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Under the following link you are now able to watch the summary video of the WSA Gala Event,

which was held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Venice in November 2007.

http://www.youtube.com/wsatv

In the series of at three road shows to be organized in India, Digital Empowerment Foundation, WSA’s India partner, organized the first road show in its national capital New Delhi on July 29-31, 2008.

Telecentre.org is a community of people and organizations committed to increase the social and economic impact of telecentres around the world. It now joins the Open Training Platform (OTP), a UNESCO-powered hub to free and open learning for development. Both Telecentre.org and OTP are the Flagship Partnership Initiatives of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID).

The Manthan Award is an Indian initiative under the patronage of World Summit Award in the context of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). It is an activity, not an organization. Started in 2003, the Manthan Award has traveled a long distance since then with able and successful networking with professional associations, research institutes, government departments and agencies, non-governmental groups and foundations, and others.

Under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahamd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the annual e-Award has been launched. The award-granting event is held annually by the Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), which is headed by HH the Amir.

Under patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahamd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait the annual E-Award has been launched.The award-granting event will be held annually by Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), headed by His Highness the Amir.

The first WSA Road Show event of 2008 took place in Iran on February 19-21, 2008. Iran, as a developing country, benefited greatly from this event as it promoted creativity and quality e-content among Iranian developers and helped them to get more familiar with local and global best practice in e-content.