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The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best in e-Content and Creativity, commenced in the framework of and in cooperation with the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), mandated by the WSIS Plan of Action and executed in collaboration with UNESCO, UNIDO and GAID. |
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iProA, a non-profit making professional organization founded in 1999, is dedicated to the bridging of digital divide in society, and advancing the art & science and proper application of Internet technology. We have over 2,300 members, and operate under the leadership of a 33 member Council. Our activities are managed by a 103 member Executive Committee through 26 Committees with the support of 6 full time staff. Members of iProA come from a wide spectrum of professions, including experts in areas like innovative design, sales, marketing, infrastructure, e-commerce, consultancy, investment and other Internet related professional services. Many of our members are CEOs and senior executives from leading information technology enterprises. In the past seven years, iProA and its members participated actively in community services and have gained wide recognition in Hong Kong. Starting from 2004, voting members of iProA, with four years or more of working experience in IT fields are eligible to register as individual voters of the IT Functional Constituency in Legco elections. |
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TakingITGlobal (TIG), headquartered in Toronto, is an international organization, led by youth, empowered by technology. TIG brings together young people in more than 200 countries within international networks to collaborate on projects addressing global problems and creating positive change. TakingITGlobal is uniquely positioned at the intersection of key global trends with the aim of strengthening the capacity of young people as leaders and stakeholders, fostering cross-cultural dialogue and understanding, and increasing awareness and involvement in global issues. |
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Akzente Salzburg is a service institution for young people working for and with girls, boys and young adults in their entire living environment. Akzente Salzburg is a non-party social-profit organization in the federal state of Salzburg, has been in existence since 1986 and pays special attention to youth work outside of school. Therefore, Akzente strongly cooperates with the youth department. Active youth work is a principal matter of municipal politics. Open-minded communes for children and youth are also communes, in which adults feel comfortable. That is why communes should support the development of young people. Akzente Salzburg is offering various activities in the context of “regional and municipal youth work”. |
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Euro-Med Young Artists Network (EMYAN) is a regional youth initiative established in January 2007 to provide its member organizations operating in the Euro-Mediterranean cultural field with a vehicle for communication, and a clear and distinct voice with the purpose to support the young artists' creativity. The idea behind EMYAN is to facilitate/promote/encourage communications between young artists/culture institutes of Europe and the Mediterranean in order to have a great impact on the communities of these countries. |
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MSPIRED is a small team of professionals who ocuses not only on following the latest trends in web industry but also setting them. MSPIRED has various clients around the world (persons, small size businesses, medium size businesses and large size businesses) and their main target is not just designing web sites for their customers but working hard to find the best ways to benefit their customers' businesses. MSPIRED specializes in providing professional web services in the areas of web development, web design, e-commerce solutions, content management solutions, online marketing, search engine optimization and online businesses analysis and consulting. They provide these services with a great passion of what they are doing plus with a huge experience they ensure the best level of customer satisfaction. |
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TAMK University of Applied Sciences is an internationally oriented multi-disciplinary university offering higher education in Art and Media, Business, Engineering, Technology and Forestry. TAMK School of Art and Media is an active participant in international networks like EUROPRIX and the World Summit Award. The School is also founder of the most important digital media conference and award in Finland, the MindTrek. This year TAMK will also join World Summit Youth Award activists to support and promote this important initiative. |
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The Roots&Routes International Association is a non profit organisation seeking to create a platform for the promotion of cultural and social diversity in arts and media, roviding information, exchange of best practices and services to associations, organisations and individuals throughout Europe and beyond. Roots&Routes was founded in the Netherlands in 2001. After having organised R&R projects all over the Netherlands, in 2004 the Dutch Roots&Routes Foundation and Mira Media successfully exported the concept to likeminded organisations around Europe. After various transnational projects the Roots&Routes International Association was founded in 2008. |
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Lil' MDGs mission is to leverage the power of the Internet, digital, and social media to educate, engage, inspire, and empower children in all corners of the world to help meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What started out as an organization with just three children, in 2004, now has more than 20,000 youth volunteers hailing from 40 countries! Together, they have made a tangible difference in the lives of over 1 million individuals worldwide! Lil' MDGs have rallied youth from around the world to raise more than $780,000 for tsunami relief and over $10 million for hurricane relief. In addition, Lil' MDGs has mobilized youth to raise funds and resources to build schools, dorms, libraries, playgrounds, community gardens, and more in several countries. To date, through Jayme's Fund, they have awarded about $70,000 in grants to fund a variety of projects. Majority of Lil' MDGs youth volunteers range in age from 8 - 19 and they all play an active role in awareness, educational, and service activities worldwide. |
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What's Up Youth is a non for profit network, which communicates through its portal, which offers a maximum of information active youth may need to exceed, develop their capacities, and help their communities. Thus, WupY gives a variety of free and practical services in one click for youth all around the world. The WupY team noticed through its longue years of work with youth that youngsters mainly need valid information about the offered opportunities which target them. Therefore, WupY presents itself as a bridge between active and curious youth and the information they may need to develop their capacities and fulfill their dreams. Nowadays, youth mostly use new information and communication technologies, especially Internet, to search for resources and establish contacts worldwide. That's precisely why we have chosen Internet to be our mean to communicate to youngsters the relevant information to their particular interests. |
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The Interkulturelle Zentrum is an independent, non-profit association situated in Vienna. The IZ promote the development of relations between people of different cultural origin and train people to carry out practical intercultural work. The IZ supports cross-border co-operation between schools, international youth work, as well as intercultural education and diversity management in Austria. Since January 2007 the IZ is national agency for the EU programme "Youth in Action". Together with his partners the Institute of Pedagogics/University Innsbruck, ÖAR Regionalberatung and nine regional offices in the federal states the IZ is responsible for the implementation of the programme in Austria. www.jugendinaktion.at, www.iz.or.at |
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Ideal Media provides professional education workshops on corporate responsibility (CR) as well as insightful and visionary consultancy regarding corporate responsibility and sustainability. It produces design and communications related to CR, sustainable development, and social enterprise, facilitates working relationships and develop projects with companies and NGOs, and works with the world’s leading universities and MBA schools, engaging with students on responsible business and international development. Through a partnership with Peace Media it helps to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals. |
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BUBU.COM is adigital/interactive media company, which focuses its service in designing websites, intranet solutions, e-commerce, multimedia, Internet marketing, etc. The company is considered as the pioneer and the leading in the web development business in Indonesia. Bubu.com is representing major clients such as Telkom, Gudang Garam Surya 16, Kalbe Nutrition, Hutchinson Three, Total Indonesie and British Petroleum. |
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Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), which started as on online volunteer team with the main objective of connecting Nigerian youths with ICT opportunities, is a social enterprise seeking to help deliver ICT for socio-economic opportunities in Nigeria. Having worked with government, civil society, private institutions and international organisations, PIN has set standards in ICT education, telecentre support, ICT applications in rural areas, and other ICT4D interventions in Nigeria. |
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Youth Action for Change (YAC) is a global, youth-led organisation inspiring and empowering young people worldwide to become active agents of change in their own communities. Due to the uniquess and effectiveness of its programs, currently being used by young people in over 130 countries, YAC has established itself as a best practice in youth empowerment, receiving several praises and awards from organisations the likes of the UN, the World Bank, Nokia, Ashoka and the Council of Europe, among others'. One of their interesting projects is called: "Young Innovations Europe" YIE is a new, cool, youth magazine showcasing the best initiatives and innovations young people are implementing throughout Europe. Be it Politics, Economy, the Arts, Science or the Third Sector, YIE sheds light on the most compelling and original ideas, informing and inspiring the youth to take action. It also cater to an adult readership, presenting the latest information and news on young people's contribute to building a better Europe. YIE is the first magazine of this kind in Europe. |
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YouthBg.net is a Virtual Youth Network providing information and resources in Internet for youth activities, projects and initiatives all over the country and working as an electronic forum for partnership and exchange of good and positive practices in the field of youth action and community development in Bulgaria. YouthBg.net is a mechanism to motivate and stimulate activities of youth teams and organizations all over the country as well as to raise the awareness and support of governmental agencies, donors, media and the wider audience. YouthBg.net is a joint effort of many young people in Bulgaria to develop a holistic network where each and every youth activist, team, NGO or youth related institution might act as a source, as a user and as a creator of the content and activities. |
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Ofok is a NGO, working on a self sustainable model and taking full advantage of the opportunities presented by the development initiatives taking place worldwide. Ofok stands for "Horizon" on the Arabic language, summarizing the passion toward creating a brighter future, delivering a message of Hope and Change to communities through strengthening one of the main development pillars; Education, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as tools to spread and facilitate knowledge accessibility. Ofok's mission is to help communities empower themselves, and to enable individuals especially find employment and develop their careers. Ofok is launching its initiatives toward narrowing the knowledge gap between developed and developing worlds through immunizing youth with the ICTs to be able to connect global experiences with local entrepreneurship to create customized solutions for communities using available resources. |
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The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is an independent, international, non-profit institute dedicated to the highest standards in journalism, primarily through the further training of journalists and media professionals. Building on its extensive international network, the Centre operates as a facilitator and partner in a wide variety of training projects. The main goals of the EJC are to:
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their fight against marginalization in today's globalized world. It mobilizes knowledge, skills, information and technology to promote productive employment, a competitive economy and a sound environment. UNIDO generates and disseminates knowledge relating to industrial matters and provides a platform for the various actors in the public and private sectors, civil society organizations and the policy- making community in general to enhance cooperation, establish dialogue and develop partnerships in order to address the challenges ahead. UNIDO designs and implements programs to support the industrial development efforts of its clients. It also offers tailor-made specialized support for program development. The two core functions are both complementary and mutually supportive. UNIDO is represented in 35 countries. |
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The Austrian Federal Chancellery is responsible for coordinating general government policy, the public information activities of the Federal Government, and the Federal constitution. The Federal Chancellery represents the Republic of Austria vis-à-vis the Constitutional Court, the Administrative Court, and international law courts. Moreover, it has responsibility for special matters such as the arts, sports, European policy, security policy, the civil service, bioethics, data protection, media affairs – excluding criminal media law – and matters pertaining to ethnic groups. Its remit extends also to Austrian Communications Authority, the Austrian State Archives and Statistics Austria. |
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