World Summit Awards WSA Young Innovators - open call

The World Summit Awards (WSA) Young Innovators is a special call within the framework of WSA, that promotes and awards young social entrepreneurs. The WSA Young Innovators is a special recognition for young people under 26 years of age, using ICTs to take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

Together with the WSA winners of each year, they are honored as outstanding digital innovation with social impact.

The WSA Young Innovators Award is an open call. The participation in the WSA Young Innovators is open to any entrepreneur, company, student group or project team - at least one of the founding members and the majority of the team must be under the age of 26 (born on or after January 1, 1993).

youth taking action on the SDG's | strictly for people under 26

The WSA Young Innovators call is eligible for projects that:

Are developed by young innovators under the age of 26
Offer digital solutions to any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Deliver content-rich digital solutions to the user including individuals, businesses, and organisations
have a strong digital component: websites, apps, SMS based solutions, IoT, wearables etc.
are market ready or already launched on the market - no ideas or concepts are eligible

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible for young citizens of all UN member states, WSA Young Innovators is open to every start-up, social entrepreneur, NGO, student or individual!

Submissions for the WSA Young Innovators can contain all mobile and web-based projects, such as: apps, web pages, applications for wearables, kiosk installations, SMS based products, games and interactive productions. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.
All submissions have to be launched products. No drafts, ideas or unfinished projects can be accepted.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 31 July 2019

WSA implements the UN agenda for the development of the information society and supports specifically the UN Sustainable Development Goals of ending poverty, hunger and disease, providing education for all, saving the environment and giving a fair share to women through the use of ICTs.

Since 2005 WSA has a special youth edition, encouraging young social entrepreneurs to use ICTs to take action on the SDGs.