Congratulations to our World Summit Awards (WSA) – Global Champions & Winners from Australia
WSA Global Competition annually receives nominations from 189+ United Nations member countries. After carefully considering estimated 8,000+ projects/products across 8 strategic categories, following Nominees representing Australia were recognised as Prestigious WSA Global Winners in their respective categories, further establishing Australia’s prominence in the global digital innovation landscape.
Stymie is an anonymous, online confidential harm reporting tool used in schools. Students can make notifications about all kinds of harm that may be happening to them or harm that they may know is happening to someone else. Schools allow students to use Stymie to help enhance their culture of care and to support their students to #saysomething without fear. Evidence in the form of screen shots can be used to support notifications, especially in cases of cyberbullying, sextortion or child exploitation and grooming.
BindiMaps is a smartphone app that helps anyone and everyone navigate unfamiliar indoor and precinct spaces. BindiMaps is the largest supplier in Australia of indoor wayfinding also designed to assist those with a disability. Our solution is unique to the global market in the number of disabilities that we support. While BindiMaps provides convenience for able-bodied users, it is life-changing for those with accessibility needs. BindiMaps has the functionality to assist in the navigation of those with vision impairment and those who prefer wheelchair-accessible options.
Tool for Systemic Change™ is an online tool that assists change-makers to address wicked problems through mapping and strengthening of solution ecosystems. The Tool for Systemic Change makes systems change efforts visible. The tool assists change-makers to address wicked problems through mapping, measuring and strengthening of solution ecosystems. It provides stakeholders with insight into the dynamics and structure of their solution ecosystem and where opportunities to strengthen their collective effort are.
ParentTV offers hundreds of on-demand videos and courses to support the parenting and care of children from birth to teens. Parents can feel confident and connected with access to reliable advice on a wide range of topics from Australia and the world’s leading parenting and educational experts. Parents can now access reliable advice on a wide range of topics from leading parenting and educational experts in Australia and beyond, all in one place.
WSA Winner Sam Jockel and her team at ParentTV celebrating their prestwin at the WSA Global Congress 2021
The Living First Language Platform addresses the urgent global need to revitalize, preserve and teach Indigenous Languages through the development of community-driven, interactive and dynamic digital literacy apps. When languages die, we lose more than words. We lose a carrier of culture and the connection we share with ourselves, our tradition and our history. This technology bridges cultural divides, encourages literacy and, most importantly, puts First Languages firmly back in community members’ hands to pass on to the next generation.
Socialsuite makes it easy to measure and monitor how an organisation, its programs and services impact the community and the environment in line with the UN SDGs. Simple, automated data-collection and analysis tools, help discover how investments in social programs are meeting their objectives. It’s a platform for automatically and rigorously monitoring how your initiatives impact people. All information is synthesised into simple, interactive visuals graphs, charts and performance measures that can be cut, diced and drilled for further analysis. Socialsuite is creating a positive snowball effect in the society, thereby, showing promising potential to impact in a global context as well, putting Australia at the center of social impact measurement..
Communiteer is a social enterprise with a mission to facilitate social impact through cross-sector collaboration. The social GOOD network, bringing corporates, charities & purpose driven people together to do more social good. Communiteer leverages the technology behind social media platforms to create deeper engage with change-makers. Through the power of crowd-sourcing, Communiteer mobilises purpose-driven individuals to contribute towards the SDGs in their own way.
