Digital Cooperation Organization Announces Launch of Digital Prosperity Awards
The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) today announced the launch of the highly anticipated Digital Prosperity Awards to honor and celebrate remarkable digital contributions that enable prosperity for all, particularly by advancing the digital economy, which has a critical role in boosting nations’ development and growth.
The Digital Prosperity Awards are structured around three core pillars and each pillar has individual award categories representing a crucial aspect of digital advancement.
The awards are Digital Innovation Award, recognizing outstanding initiatives that leveraged disruptive technology solutions to drive significant positive change and advancement; Digital Transformation Award, acknowledging exemplary efforts in utilizing digital technologies to enhance decision-making processes, foster progress and prosperity, and celebrate exceptional cooperation endeavors leveraging digital solutions to drive progress and prosperity; Empowering Society Award for honoring exemplary initiatives that make use of ethical practices and principles in utilizing digital technologies for societal advancement and prosperity, recognizing outstanding contributions in leveraging digital innovations to address environmental challenges and promote sustainability for a prosperous future.
“The launch of the Digital Prosperity Awards is a significant milestone in recognizing outstanding digital contributions of the organizations that enable prosperity for all. We are looking forward to identifying the best digital innovators from the DCO’s member states and worldwide that benefit humankind,” said DCO Secretary-General Deemah AlYahya.
She added: “The awards aim to acknowledge exceptional initiatives in adopting best practices, policies, and strategies to accelerate digital transformation in their respective countries. The objective is to accelerate digital economic advancement and lay the groundwork for constructive cooperation, cultivating shared vision and aspirations among all stakeholders.”
The awards, AlYahya said, reinforce DCO’s role as an information provider, advocator, facilitator, and advisor to speed up the sustainable growth of the digital economy and digital transformation of member states, as well as to enhance the welfare, and social stability, and cooperation, to achieve digital prosperity for all.
A large and varied technical committee and judging panel of impartial global leaders, innovators, and technical specialists will thoroughly assess the strongest entrants and nominees based on their initiatives tackling local, regional, or global challenges in all economic sectors, fostering a more inclusive and digitally advanced world through cooperation and innovation.
In each category, there will be a winner from the public sector and one from the private sector or civil society, both exclusively representing DCO member states. Winners from the private sector or civil society will be eligible for the DCO Member Prize for Digital Prosperity for All. Additionally, there will be one finalist from global civil society for each category which is open to nominations from the public, and the ultimate recipient will be handed the DCO International Prize for Digital Prosperity for All.
To learn more about the award categories and the nomination process and submit or nominate a project, visit the official Digital Prosperity Awards website at:
https://www.DigitalProsperityAwards.com
