Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development in Egypt selected among the top 20 projects for the WSIS Prize 2025

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The Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development project in Egypt has achieved a new milestone at the international level by being selected among the top twenty projects of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize in the capacity building category for 2025. 
The project works basically on the strategy of the Ministry of Communications and Informations Technology, to maximize the contribution of informations and communications technology to human building development, and to enhance the digital economy in order to achieve sustainable development goals and improve the living conditions of citizens.
The project is implemented by MCIT in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with the aim of enhancing the digital capabilities of individuals in the Egyptian society, with a focus on the most needy groups, such as women, persons with disabilities, and residents of remote areas. His scope of work includes several initiatives targeting multiple areas, including education, health, environment, handicrafts, building digital skills and safe dealing with the Internet, with the aim of achieving inclusive and sustainable development, driving wheel of responsible production, bridging the digital skills gap, and promoting a more flexible, innovative and just future in Egypt. 
In this regard, the Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development project in Egypt applied for the international competition award among 973 projects distributed in 18 different categories, and was selected among the top 20 global 
projects to qualify for the competition in the second phase (among the pioneering projects).
You can click on the following link to vote for the project: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Prizes/Prizes/
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prize of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is an effective mechanism for evaluating projects and activities that use ICTs to push sustainable development forward.
It is worth mentioning that over the past years, a number of digital community development projects have been nominated for the WSIS Competition, where this international award had previously been won in 2014 through the Job Creation Project for Youth in Egypt, which was implemented in partnership with the Japanese government.
Qudwa.tech initiative was also selected as one of the shortlisted ending projects for the 2020 award in the category "The Role of Governments and All Stakeholders in Advancing ICTs for Development".
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) also received an international certificate of appreciation at the World Summit on the Information Society Awards ceremony in 2016 for its remote medical diagnosis project, as one of the outstanding initiatives contributing to the efforts of governments to support social and economic development using ICT tools.
In 2017, the remote medical diagnosis project was also reached the final list of nominations for the Award.
For more about the Egyptian project, please visit: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Prizes/2025/Nominated?jts=XH38CZ&idx=16&page=4
April 2025