WSYA
The World Summit Youth Award
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Promoting young entrepreneurs who make a difference
2013 marks the sixth edition of the World Summit Youth Award, the annual interna tional competition for digital and social innovators under 30. Each year the num ber of applications has increased signifi cantly. Until today, the WSYA has select ed and promoted 90 projects as winners (and 40 projects as runners-up) which contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), raise awareness of local
and global social challenges and take ac tion on making a difference. The WSYA is promoted in all UN member states through the networks of the World Summit Award (WSA) the UN Global Alli ance for ICT (UNGAID), other participat ing UN Organisations and Agencies such as UNESCO and UNIDO, governments and NGOs, youth organisations, and many other committed partners.
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