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ESCWA Digital Arabic Content Award 2024-2025

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ESCWA announced the results on 14 April 2025. They are included in the brochure Award Winners 2025.

ESCWA is launching the fourth cycle of the ESCWA Digital Arabic Content Award for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the World Summit Awards (WSA). The Award recognizes the best digital Arabic content products that relate to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Award is open to institutions and young entrepreneurs from Arab countries that have created digital Arabic content applications or projects with a clear impact on society.

  • Institutions can be public, private, academic, civil society, or non-governmental, or other stakeholders with existing products that support the achievement of the SDGs.
  • Young entrepreneurs can be start-up founders, or teams of young people or individuals where at least one of the founders and most of the team are younger than 35 years old.

Project submission and evaluation is done through a WSA dedicated platform and is based on the Award rules and conditions that are set and/or revised for each cycle by the Award steering committee. A jury of experts from the Arab region conducts the evaluation, and the Award winner projects are announced during a special session of the 2025 annual Arab Forum for Sustainable Development

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Outcome document

The fourth cycle of ESCWA Digital Arabic Content Award for Sustainable Development (2024-2025) resulted with seven (7) Award Winner projects, in two categories - Institutions and Young Entrepreneurs, and one (1) special mention project in the Young Entrepreneurs category.  The results were announced during an Award Ceremony, held on 14 April 2025, as part of the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2025.

The evaluation process was conducted in two rounds by a Jury committee composed of 21 regional experts, 10 in the Institutions category and 11 in the Young Entrepreneurs category.  Jurors evaluated submitted projects through the Award platform provided by the World Summit Awards, after an initial screening based on the Award rules and conditions that get set and revised for each cycle by the Award Steering Committee.   The evaluation criteria cover content and innovation, technical aspects and strategic values and developmental impact, and their weights are pre-defined and integrated in the Award platform.

WINNER PROJECTS

The Award's winner projects for the Institutions and Young Entrepreneurs categories are listed below, in alphabetical order:

Institutions

Abwaab Educational Platform (منصة أبواب التعليمية), Jordan:   Abwaab is an innovative educational platform offering guided learning through engaging video lessons, quizzes and competitions. It operates in Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Content Style Guide (دليل أسلوب كتابة المحتوى), Egypt:   The guide defines content writing and design rules to support consistency. It covers writing for websites, apps and emails to ensure quality, clarity and user satisfaction.

FORSA (منصة فرصة), Jordan:   FORSA offers educational and development opportunities, including scholarships, internships, and job opportunities. It provides high-quality Arabic content and connects users with counsellors to enhance skills and competitiveness.

Young Entrepreneurs

Adam Wa Mishmish (آدم ومشمش), Jordan:   Adam wa Mishmish makes learning Arabic fun through music, animation, and interactive theatre, providing high-quality educational content for children.

Climate School (مدرسة المناخ), Egypt:   Climate school is a volunteer initiative offering free Arabic training and resources for journalists, students and content creators, to improve digital content on climate change and sustainability.

Rouh (روح), Palestine:   The Rouh initiative produces psychologically safe and humanitarian stories using AI and digital technology, focusing on marginalized groups. 

Wajeez (وجيز), Jordan:  Wajeez is an audio learning app offering book summaries in audio and text, audio novels, podcast episodes, and audio recordings of masterpieces of Arabic poetry and plays.

SPECIAL MENTION PROJECT

Young Entrepreneurs

Shebbak Souri (شباك سوري), Syrian Arab Republic:   Shebbak Souri is a media platform for empowering Syrian youth and promoting social cohesion, self-expression, online safety, and economic opportunities for Syria's future.


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