The Grand Jury meeting of the e-Swabhimani 2019 was successfully held recently at Jie Jie Beach, Panadura.
Since its launch in 2009, the ‘e-Swabhimani Awards’ have continued to recognize outstanding, forward-thinking and truly innovative local digital solutions and hi-tech applications that have helped make society more inclusive, efficient, offer new services, empower citizens, whose overall benefits are reaped by all.
This is the 9th year that ICTA is organizing this event. 159 applications were received in response to the application call which commenced in June.
The members of the Jury comprised of a group of 17 domain experts from academia, industry and government sector including an expert, moderating the Jury process.
Nominations were accepted across nine categories including Government and Citizen Engagement, Health and Well-Being, Learning and Education, Environment and Green Energy, Culture and Tourism, Smart Settlement and Urbanization, Business and Commerce, Inclusion and Empowerment and Digital Entertainment. In addition a youth award was introduced this year for those who are under 26 years of age. 44 applicants were shortlisted during the Jury process from the above categories.
Highest number of applications were received under the Business and Commerce category followed by the Learning & Education category as usual.
The least number was recorded from Environment & Green Energy category this year. The grand jury ensured that they made a fair judgement to all applicants.
‘e-Swabhimani’ a symbol of excellence but also serves as a stepping stone to the World Summit Award (WSA), a global initiative implemented within the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).
The WSA nominees were selected by the e-Swabhimani Grand Jury during the evaluation process for 2019.
The winners of e-Swabhimani 2019 will be announced in October, the Program Manager Indumini Kodikara mentioned.
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