Dear Friends, A great opportunity for our ICTs projects to be recognized (arts, environment, health, education, public administration, economic development, governance are all a focus)! Janet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.stockholmchallenge.se http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/categorie The Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 (Dec 31, 2005 deadline) is open for entries! The Stockholm Challenge now welcomes ICT based projects from all over the world to enter the award and compete for the Challenge trophies. The Prize giving ceremony will take place in the Stockholm City Hall in May 2006 and all finalists will be invited to participate in the event. The Stockholm Challenge is a very successful international networking program for ICT entrepreneurs since almost ten years. It continues to be a leader in demonstrating how information technology can improve living conditions and increase economic growth. One of the main features of the Stockholm Challenge is the ICT prize, the Stockholm Challenge Award, which has attracted over 3000 projects over the years. The Stockholm Challenge Award invites projects in six categories to participate in the 2006 awards. Please use the entry form, available at the website, for signing in your projects. THOUSANDS OF ICT PROJECTS IN THE COMPETITION! Since Stockholm´s ICT award started over 3.000 entries have been registered on the web site. One of the great values of the Stockholm Challenge is the presentations of model teams and projects, that have succeeded in using ICT to improve development work, for both people and communities.To see all 2003 - 2004 finalists, go to Projects (on site). JOIN THE STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE CONSORTIUM: he Challenge consortium is looking for more partners - responsible and experienced organisations and corporations with ambitions to solve some of the hardest global problems, such as poverty and inequality. Welcome to contact us for more information. The Stockholm Challenge • [EMAIL PROTECTED] • www.stockholmchallenge.se The Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 invites participants in six categories: Te categories in the 2006 award represent areas that are of vital importance to the development of all societies - to form a better and more equal world. They are selected to match the UN Millennium Goals and cover a wide spectrum of services and activities for people, communities and their environments. Projects are invited to compete in the following categories: 1. Public Administration New technologies can be implemented in almost all public programs to promote citizen inclusion and democracy. ICT offers excellent platforms for on-line citizen services 24-hours a day, cyber-voting and on-line discussions between the general public and their politicians. Housing, traffic, schools and health care - all benefit from the use of ICT. The Public Administration category is looking for projects that can be listed under headings such as: Governance - urban and rural Citizen inclusion Public services Communication Infrastructure, including universal access and security 2. Culture New communication tools take local and regional expressions of art and entertainment to a global public, across borders, cultures and through language barriers. ICT makes it possible to better preserve cultural heritages and identities - and to share them with others. The areas that are especially in focus in the Stockholm Challenge Award are the following: Arts Entertainment Heritage Tourism 3. Health Technological progress has led to important improvements in global health care. Many telemedicine projects show that it is now possible to give medical services to people in very poor and remote areas. Also,ICT in the health care sector has led to higher personal integrity, better security routines and improved communication methods for those with special needs. The Internet can also be used for health information and preventive care. Areas of special interest are: Telemedicine Hospital care Home care Health promotion Disabilities Disaster and emergency 4. Education With the use of ICT, education and training are brought to more and more people in the world. Obstacles like distances and disabilities are overcome with communication technologies. Teaching and learning structures take new paths and new forms of creative and lifelong learning are constantly being developed. In the Stockholm Challenge Award the Education category targets all people and all ages - and enhances ICT in: All school and university level education Private and Public courses Training and practice 5. Economic Development By using ICT, business structures and models are being redefined in almost all areas of economic development. A range of activities, from home shopping, banking and mobile marketing to business-to-business transactions utilize ICT. New niche opportunities for service providers in developing countries occur as the marketing borders disappear via the use of Internet. This provides them with access to new markets and new sources of competitive advantage from which to drive income growth.The Stockholm Challenge Award welcomes entries that can be sorted under the following three headings: Business and enterprises Commerce Regional economic development 6. Environment Information technology can help create an environmentally sustainable world by improving areas such as traffic and transport, energy supplies, industries, housing and private and public services. ICT plays an important role in alarm and surveillance systems that can help predict and prepare for catastrophes. The Stockholm Challenge Award highlights projects that demonstrate excellence and innovation in areas of preserving the environment and enhancing environmental awareness,in areas such as: Urban and regional planning Traffic and transport Housing and living _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
