e-Culture: Preserving and presenting cultural heritage in line with
the challenges of the future; demonstrating valuable cultural assets clearly
and informatively using state-of-the-art technology.
Your
are invited to propose and register Israel programs and
projects to the e-Culture Israel National
Contest. The selected project will be submitted by Israel to the World Summit Award Global Contest (details
below).
The coordinator
for Israel for the WSA
Global Contest is Susan Hazanwsa-srael@icnm.net
TIMELINE for
e-Culture Israel National
Competition
Friday
June 10, 2005 Deadline to send in applications to the National Contest
Sunday June 19 – at 16.00
Selection of 8
winners (one winner from each category)
November 15
Winners to be announced
at the WSA Gala in Tunis
Panel of Judges
The judges for
the national contest in Israel are nominated
by the statutory institutions that steer the MINERVA network in Israel for digitisation of science and cultural heritage. The
institutions and the judges they nominated are:
MALMAD……………………………………………………………Dr. Miriam
Farber
MEITAL……………………………………………………………..OraZehavi
The Pais Council for Arts and Culture…………………..Esther Dunour
The Division of
Culture of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
Department of Public Libraries…………………Dr. Judit Bar-Ilan
Department of Museums and Visual
Arts……GalitEilat
…………………………….-
The Jewish Agency for
Israel………………………………Uri Aizikovich…
___________-
The Jewish National
and University Library_____Orly Simon
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Division for Scientific and
Cultural Agreements and The UNESCO Secretary
The World Summit Award (WSA) builds on the EUROPRIX Network, and is a global
initiative for selecting and promoting the best in eContent
and creativity. It involves representatives from 168 countries who each
nominate 8 national best practice examples in e-content and creativity
2004/2005, (one from each category).
According to the WSA 05 guidelines there are eight
categories for the global contest
e-Learning
e-Culture
e-Science
e-Government
e-Health
e-Business
e-Entertainment
e-Inclusion
The national competition would be based on the same
criteria as the global competition:
Evaluation
Criteria
1 Quality and comprehensiveness of content
2 Ease of use: functionality, navigation and orientation
3 Value added through interactivity and multimedia
4 Attractiveness of design (aesthetic value of graphics/audio)
5 Quality of craftsmanship (technical realization)
S Strategic importance for the global development of the Information
Society A Accessibility according to the WC3
