• Quality and comprehensiveness of content
• Ease of use: functionality, navigation and orientation
• Value added through interactivity and multimedia
• Quality of design (aesthetic value of graphics/music or sound)
• Quality of craftsmanship (technical realisation)
• Strategic importance for the global development of the Information Society
• Accessiblity according to the W3C www.w3.org

Rules and Guidelines of the World Summit Award

• The WSA is open to any company, organisation or individual in the content industry in any UN member state.
• The only way to take part in the WSA is
  1. to be nominated by a national expert
  2. to be nominated by a National WSA Committee, established by a national expert
  3. to win at a national WSA pre-selection contest.
• There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.
• All entries have to be real products. No drafts, demonstrations or unfinished projects can be accepted.
• All submitted products must have been completed after January 1st 2009.
• The same product cannot be submitted twice (i.e. submitted again).
• The producer must own the copyright of all pictures, sounds, contents etc. related to the production of their project. All software used must be licensed.
• The interface of the products can be in any of the United Nations official languages. All producer and project information must however be in English.
• A product can only be submitted for one category. In case of multiple submissions by the same organisation, company or team, each product requires a separate registration.
• None of the materials submitted will be returned. One copy/version of each product submitted will be kept in the WSA archive. No commercial use of this archive will be made.
• Incomplete submissions and those not following the WSA guidelines will be withdrawn from the WSA selection process without notice. There is no way of challenging such a decision legally.
• When submitting a project to the WSA Experts (and later Jury), participants automatically agree to the guidelines set out by the WSA team.
• Submitting a product to the evaluation and selection process does by no means entitle a producer to any benefits. There is no way of challenging this decision legally.
• All products to take part in the WSA selection process must be sent by mail by the producers / national experts / contest organisers to the WSA Office in Salzburg, Austria, and arrive no later than 31 January 2011. The WSA Office does neither pay for any mailing or transport costs nor for customs duty. All products must be mailed at the cost of the sender.
• Entries in the WSA award have to respect in their contents and user interaction the UN Declaration on Human Rights. Submissions therefore which encourage war, the exercise of violence, fraud, racism or discrimination will not be accepted and eliminated from the jury process. Similarly, submissions which violate international copyright provisions will be excluded from the jury process.
• The WSA Organizers have the right to reject submission / entry without providing any further reason. The WSA Organizers can not be held liable for accepting of submissions or their contents and rights.

Schedule

WSA NATIONAL CONTEST 2010 (NZ):

• Call for submissions 1 September - 31 October 2010
• Selection by 30 December 2010

WSA GLOBAL CONTEST 2011:

• International Registration     1 January - 31 March 2011
• Grand Jury 2011    NZ Autumn 2011, dates to be announced at a later stage
• Winners Gala 2011    NZ Winter 2011, dates to be announced at a later stage

DISCLAIMER: In NZ and the Pacific the WSA selection will be undertaken by the panel of specialists.