Smart Settlements & Urbanization
Mobility | Productive Work | Sustainable Living
The Smart Settlements & Urbanization category may entail ICT solutions that:
- Support higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation
- Support productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
- Offer regional and trans border infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being
- Enhance safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems
- Entail inclusive and sustainable, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management
- Solutions for safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces
- Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, per-urban and rural areas
- Solutions for financial and technical assistance, sustainable and smart buildings
- Substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and
- Support adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters and/or risk management
- Consumer information and/or smart access to data at all levels
The above descriptions are suggestions & guidelines, not restrictions.
Apply for the WSA Award in Smart Settlements & Urbanization
The World Summit Awards (WSA) is a nomination-based award system. Each country can have up to 8 nominees representing it in the global round of the contest.
WSA National Experts, well-connected professionals in local startup and social impact communities, select the nominees in their countries.
Are you ready to convince your National Expert that your solution deserves a spot at the Global Congress next year? Select your country from the dropdown menu below and follow the instructions to submit your solution.
