IW WOW Award 2011

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IW:LEARN is inviting GEF IW projects to nominate their websites for the competition by submitting the required details into http://iwlearn.net/websitetoolkit/wow/iw-wow-award-nomination.

The deadline for nomination is on September 15.  Accepted entries will be notified on September 15. IW:LEARN is entitled to nominate project websites it deems qualified.

Mechanics of the competition

1. Visit http://iwlearn.net/websitetoolkit/wow/iw-wow-award-nomination to nominate a project website.
2. All accepted entries will be notified by August 31 and will be asked to display the IW Project Website Award icon at their homepage and invite people to vote for their website at http://iwlearn.net/websitetoolkit/wow/iw-wow-award-2011-nominees. Voting will run from 16 September to 10 October, which will determine the top 10 finalists through the highest votes received.
3. A group of judges, consisting of five experts (on transboundary management and ICT) will rate the top 5 finalists based on the criteria set by IW:LEARN to determine the final three websites.
4. The final three websites will then be announced on the opening day of the IWC 6 and will be judged by the IWC6 participants during the conference as follows:

• IW:LEARN will produce a poster highlighting the competition, criteria used,  URLs of sites competing, and the final five websites. A PowerPoint presentation of the competition and screen shots of the final five websites will also be shown at the GEF IW:LEARN booth.
• IW:LEARN and supporters of the final five websites will encourage participants to visit the IW:LEARN booth, browse the top 5 websites and vote through the computers provided at the IW:LEARN booth.
• The website that receives the most votes wins (a person/project can only vote once).

The winner will be announced on the last day of the conference.  All review sheets will be made available at the IW:LEARN booth.

Criteria

• Technical component (30%): webpages download/render in reasonable time, compatible with multiple browsers (including IE6+, Firefox, Opera, Safari, mobile application, etc.), syndication is in place (RSS, Atom, etc.), no broken links, has site-specific search engine
• Timeliness (30%): contains regularly updated calendar of events, regular release of news and/or newsletters, up-to-date contact details
• Content (30%): pages are clear and readable, good quality of writing, logos of GEF and other partners prominently displayed, main navigation is clearly visible in every page, clean and consistent design theme, provides basic geographic data relevant to project’s area of concern
• Additional components (10%): provides multimedia materials, provides access to the project’s social networking sites, offers sections for increased interaction (surveys, online forms, discussion forums, etc.), multilingual contents

Dates to remember

16 September - 10 October        Voting period to determine the Top 5 websites

17 October                               Announcement of the Final Five websites
17-20 October                          Voting period for the final winner
at the IWC6
20 October                               Announcement of the winner

The IW WOW Award winner will receive a plaque of recognition and a smart mobile device.