[Chapter-delegates] World Summit Award : Call for National Experts

[Anne Lord]

Dear Colleagues,

PLEASE NOTE:
This email is posted on behalf of WSA with whom ISOC has a co- 
operation agreement.  We hope that some of you are able to assist WSA  
by helping to identify national experts.  Please feel free to  
distribute the below information to your Chapter membership.

best wishes
Anne
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World Summit Award: Call for National Experts!
DEADLINE: April 15th, 2010

Nominations accepted at: wsa at icnm.net

The World Summit Award (WSA), a unique global activity to select and  
promote the world's best e-Content and most innovative ICT  
applications (www.wsis-award.org), is now accepting nominations for  
it’s Expert Panel 2010-11 in 192 UN Member states.

National Experts represent their country in the framework of the WSA  
and undertake the responsibility for selecting the 8 best and most  
innovative e-Content examples from their country (conducting the WSA  
national pre-selection), and nominating them to the Global WSA by  
February 2011.

Members are selected every two years from distinguished international  
experts in the field of ICTs, e-Content and multimedia and bring a  
wealth of experience and insight to the WSA.

Qualifications:

* High expertise and several years of working experience in the fields  
of multimedia, content industries, and ICTs.
* Proficiency in English.
* A high motivation and a clear reason for their intention to join the  
WSA.

Both self-nominations and nominations third parties are accepted.  
Please send your nomination, incl. a short CV in English to  wsa at icnm.net 
. The final decision will be taken by the WSA Board of Directors  
before the end of April.

Countries still open for nominations

AFRICA:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Central African Republic , Chad,  
Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,  
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,  
Madagascar, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles,  
Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania,  
Zambia.

ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan,  
Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea,  
Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Viet Nam.

LATIN AMERICA & CARRIBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica,  
Dominican Republic, Grenada, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts  
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname.

EUROPE:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Georgia,  
Hungary, Iceland, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Republic of  
Moldova, Sweden, Ukraine.

More information can be found at: http://www.wsis-award.org/media/content/contest/Documents/wsa_expert_panel_genaral_info_2010-11.pdf