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Worlds Best Practice world summit d The best in e-Content and Creativity No.3 September 2003 EMINENT EXPERTS AT WORK THE WSA ATTRACTS ATTENTION WORLDWIDE The success of the WSA 03 strongly nation-spanning pre-selection con- relies on the effort and support of the tests with high level juries to select national eminent experts in each of and suggest the best practice e-con- Mama Samassekou °'" '"'R WY the 136 participating countries. The tent products of their country to be ADAMA SAMASSEKOU main task of an elected expert is to nominated to the WSA Grand Jury PrepCom President welcomes WSA select and propose eight, in his/her meeting in Dubai, October 17-21. All opinion, best practice examples in e- products elected by the WSA Grand PrepCom President Mama Samass4kou content Er creativity from his/her Jury will be presented at the ICT-4D welcomed the initiative to make e- country. The selection is to be made Platform at the WSIS in Geneva, content a key aspect of the WSIS. In a according to eight WSA categories December 9 — 13 and honoured by conversation with the Head of the and to the selection guidelines, provi- the WSA High Patrons such as Austrian PrepCom Delegation, Walter ded by the WSA office. According to Austrian Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Lichem, and WSA Board Chairman, the reports from the countries, most Sch0ssel at the WSA Showcase Event Peter A. Bruck, President Samassokou experts established nation-wide and on December 10. said: «The World Summit Award gives expression in a very concrete way to the hopes of people to use the IS Strategic Cooperation with Dubai WSA GRAND JURY IN DUBAI Media City and Dubai Internet City technologies for something good. It is also a most important means to allow the cultural identities of all nations to Following the strategic goal to esta- • the upcoming «Content Road Show* be communicated in the Summit blish a true global community for the in 2004 Process*. «We have talked much World Summit Award (WSA), the WSA • scope to become an award provider about the cultural dimensions of the office is happy to announce a strate- for the final event in Tunis, 2005 Information Society in the course of gic cooperation with Dubai Media City •mirroring the WSA in the Middle the World Summit preparations. The (DMC) and Dubai Internet City (DIC), East and beyond post 2004/05 WSA makes a clear statement that both located in Dubai, United Arab richness and diversity can be develo- Emirates. DMC and DIC will support The Dubai Media City creates and ped and that all in the South and the WSA with major financial and markets world class enabling services North can benefit from each other value-in-kind contributions, opening for the media industry. It provides an when contents are exchanged in an the door to hold the Grand Jury of the environment for more than 780 open manner* added Mr. Samassokou. WSA in Dubai. 40 experts from coun- media companies, amongst others The PrepCom President indicated that tries all over the world are invited to CNN, BMG or SONY. The Dubai he might take the opportunity in participate in panels being held from Internet City offers space for more upcoming talks with UNESCO officials the 17th until the 21st of October in than 550 companies, e.g. Microsoft, to stress the potential of the WSA for Dubai. The cooperation between the Oracle or IBM, and is designed to sup- this UN organization. WSA and DIC/DMC will cover the port the business development of ICT areas: companies. Adama Samass€kou has a distinguished career in Mali, Africa and on the global stage. He is Resident of the • planning and realisation of an «Arabic more information on the World Summit Award African Academy of Languages, former Minister of Education of Mali (1993-2000). Content Village* in Geneva, 2003 www.wsis-awarip.org EFTA00578387 «The World Summit Award is a great vehicle to promote creativity in digital content and encourage interactive media-makers to push new boundaries with new visions» Ted Baracos - Commercial Director MILIA NEW WSA BOARD MEMBER: WSA Board of Directors enlarged by WSA-136 COUNTRIES TAKE PART CHRISTINE MAXWELL nomination from the Internet Society Bosnia-Herzegovina joined in WSA The Internet Society (ISOC) has nomi- ty over the internet. The Internet The number of countries participating nated Trustee Emeritus Ms. Christine Society is a professional membership in the WSA 03 process is still rising. Maxwell to work on the Board of society with more than 150 organiza- While Eminent Experts from some Directors of WSA. Ms. Maxwell who tions and 16,000 individual members countries have already finished their is working from France and USA in over 180 countries. It provides lea- selection of finalists, other countries (California) joined the Board at its dership in addressing issues that con- continue to nominate their experts. meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia on front the future of the intemet, and is Last country to do so is Bosnia- September 4-5, 2003. the organization home for the groups Herzegovina. Thanks to the assistance Lynn St.Amour, President Er CEO of responsible for internet infrastructure of the Natalija Gojkovic and the the Internet Society writes: WSA is standards, including the Internet Internet Institut ITI, the Chief Editor of an important effort and we are plea- Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Bosnian Info Magazine, Mr. Dragisa sed to be able to play a role*. Internet Architecture Board (IAB). The Marek was nominated. Mr. Market Peter A. Bruck, WSA Board Chairman, Internet Society acts not only as a glo- has extensive insight in Bosnian e- expressed the delight about the bal clearinghouse for internet infor- content market including web, CD, nomination: "Ms. Maxwell is one of mation and education, but also as a DVD and other electronic media. The the true pioneers of e-content and facilitator and coordinator of internet- nomination process for Macedonia is her record in electronic publishing related initiatives around the world. still under way and might be comple- goes back to the cradle times of the ted in time for the nomination of fina- intemet. As the co-founder of the lists for the Dubai Grand Jury meeting :M I= Magellan online directory in 1993, — • wwwlsocoig in October. Ms. Maxwell has created one of the first most successful, truly internatio- CROATIA: OPEN PROCESS RUN Content portal to present croatias nal search engines and quality con- BY INTERNET INSTITUTE nominees and finalists of WSA tent focussed directory sites on the internet. This is exactly what the WSA Croatia's Internet Institute has taken site to facilitate the nomination pro- is all about: creating transparency in the participation of their President, Mr. cess terms of content quality and showca- Lugaric, as WSA Eminent Expert Panel • we have sent out an e-mail concer- sing the diversity and richness of e- Member very seriously. Natalija ning WSA 2003 and the nomination content from around the world, Gojkovic from the Internet Institut (ITI) info to all our contacts in Croatia Currently, Ms. Maxwell is a Senior writes: "In order to ensure that no • we have directly contacted several Partner of the Institute for Scientific valuable e-content Er e-creativity pro- experts that we believe are outstan- Simulation (ISS), based in Monterey, duct/project from Croatia is missed in ding in the field of IT in Croatia to soli- California, where she is continuing the selection process, we have: cit contribution of their expert opinion her pioneering and innovative work in • provided detailed coverage of WSA before the final selection.* the development of internet content 2003 on our official internet pages Ms. Gojkovic adds: «We also plan to architectures and intemet publishing. and on our portal for development publish on our internet pages all the ISS provides Internet-based consul- prototype projects that applied for the nomina- ting services and infuses internet • issued an invitation to all IT active or tion, the results of the nomination technologies into commercial and IT concerned in Croatia to nominate process and continue to cover the government enterprises. an e-producVproject that in their opi- WSA process as it unfolds. In case that Ms. Maxwell is also focusing her rese- nion represents best practice in a Croatian project receives an award arch, publishing and internet experti- Croatia. This invitation has been we will cover it extensively on our se on creating new web-based publis- published in the majority of Croatian Web Site* hing and knowledge transfer proces- e-media. We have also created an L.. • vAwthr-gateway.orgfen ses for high value intellectual proper- online nomination tool on our internet ra • vAwa.gateway.hr EFTA00578388 BANGLADESH SUDAN WSA CATEGORIES Already over 60 entries for WSA Sucessfull press campaign for WSA The best in e-content and creativity Mr. Md. Akteruzzaman, President of Another report reaches us from Mr. In the Information Society all aspects the Bangladesh Multimedia Accnriation Izzeldin Osman, WSA expert and of social life are transformed through and Member of the WSA Expert Panel President Emeritus of the Sudan the use of Information and reports the nomination of a top-class University of Science and Technolgy Communication Technologies. The jury board to select the best e-con- who started a publicity campaign with right to information and the opportu- tents from Bangladesh. More than 60 advertisements in three major new- nity to communicate are basic social product entries have been collected spapers announcing the WSA to com- rights. They can be exercised only if so far, which is due to the very suc- panies and content creators in the quality contents are available in all cessful PR-work of the Bangladesh Sudan. Mr. Osman set up a commitee sectors, especially in: Multimedia Association, which an- of experts which will recommend the • e-Learning nounced the WSA in all leading news- country's best product in each catego- papers and TV-channels. ry of the WSA. • e-Culture • e-Science SWISS FINALISTS: Seven experts involved in selection • e-Govemment 4 CATEGORIES DECIDED • e-Health WSA Eminent Expert Roland Grunder, timedia association. The association also Secretary General of the Swiss seeks to regroup and defend the inter- • e-Business Multimedia Association, reports that ests of all enterprises and organiza- • e-Entertainment selecting the finalists from Switz- tions active in the field of ICT and mul- • e-Inclusion erland seems at first an impossible timedia. Its primary role is to offer its task, but which becomes more and members the support they need to The WSA eight categories reflect how more interesting as the process gets establish and strengthen a healthy important e-inclusion of the develo- under way. Says Grunder: «We asked business and information industry net- ping countries into the Information seven of the most well-known profes- work. SwissMedia is open to a wide Society is. Sectors like health, politics, sionals from the various sectors to array of industry players, from tele- science, education, business as well as make their suggestions and I was sur- phone operators to website hosts as entertainment are the main social prised how much their judgements well as companies focused on multi- issues of daily human life in which were converging! We already have media software and application deve- people not only have the right and the settled in the categories of e-culture, lopment. Members include also com- opportunity to communicate but also e-learning, e-government and e-scien- panies who are avid users of multime- should have access to use the best ce and we intend to finish the process dia tools and applications in different applications to further increase know- by the end of the week." SwissMedia industrial domains of activity. ledge and progress in their respective is Switzerland's national ICT and mul- El • twm.svmsmecka.ch countries. BUTHAN: WEB CAMPAIGN National campaign to attract WSA entries Buthan's WSA Eminent Expert Gopi One concern is that a Buthan entry demonstrate the richness and diversity Pradhan is writing that a national might not be found for all content of e-contents from all corners of the campaign was started contacting categories of the WSA. WSA Board world. Everyone involved is fully aware each and every webmaster in the Chairman Peter A. Bruck says: «It is that an arbitrary element remains in all country. not at all necessary to enter a finalists categorisations and evaluations. He adds: «The responses are quite in each and every of the 8 categories That's the reason why all are invited to good and in the coming week I will of the WSA. The key task of the World add to the process for the coming begin to register the best products). Summit Award is to show and year and the WSA 05 process*. EFTA00578389  www.wsis-award.org Geneva Events What you can find online What you can do online Best Practice Showcase Event Palexpo, Geneva, Hall A • the latest news on the WSA-Events at • download a general information folder 10. 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WSA SPONSORS & PARTNERS Bundy • taunt If womb 77777ONION OOOOOOOION NOIONNIONOTO/Na PONOANION Of TNINVIOCIII Of Nail WORTSOOOT old a ilio.nomtelialcriLwivuoatia Lauzum Ls-kJ] OJJID DUBAI INTERNET CITY Bundesministerium fOr auswartigc Angelcgenhciten Department of Foreign Affairs MiniMere des 'moires etrangeres and International I rade et du Commerce international oub/H Motto ( ity Trade commissioner Service Service nes deicquec commrsrciaux Freedom to Creole The Wok' Summit Award is an initiative by the Worlds Best Practice News European Academy of Digital Media and the World Summit Award Office Publisher • Peter A.Bruck International Center for New Media. ICNM International Center for New Media Chief Editor Thomas Moosstrasse 43a, 5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA e fl P •• ilenm vAievwsis-avraid.org Assistant Editors • Christian Bauer, Anastasia kostantinova, Caitriona Rynne, Tatjana Stimmkr Editorial Oesign: Martin rimier EFTA00578390