The World Summit Awards (WSA) is an awards system that selects and promotes local digital innovation to improve society. WSA is an international platform focused on broadcasting cutting-edge examples of how Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) can have a positive impact on society, at the local level. The World Summit Award was initiated in 2003, within the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). After the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 56/183. WSA is managed by the International Center for New Media (ICNM), a non-profit organization based in Salzburg, Austria. ICNM was founded by Professor Peter A. Bruck, an honorary board member of WSA, in 2002. ICNM organizes national, regional, and global competitions to showcase the richness and the diversity of the digital media with societal impact. WSA has 19 years of international experience with digital content from 187 participating countries. WSA is an open award to companies, organizations, or individuals from any of the UN and the UNESCO Member States. The WSA Award is divided into 8 different WSA Categories. As of 2022, WSA works with a daily growing network of representatives from 194 countries. History WSA History Following a proposal by the Government of Tunisia, the International Telecommunication Union, adopted Resolution 73 (Minneapolis, 1998), in the Plenipotentiary Conference, in Minneapolis 1998, held on October 12–6 November. Resolution 73 asked the Council to deliberate on the ITU’s contribution to holding the Summit, with the following goals: 1) establishing an overall framework identifying a joint understanding of the information society; 2) drawing a strategic plan of action and 3) identifying the role of various partners to ensure coordination in all Member States. It also requested the Secretary - General to coordinate with the international organizations and other international actors, and called for measures specifically designed to improve and strengthen the presence of the union in diverse regions[2]. The United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2001, adopted resolution 56/183, endorsing the holding of a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), with the goal(link[3]). The Resolution dictated that the WSIS would be held in two phases[4]. The first phase of WSIS, took place in 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 12 December. And the second phase of WSIS, was set in Tunis, from 16 to 18 November 2005. WSIS Follow up was carried out by ECOSOC in the resolution 2006/46, on July 28, 2006,