The team behind Osist earned tickets to Monterey, Mexico, on June 12 as among the 40 winning teams in eight categories to be honored in the WSA gala night. The teams will receive certificates and trophies from government and industry leaders, and the United Nations.
Osist is also a finalist in the e-government web site category in the 11th Philippine Web Awards, the local version of the prestigious international Webby Awards.
Osist project leader Arlene Romasanta said she is proud of what Osist has accomplished considering that it was barely a year old, having been launched just last year. The portal compiled 280 technologies uploaded by partner-agencies, which are ready for diffusion and commercialization.
“More and more premium information are being made ready for uploading as S&T projects are completed and assessed as technology ready for transfer,” she added
WSA is a global contest that recognizes the best e-content and innovative ICT applications unveiled in 2003 by the UN World Summit on Information Society, as part of an effort to bridge the global digital divide especially in developing countries like the Philippines.
WSA national contests were held in 168 UN member-countries. WSA designated local eminent experts to nominate entries, which are judged based on content quality and comprehensiveness, ease of use (functionality, navigation and orientation), value added through interactivity and multimedia, design (aesthetic value of graphics/music or sounds) and craftsmanship (technical realization).
About 500 entries will be evaluated by a grand jury in New Delhi from April 1 to 10, with prominent multimedia experts from around the world converging during the event.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Joy M. Lazcano
Quelle/Source: Business Mirror, 01.02.2009
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