1. WORLD SUMMIT AWARD for e-content and creativity Waheed AlBalushi Bahrain Internet Society in the framework of the UNITED NATIONS

2. The 8 Categories:

3. WSA is..  A cooperation of: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) European Academy of Digital Media (EADiM) International Center for New Media (ICNM) and the EUROPRIX Network

4. Under patronage of:  Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission  Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria  Carlos Kirchner, President of Argentina  Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People‘s Republic of Bangladesh  Alexander Kwasniewski, President of Poland  Ion Iliescu, President of Romania  Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal  Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia

5. What do we stand for? the WORLD SUMMIT AWARD is a global effort to…  select and promote world’s best in e-Content and Creativity  support innovation and quality  give the deserved public recognition to valuable initiatives  build and foster a global network, based on a shared vision  support sustainable and equitable development and through this to reach its overall goal -

6. HOW DO WE DO IT? PART I THE SUCCESS 2003

7.  Expert Panel members:136  Nominated products:803  Participating countries: 136  WSA Grand Jury:36  Selected WSA 03 best:40  Special mentiones:21 Jury in Dubai, Oct. 17-23, 03 2003 selection of the world‘s best practise examples through an expert network and the grand jury

17. Jury in Dubai 17 - 21 October 2003

18. The Jury Process

26.  Over 500 guests  4 Heads of State personally on stage  34 of 40 winning teams  Certificates handed over by: Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal Ion Iliescu, President of Romania Robert Kocharian, President of the Republic of Armenia Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Franz Morak, Secretary of State for the Arts and Media, Austria Montassar Ouaili, Secretary of State, Min. of Comm. Techn.and Transport, Tunisia Abel Rwendeire, UNIDO, MD, Programme Development and Technical Coop. Div. Paul Meyer, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada WSA at the WSIS December 10-12, 2003 Exhibition and GALA

27. HOW DO WE DO IT? PART II THE ROAD SHOW 2004

28. Throughout 2004 and 2005 the world wide road show in each of the world regions demonstrating WSA 03 best…  best contents exhibitions  workshops by winning producers  know how exchange  best practice demonstrations  separate featuring of the national best  key note speeches  round tables and more…

29. The ROAD SHOW destinations 2004: raising awareness for quality content for the new information society on all continents … Armenia, Azerbaijan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Dubai, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Tanzania... more to come…

30. WSA MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS  GLOBAL ICT SUMMIT Hong Kong (May 13-15, 04)  Azerbaijan Global ICT Conference (25-28 Nov. 04)  GLOBAL ICT SUMMIT Bahrain (May 05)  Global ICT Conference Austria (2-3 June 05) more to come…

31. HOW DO WE DO IT? PART III – PRESENT WSA 2005 Expert Panel and Contest

32. 168 CONTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE WSA 2005!

33. WSA CONTEST 2005. STEPS  WSA Expert Panel 2005 – 168 countries participating  National contests on all continents as of today: 50  Grand Jury evaluation: Bahrain, August 2005  Winners Gala at the WSIS Tunis, November 16th, 2005

34. Arab’s winners in WSA 03..  Bahrain - eGovernment  Qatar - eGovernment  Jordan - eLearning  Dubai – e-Business

35. Arab Jurors in WSA 03..  Gabriel Deek – Lebanon  Effat Al Shooky – Egypt  Ezzildin Othman – Sudan  Waheed AlBalushi - Bahrain

36. Bahrain’s Contribution..  Bahrain eContent Award  Arab eContent Award

37. www.wsis-award.org