identity, linguistic diversity
Winner: South-West University ‘Neofit Rilski’, Bulgaria
Action Line C9 Media
Winner: Radio Farm International, Canada
Action Line C10 Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
Winner: Rwanda Media Commission, Rwanda
Action Line C11 International & regional cooperation
Winner: Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean
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ITU Announced 18 Winners ,Including IIM Bangalore, of WSIS Prizes 2015
ITU+GSMA+Internet Society To Join Forces Against Ebola
[Busan] ITU+GSMA+Internet Society To Join Forces Fight Against Ebola
At the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference three organisations of Technocrats [1] the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), [2]the GSMA and [3]the Internet Society (ISOC), announced that they are joining forces in the fight against Ebola.
The three organizations will bring together the global telecommunications and Internet communities, leveraging their extensive reach, capacity and respective memberships to increase the effectiveness of information and communications technologies (ICT), especially mobile communication and the Internet, for better preparedness, early warning and response.
ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun I. Touré convened a special session with ITU membership during the Plenipotentiary Conference currently underway in Busan, Republic of Korea, to identify recommendations for a more effective use of ICTs in the fight against Ebola.
Dr Touré stated: “The ICT Sector is critical in dealing with the Ebola threat. ICTs are already being used by ITU and its partners to support awareness raising and emergency communications, and immediate challenge is to ensure regulatory barriers are removed to facilitate deployment and use of telecommunications applications for the purpose of saving lives.
ITU has already deployed satellite terminals to support ongoing efforts and is currently developing new applications in close cooperation and coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO).
ITU Calls For Enhancement Of Broadband For Socio-Economic Development
[Busan] ITU Calls For Enhancement Of Broadband For Socio-Economic Development
There are currently 43 countries without any form of National Broadband plan in place.
Governments must enhance their National Broadband planning process to enable ICTs and broadband to catalyse socio-economic development, according to an Open Letter from the Broadband Commission for Digital Development to delegates attending the ITU’s 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference.
In The ITU’s 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference,The Commission notes the strong links between broadband and development and urges “Member States[2500] to continue to push for inclusion of ICTs and broadband as key enabling transformative technologies in the post-2015 development agenda.
Although there is evidence that Broadband Plans can help to adapt systems and ensure that both industrialized and developing economies can fully benefit from the digital revolution, there are currently 43 countries without any form of National Broadband plan in place.
Dr Hamadoun I. Touré said, “The importance of a National Broadband plan cannot be understated and I encourage all nations to put in place a Broadband Plan that ensures they are ready to meet the digital revolution head-on. Broadband for all, no matter where they live, is a real possibility and represents a real opportunity to achieve meaningful digital inclusion across the globe”.
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