{"id":3259,"date":"2017-01-27T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T10:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/?page_id=3259"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:38:22","slug":"wsa-categories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/contest-global-award\/wsa-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The WSA Award is divided into eight categories<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Each category gets a maximum of one nominee per country, and five winners globally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"categories\"><div class=\"clearfix out-of-box\"><h2>WSA Categories<\/h2><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/government-citizen-engagement\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/governmentandcivicengagement.jpg' alt='Government & Citizen Engagement' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/government-citizen-engagement\/'><strong>Government & Citizen Engagement<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Services | Open data | Democratic participation<\/p><\/figure><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/health-well-being\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/healthandwellbeing.jpg' alt='Health & Wellbeing' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/health-well-being\/'><strong>Health & Wellbeing<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Medical care | Sport | Lifestyle<\/p><\/figure><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/learning-education\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/learningandeducation-1.jpg' alt='Learning & Education' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/learning-education\/'><strong>Learning & Education<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Knowledge | Science | Skills\r\nThe Learning &amp; Education cat<\/p><\/figure><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/environment-green-energy\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/environmentandgreenenergy.jpg' alt='Environment & Green Energy' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/environment-green-energy\/'><strong>Environment & Green Energy<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Circular Economy | Sustainable Resources | Agriculture | Biodiversity S<\/p><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"clearfix out-of-box\"><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/culture-heritage\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cultureandheritage.jpg' alt='Culture & Heritage' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/culture-heritage\/'><strong>Culture & Heritage<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Heritage | Entertainment | Subcultures<\/p><\/figure><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/smart-settlements-urbanization\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/smartsettlementsandurbanization.jpg' alt='Smart Settlements & Urbanization' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/smart-settlements-urbanization\/'><strong>Smart Settlements & Urbanization<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Mobility | Productive Work | Sustainable Living<\/p><\/figure><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/business-commerce\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/businessandcommerce.jpg' alt='Business & Commerce' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/business-commerce\/'><strong>Business & Commerce<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Innovative Services | Security | Finance | Marketing<\/p><\/figure><figure class='small-12 medium-3 '><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/inclusion-enpowerment\/'><img class='standard-greyscale' src='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/inclusionandempowerment.jpg' alt='Inclusion & Empowerment' \/><\/a><figcaption><a href='https:\/\/wsa-global.org\/wsa_categories\/inclusion-enpowerment\/'><strong>Inclusion & Empowerment<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><br \/><p class=\"wsa-cat-description\">Diversity | Gender | Justice | Human Rights<\/p><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"clearfix out-of-box\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>The WSA also hosts the Young Innovators Award<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Young Innovators Award is open to any teams where a majority of the founders are under 26. 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