World Summit Youth Award 2012

The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is an international competition for youth-led projects that encourage the active participation of young people under 30 years of age in the emerging information society. It is intended to be a global 'youth for youth' initiative for selecting and promoting best practice in e-content and technological creativity, demonstrating young people's potential to create digital opportunities.

The WSYA lies within the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Additionally, the winners will be celebrated at the World Summit Award Gala at the WSIS.

The WSYA categories are the following:

1. Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease
2. Education for All
3. Power 2 Women
4. Create your Culture
5. Go Green
6. Pursue Truth

The product should be fully functional and operational at the time of submission; projects which do not function will not be juried. It must be accessible over the internet (whether it is designed for fixed line, broadband, or mobile use). It must be free of offensive or plagiarised content - contents which violate dignity or human rights will not be evaluated.

The award intends to promote:

• the best e-content, developed by and for young people, that contributes to poverty reduction, environmental protection, or social justice
• the best online knowledge resource and e-community, maintained for and by young people, that enables and encourages knowledge sharing
• the best e-platform, developed by young people, that aids or provides digital opportunities for disadvantaged and marginalised youth groups
• journalism using the internet and mobiles technology to cover the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The winners will gather for an event drawing together committed and creative young people from around the world.