Welcome to WSA New Zealand. We look forward to representing great New Zealand initiatives and promoting local digital impact ventures that improve society and the world we live in. New Zealand is one of over 180 UN member states represented in the WSA network, and as your National experts, we are honoured to support you to enter these prestigious awards. 

The World Summit Awards are a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation with high-impact initiatives that improve society. With 20 years of international experience, WSA  is a quality seal for digital content creators who have created projects that bring value to communities and benefit across a wide range of award categories.

The awards were first initiated in 2003 in Austria, under the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS). The declared aim of the conference was to make information and communication technology accessible for all.

You and your team developed a digital solution with a positive impact on your local users?
You want to receive global recognition and be nominated for the WSA 2024?
 

WSA selects and promotes local digital innovation improving society.
It is a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network.
Winners benefit not from a one-time financial reward, but a lifelong partnership and integration.

WSA invites all UN member states to nominate their best local digital solutions for the global award.

In order to get nominated, your National Expert, needs to recognize and select your solution as best digital impact solution in one of the 8 WSA categories from your country.
Each country can only nominate one project/solution per category per year.  

Here, WSA team collected comprehensive information for your use.

Be it a wearable to help the blind using smartphones, or a VR reanimating history-   WSA offers a platform for those, who think beyond the box.

Since 2003, over 600 Winners have been selected from over 82000 nominations, presenting a diameter of innovation from Indonesia to Argentina, from Iceland to New Zealand. Be it a tool for accurate diagnostics of wounds, a webpage to organize international meetings for you or a political think tank, the WSA Winners offer a vast spectre of digital innovation.

Check out the WSA Winning Projects.

WSA seeks and recognizes Global Best Practices in digital Solutions achieving the UN SDGs
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WSA (World Summit Awards) is a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation to improve society.

• Global competition for digital solutions contributing to the UN SDGs

• Focus on Digital Innovation and Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

• Active in over 182 UN member states

• National pre-selection by global experts network: local winners = nominees for global WSA

• 8 Categories

• WSA Global Congress and Winners Award Ceremony

• Conducted since 2003 

The World Summit Award (WSA) was founded in 2003 by Austria as part of the UN World Summit on Information Society as a global initiative to award local digital content with high social value and presents it worldwide. Through close cooperation with the United Nations agencies and strategic alignment with the UN SDGs, the WSA is a globally recognized quality seal for digital innovation.

Check out our webpage, for more information: www.wsa-global.org

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World Summit Awards is a nomination based system. To be considered for the Global Contest, you need to be nominated by a local National Expert. To apply for WSA local pre-selection round, you have to provide detailed information on your solution in this WSA Nomination Database.

Here you can find guidelines on how to fill out the application, rules of the contest, eligibility, tips and guiding questions for the Application. Please make sure to go through the materials, so that your submission has the highest chance of being nominated!

To make your user experience as flawless as possible, please refer to the Database user Manual.

If you run into any difficulties, don't hesitate to contact the WSA Office!