 Nominations for the
Petersberg Prize requested
From The Development Gateway
The Development Gateway invites you to submit nominations for the
Petersberg Prize.
The Petersberg Prize will recognize the most exemplary contribution in
the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for
development during the last ten years. The awardee will receive the €100 000
prize.
Deadline for nominations has been extended to 22 March, 2004. Modern ICT
is an increasingly important factor for development. The field is young, and
the promise of using ICT has yet to be realised in most of the world.
With the Petersberg Prize, the Development Gateway is therefore seeking
to help advance the understanding of ICT's role in development and recognize
leaders in the field.
The Prize is focused on impact on social and economic development. It
will be awarded for a significant and successful contribution in the use of
ICT for development — one that will have benefited a large number of people.
The degree of the success, the magnitude of the benefits, and the importance
of the contribution to a development priority, such as poverty reduction,
will all be taken into account when reviewing the nominations.
Please nominate the individual or organizstion that you believe has had a
major impact using ICT for development. In addition to awarding the €100 000
Prize, the Development Gateway will share nominees' stories on its global
portal of development information and resources, in order to advance the
understanding of their contribution and of ICT's potential impact.
The Prize, sponsored by Deutsche Telekom AG and Microsoft Deutschland
GmbH, will be awarded during the next annual Development Gateway Forum,
which will take place in mid-2004.
More information:
www.developmentgateway.org/node/790768/?
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