WSIS Prize 2021 Announcement | WSIS Prize 2021 Timelines | WSIS Prize 2021 Rules and Guidelines
The rules and guidelines below are for the WSIS Prizes 2021. The following page provides the general information regarding the WSIS Prizes Process in 2021. These guidelines are supposed to be read together with the process.
SUBMISSION PHASE CRITERIA
- All projects must be submitted through the online questionnaire.
- For each project submission only one category should be selected, out of 18 categories.
- One project per entity can be submitted per each category.
- The same project may not be submitted twice.
- All details requested in the questionnaire should be completed strictly respecting the type of stakeholder and the structure of the submission template. The incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Minimum number of words requested should be respected as requested in the questionnaire.
- All projects submitted to this competition should cover work that is completed or at the end of a major phase to provide evidence of results and its social, economic, and environmental impact.
- The Short Description of the project will require the minimum 150 words and maximum 200 words and this will be crutial information presented to the public online voting. Be advised to structure the Short Description of the project to reflect relevant, clear, and attractive information to voters highlighting ICT component and impact.
- The project submission deadline should be strictly respected. Late submissions will not be accepted.
- Projects should be submitted in English only.
- Winning projects of previous WSIS Prize contests are not eligible to participate in the contest.
- Besided short description of the project, the Short Submission Form will also request the following information in seperate boxes:
- Provide examples of linkages between the WSIS Action Line the project has with each of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it helps advance
- Describe qualitative and quantitative economic, social, and environmental impact of the project
- Highlight the project's partnership activities
- List main challenges and project's future perspectives
NOMINATION PHASE CRITERIA
- The submission should be compiled with the rules for project submission. The requested information in the template should respond to all questions and provide detailed information on the goals, timeframe, project's added value and importance, results, and challenges. Minimum number of words requested should be respected as requested in the questionnaire.
- It should highlight the relevance of the project to the respective WSIS Action Line as referenced in the Geneva Plan of Action.
- The project description should clearly demonstrate the following:-
- the results achieved and impact generated.
- community empowerment
- relevance to SDGs
- ability of the model to be replicated
- sustainability of the project
- partnerships development
- promotion of WSIS values in the society
VOTING PHASE CRITERIA
- The first five most voted projects are selected based on the appreciation/voting of projects by WSIS stakeholders representing WSIS online network. The stakeholders are invited to appreciate/vote for projects in all 18 categories.
- Only registered members of the WSIS Stocktaking Platform with requested complete information may vote for/appreciate a project. The information should contain organization details: name, type, country, and user details (username and e-mail)
- Entities are not allowed to vote for/appreciate their own project.
- Votes/appreciations of all registered stakeholders are weighted equally.
- Each registered stakeholder may only vote for/appreciate on project in each category
- Voters are encouraged but not required to cast votes for one project in each of categories
- Focal points of the submitted projects will be notified of the voting results progression at the end of each voting week.
- WSIS Stocktaking reserves the right to use the entity (organization) details submitted by stakeholders.
Disclaimer: The above rules and procedures are set by the WSIS Team from the International Telecommunications Union and they reserve the right to change and alter them as they wish. Please contact the WSIS team here for any further questions or need any intepretation of these guidelines. These are shared only for the convinience of e-Agriculture Community of Practice members and this does not constitute FAO endorsing these guidelines - only for information purposes.