Welcome to the national registration page for the WSA Iraq 2025!



The WSA is the global follow-up initiative of the United Nations World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).

  • Global competition for digital solutions contributing to the UN SDGs
  • Focus on Digital Innovation and Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship
  • Active in over 184 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.

Visit for more information: www.wsa-global.orgfacebook.com/WorldSummitAwards and twitter.com/WSAoffice

 

مرحبًا بكم في الصفحة الوطنية للتسجيل في جائزة "WSA العراق 2024"!

تعتبر جائزة WSA مبادرة عالمية لمتابعة قمة الأمم المتحدة لمجتمع المعلومات (WSIS).

  • مسابقة عالمية للحلول الرقمية التي تسهم في أهداف التنمية المستدامة للأمم المتحدة
  • تركيز على الابتكار والإبداع الرقمي وريادة الأعمال الاجتماعية
  • نشطة في أكثر من 184 دولة عضو في الأمم المتحدة
  • انتقاء وطني من قبل شبكة خبراء عالميين: الفائزون المحليون = المرشحون للفوز عالميًا
  • 8 فئات
  • المؤتمر العالمي لـ WSA وحفل توزيع جوائز الفائزين
  • تُجرى منذ عام 2003

تأسست جائزة قمة العالم (WSA) في عام 2003 من قبل النمسا كجزء من قمة الأمم المتحدة لمجتمع المعلومات كمبادرة عالمية لتكريم المحتوى الرقمي المحلي ذو القيمة الاجتماعية العالية وتقديمه على الصعيدين الوطني والعالمي. من خلال التعاون الوثيق مع وكالات الأمم المتحدة والانسجام الاستراتيجي مع أهداف التنمية المستدامة للأمم المتحدة، تُعتبر جائزة WSA ختمًا عالميًا معترفًا به للابتكار الرقمي.

لمزيد من المعلومات، يُرجى زيارة: www.wsa-global.orgfacebook.com/WorldSummitAwards و twitter.com/WSAoffice

WSA is a nomination based award system.

To apply you need to be nominated by either a WSA National Expert as best national digital solution for the UN SDGs in one of the 8 categories.

Each country can only nominate one project/solution per category. Nominations to the international WSA are possible through national contests and national expert panel selection.

Through this high level selectory system, please be aware that every country has their own deadlines for the call. The generally communicated WSA deadline is the timeframe of the global call, and communicates the last possible date of a nomination by the national expert panel.

More here...

 

جائزة WSA هي نظام جائزة قائم على الترشيح.

لتقديم طلب، تحتاج إلى أن تُرشح أحد خبراء WSA الوطنيين كأفضل حلاً رقمياً وطنياً يسهم في أهداف التنمية المستدامة للأمم المتحدة في إحدى الفئات الثمانية.

يمكن لكل بلد أن يُرشح مشروعًا / حلاً واحدًا فقط في كل فئة. يكون الترشيح لجائزة WSA الدولية ممكنًا من خلال المسابقات الوطنية واختيار لجنة خبراء وطنية.

من خلال هذا النظام الانتقائي عالي المستوى، يرجى أن تكونوا على علم أن لكل بلد مواعيد خاصة به للنداء. الموعد المعلن عمومًا لجائزة WSA هو الإطار الزمني للنداء العالمي، ويحدد آخر موعد ممكن لترشيح من قبل لجنة الخبراء الوطنية.

للمزيد هنا...

Apply with your purpose-driven digital solution by June 30th for a chance to be one of the 40 World Summit Awards Winners of 2025! After submission, your National Expert will review applications from your country and nominate the eight most impactful solutions for the global round.

Register below to get your login details—we’re excited to see your innovation in action! Have questions? Feel free to reach out.

Sign in

Please enter the credentials you received by mail from us or sign in with an existing account from former awards.

For more information please visit www.wsa-global.org/.

To apply for WSA you have to provide detailed information on your product in the WSA Database.

Please find here some guidelines on how you should provide this information in order to make the application easier to evaluate and process and hence promote your project the best.

Once you have read the guidelines to make the application, you can find here a manual to use the database.

CONTACT US FOR QUESTIONS!

 

للتقديم لجائزة WSA، يتعين عليك تقديم معلومات مفصلة حول منتجك في قاعدة بيانات WSA.

يرجى العثور هنا على بعض الإرشادات حول كيفية تقديم هذه المعلومات من أجل تسهيل تقييم الطلب ومعالجته وبالتالي تعزيز مشروعك على أفضل وجه.

بمجرد قراءتك للإرشادات لتقديم الطلب، يمكنك العثور هنا على دليل لاستخدام قاعدة البيانات.

تواصل معنا لطرح الأسئلة!

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.

 

سواء كان ذلك جهازًا قابلًا للارتداء يساعد الأشخاص الكفيفين باستخدام الهواتف الذكية، أو تقنية واقع افتراضي لإحياء التاريخ، تقدم جائزة WSA منصة لأولئك الذين يفكرون خارج الصندوق.

منذ عام 2003، تم اختيار أكثر من 600 فائز من بين أكثر من 82000 ترشيح، مما يمثل قطر الابتكار من إندونيسيا إلى الأرجنتين، ومن أيسلندا إلى نيوزيلندا. سواء كان ذلك أداة لتشخيص الجروح بدقة، أو صفحة ويب لتنظيم الاجتماعات الدولية بالنيابة عنك، أو مركز تفكير سياسي، يقدم فائزو جائزة WSA مجموعة واسعة من الابتكارات الرقمية.

To apply, you need to register on this website and fill out the application for the National Round until June 30th, 2025.

The application consists of 17 mandatory questions, but don’t worry:

  • 2 are simple yes/no questions,
  • 1 is a multiple-choice selection,
  • 3 require answers under 200 characters.

That means you’re really answering just 11 full questions, and completing the form should take between 30 to 90 minutes.

Your responses will help WSA National Experts assess your solution's relevance and impact. Based on this information, they will decide whether to nominate you for the WSA Global Contest.

WSA welcomes digitial solutions that

1) Create positive impact (and can provide measurable impact numbers),

2) Are fully launched and operational,

3) Were launched in 2022 or later.

When applying, you’ll select one of eight award categories. You can find detailed explanations of each category on website


WSA 2025 Call Timeline



From advanced innovative solutions to simple, yet highly impactful digital tools for marginalized communities, WSA searches for and awards those that change their communities for the better.

Since 2003, over 600 Winners have been awarded from over 82000 nominations. WSA winners use digital technology in creative and innovative ways to tackle local and global challenges. If you would like to browse through our past winners to get a sense of what our Jury members are looking for, head to the complete database of the WSA winners.

If you would like to become one of our next winners, apply for the national pre-selections by June 30th, 2025! We're really excited to hear about your digital impact-driven solution. 


World Summit Awards is a global multi-stakeholder community, connecting and supporting digital impact innovators who tackle global challenges. Since 2003, WSA uses the mechanism of a unique award system to find and recognize digital solutions for the UN SDGs and bridging digital divides.

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

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Ali Hilli

alihilli87@gmail.com

Ali holds in his belt 14+ years of experience in the private sector. He works with Startups and MSMEs in building their business structure and go to market plans in addition to journeys of consulting between software development, FinTech and telecommunications in both Iraq and Jordan. Ali holds a bachelor’s degree in software engineering from the AAU and a master’s degree in business administration from the NYiT. Ali was named community leader of the year by TechStars in 2017 in addition to being a Techstars All-Stars Class of 2022 and a WSA National Expert in Iraq.

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Savo Bakhtiar Rasoul

savobakhtiar22@gmail.com

Savo, a determined leader with a degree in Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation from Maastricht University, has more than 10 years of experience in developing and managing communities in both for and non-profit organizations. Currently works as the Managing Director of Iraq at Five One Labs. In this role, she plays a pivotal part in nurturing entrepreneurship, directing community development, and enhancing partnerships across Iraq. Her leadership is marked by a blend of innovation and strategic foresight, essential in fostering a dynamic entrepreneurial environment.


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Please fill in your personal information in order to create a user account. Afterwards you will be able to sign in and register a Solution to submit to the contest.

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