ICTA e-Swabhimani 2009 National Awards
Boosting e-content talents:
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)
has launched a national contest in line with the internationally
acclaimed World Summit Awards.
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) accorded accolades
to Sri Lanka as the only developing country to win two world awards
under the World Summit Award (WSA).
Parallel to WSA, ICTA has launched its local counterpart of World
Summit Award 2009 and named it ‘e-Swabhimani 2009’.
The WSA had marked eight thematic areas under which countries could
submit their e-content applications for the world awards. ICTA called
for submission for ‘e-Swabhimani 2009’ under the same eight thematic
areas.
The reason for sticking to the same thematic areas in the local
counterpart contest is that e-Swabhimani 2009 could be a stepping stone
to national nomination for the next World Summit Awards.
At the WSA 2009 two ICTA projects won awards in two of the eight
thematic areas, one, under thematic area e-Government and Institutions
and the other under e-Inclusion and Participation.
Recognizing the key role played by the ICTA in e-content development,
the WSA has appointed the Agency as its National Expert for Sri Lanka.
Being mandated to lead the country in ICT and implement the e-Sri
Lanka Initiative ICTA takes great interest in having the local talents
in e-content recognised, encouraged, brought to the forefront and feted
with appropriate awards.
Referring to the e-Swabhimani 2009 competition for which applications
closed in last week ICTA’s Chief Operating Officer Reshan Dewapura says
that individuals, groups and institutions that have developed ICT
content and ICT applications which are of benefit to society are
encouraged to submit their applications for the e-Swabhimani awards.
The objective of the ‘e-Swabhimani ‘ award event is to promote
creative ICT applications and to assess and appreciate at a national
level the individual and institutional creators of such applications. |
