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DEWAE - Innovation Support Program.
The objective of the DEWAE (Innovation Beacon) program is to promote the ICT innovation concept across the country. Through DEWAE, MCIT wants our fellow Afghan Citizens to come up with Innovative Ideas and Solutions in the field of Mobile and ICT and participate in competitions and have the chance to win Awards. This practice will give us a chance to find new ways on how we can strengthen the government services and the ICT sector of the country.
| Overview |
The overall objective of the DEWAE is to develop an ICT Innovation culture in the country that will produce innovations in mobile and related technologies and their use in the government in order to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness; and promote innovations and adoption of ICT and mobile technologies in the Afghan society at large, thereby accelerating development of ICT sector in the country.
To achieve the objectives of the MCIT and DEWAE Program, MCIT will disburse US $ 5 Million in two Phases:
Phase 1 will run for two years (2013-2015)
Phase 2 will run for another two-year period (2015-2016)
The Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) is the implementing partner of the DEWAE Program in order to achieve the mandates of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will Award a total of 187 Awards through 5 rounds of award of which each round will consist of the following types of the awards:
DEWAE Award Categories
The DEWAE will initially target four types of challenges and award programs to promote Innovations on ICT and mobile tools within the government:
M-Technology Awards: To reward and support the development of mobile applications to address challenges in services delivery, program management, and performance management;
M-Governance Awards: To reward and support specific impact through the use of m-applications for services delivery, program management, and performance management;
Student Awards: To encourage innovative and socially-geared thinking and action among students in the field of technology and m-applications;
IT Champion Awards: To recognize the contributions of individuals and Organizations those have played a role in promoting ICT innovations in Afghanistan.
The objective of the DEWAE (Innovation Beacon) program is to promote the ICT innovation concept across the country. Through DEWAE, MCIT wants our fellow Afghan Citizens to come up with Innovative Ideas and Solutions in the field of Mobile and ICT and participate in competitions and have the chance to win Awards. This practice will give us a chance to find new ways on how we can strengthen the government services and the ICT sector of the country.
| Overview |
The overall objective of the DEWAE is to develop an ICT Innovation culture in the country that will produce innovations in mobile and related technologies and their use in the government in order to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness; and promote innovations and adoption of ICT and mobile technologies in the Afghan society at large, thereby accelerating development of ICT sector in the country.
To achieve the objectives of the MCIT and DEWAE Program, MCIT will disburse US $ 5 Million in two Phases:
Phase 1 will run for two years (2013-2015)
Phase 2 will run for another two-year period (2015-2016)
The Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) is the implementing partner of the DEWAE Program in order to achieve the mandates of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will Award a total of 187 Awards through 5 rounds of award of which each round will consist of the following types of the awards:
DEWAE Award Categories
The DEWAE will initially target four types of challenges and award programs to promote Innovations on ICT and mobile tools within the government:
M-Technology Awards: To reward and support the development of mobile applications to address challenges in services delivery, program management, and performance management;
M-Governance Awards: To reward and support specific impact through the use of m-applications for services delivery, program management, and performance management;
Student Awards: To encourage innovative and socially-geared thinking and action among students in the field of technology and m-applications;
IT Champion Awards: To recognize the contributions of individuals and Organizations those have played a role in promoting ICT innovations in Afghanistan.
=== Coming Soon ===
Coming Soon Awards Competition for the following Categories:
1. Student Awards
a) Young ICT Innovator Awards Up to 5 Awards, each with a Maximum Value of USD $ 5,000 only for this round
b) Technologist Prize Awards Up to 5 Awards, each with a Maximum Value of USD $ 5,000 only for this round
2. IT Champion Awards Up to 5 Awards, each with a Maximum Value of USD $ 2500 only for this round.