Contest WSA started – national applications until 28 February 2011

Melon Mobile’s museum guide Smart Museum application, is a winner at the World Summit Award Mobile 2010. 

The national selection for the 5th edition of the WSA started!

Deadline for applications from Bulgaria: 28 February 2011 at www.wsabg.org

With SmartMuseum (EU project) visitors of museums and tourist sites can register via their mobile devices and receive comprehensive multilingual audio-video information about the visited site. To do this, the app uses on-site databases, global digital libraries and experience shared from other visitors. SmartMuseum is among the winners in the category m-Tourism & Culture.

See it on YouTube here

The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global contest for selecting and promoting the world’s best practice examples in e-content and creativity. The initiative was started in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and sees bridging the Digital Divide and the Content Gap as its overall goal. As of today WSA involves representatives from 168 countries all over the world.

Through national pre-selections and contests and a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive.

For more information:
contest (at) wsabg (dot) org, www.wsabg.org