The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative for selecting and promoting the world's best electronic media and applications. It sees the bridging of the digital divide and narrowing of the "Content Gap" as its overall goal and, as of 2006, involves representatives from 168 countries on each continent.
Putting its focus on cultural identity and diversity, the WSA looks for multimedia projects that effectively and creatively work with quality contents and digitize educational, scientific and cultural heritage.
It is held in the framework of and in cooperation with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
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