The Apps for Development Competition aims to bring together the best ideas from both the software developer and the development practitioner communities to create innovative apps using World Bank data.
The Competition challenges participants to develop software applications related to one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Submissions may be any kind of software application, be it for the web, a personal computer, a mobile handheld device, console, SMS, or any software platform broadly available to the public. The only other requirement is that the proposed application use one or more datasets from the World Bank Data Catalog available at data.worldbank.org.
Applications submitted to the Competition should address at least one of the following objectives:
About the Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs represent a collective ambition for our world. Simply put, the MDGs express a vision of a world in which extreme poverty and hunger have been eliminated, and the economic and human welfare of poor people worldwide has been tangibly improved. The MDGs articulate specific targets to be reached by 2015 related to poverty and hunger, universal education, child health and other crucial dimensions.
The Competition challenges participants to develop software applications related to one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Submissions may be any kind of software application, be it for the web, a personal computer, a mobile handheld device, console, SMS, or any software platform broadly available to the public. The only other requirement is that the proposed application use one or more datasets from the World Bank Data Catalog available at data.worldbank.org.
Applications submitted to the Competition should address at least one of the following objectives:
- Raise awareness of at least one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), or
- Contribute to progress toward meeting one of the MDGs by 2015.
About the Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs represent a collective ambition for our world. Simply put, the MDGs express a vision of a world in which extreme poverty and hunger have been eliminated, and the economic and human welfare of poor people worldwide has been tangibly improved. The MDGs articulate specific targets to be reached by 2015 related to poverty and hunger, universal education, child health and other crucial dimensions.
How to enter
Interested participants must register for the contest on this webpage by creating an account between October 7, 2010, and January 10, 2011. Registrants will receive an email, which they must use to verify their account. Once registered, participants may enter their submissions via the Submit Application tab. In order to be considered, each submission must include: a link to the application, a video of the application, a text-based description of the application, and at least one still photograph of the working application.
The Challenge is open to all individuals from member countries of the World Bank (see: worldbank.org) who have attained the age of majority in their individual nations at the time of their entries, as well as companies with fewer than fifty employees. Organizations employing fifty or more employees are eligible for the Large Organization Recognition award.
In order to be considered for prizes, submissions must be original software applications solely owned by the entrant(s), which must use at least one of the World Bank datasets found at http://data.worldbank.org. We encourage you to view the Resources Page to find more information on the data and the MDG's. The text descriptions in the contest submission must accurately describe the functionality of the application, and all submitted materials must be in English, or include an English translation. Submissions must eschew indecency, defamation, violence, pornography, and obvious bad taste.
All entrants will retain all intellectual property ownership in their submissions. All interested applicants must read the complete version of the Official Rules document. The rules listed here provide only a brief introduction and overview, and do not constitute a complete list of all requirements and restrictions that apply to this competition.
The Challenge is open to all individuals from member countries of the World Bank (see: worldbank.org) who have attained the age of majority in their individual nations at the time of their entries, as well as companies with fewer than fifty employees. Organizations employing fifty or more employees are eligible for the Large Organization Recognition award.
In order to be considered for prizes, submissions must be original software applications solely owned by the entrant(s), which must use at least one of the World Bank datasets found at http://data.worldbank.org. We encourage you to view the Resources Page to find more information on the data and the MDG's. The text descriptions in the contest submission must accurately describe the functionality of the application, and all submitted materials must be in English, or include an English translation. Submissions must eschew indecency, defamation, violence, pornography, and obvious bad taste.
All entrants will retain all intellectual property ownership in their submissions. All interested applicants must read the complete version of the Official Rules document. The rules listed here provide only a brief introduction and overview, and do not constitute a complete list of all requirements and restrictions that apply to this competition.
Important dates
- Submission Period:
- Start: Oct 07, 2010 12:00 PM EDT End: Jan 10, 2011 05:00 PM EST
- Judging Period:
- Start: Jan 31, 2011 12:00 PM EST End: Feb 28, 2011 05:00 PM EST
- Public Voting Period:
- Start: Jan 31, 2011 12:00 PM EST End: Feb 28, 2011 05:00 PM EST
- Winners announced:
- April, 2011
Judges
- Shaida Badlee
- Director, Development Data Group, World Bank
- Shanta Devarajan
- Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank
- Jussi Hinkkanen
- Head of Government Affairs, Middle East and Africa, Nokia
- Homi Kharas
- Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
- Eduardo Lora
- Chief Economist (a.i.) and General Manager, Research Department, Inter-American Bank
- Craig Newmark
- Founder, Craigslist, Inc.
- Ory Okolloh
- Executive Director and Co-founder, Ushahidi
- Kannan Pashupathy
- Director, Engineering, Google
- Jean-Louis Sarbib
- Chief Executive Officer, Development Gateway
Judging criteria
- Quality of the Idea
- Including creativity and originality
- Implementation of the Idea
- Including user experience, design, and performance
- Potential Impact on the Competition Objectives
- Which are 1) raising awareness of, or 2) making progress toward achieving at least one MDG
Prizes
- First Prize
- $15,000 USD
- Second Prize
- $10,000 USD
- Third Prize
- $5,000 USD
- Honorable Mentions (5)
- $2,000 USD Each
- Popular Choice Award
- $5,000 USD
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