OVERVIEW
JUDGES
WINNERS
MEDIA
OVERVIEW
The 1st WeGO Awards were held at the 2nd WeGO General Assembly in Barcelona in 2012. Local governments competed with their projects in the following categories: Services, Efficiency, Open City, Urban Management, Digital Divide. Out of 47 applications in total, 10 were selected as winners.

CATEGORIES

Services
Quality of administrative services, urban competitiveness, effectiveness of public services, high quality services to citizens

Efficiency
Knowledge management, Administrative efficiency through computerization, sharing of public information, promotion of comprehensive & real-time management of information and resources

Open City
Promotion of civil participation in public by opening public information, improving the level of urban openness, administrative transparency, and open data

Urban Management
Technology in Urban Management systems for safety & security, mobility, convenience, environment, disaster, transport, energy, welfare and culture

Digital Divide
Equal and inclusive access for citizens to information & communication services
JUDGES

David Eaves
Negotiation and Strategy Consultant
Eaves Consulting/Eaves.ca (Canada)

Jane E. Fountain
Director
National Center for Digital Government (USA)

Mila Gasco-Hernendez
Associate Research Director
Center for Technology in Government – SUNY Albany (Spain)

Yahia Abdalla Mohamed Hamad
Minister
Communications and Information Technology (Sudan)

Jong Sung Hwang
Vice President
National Information Society Agency (NIA) (Korea)

Pan Suk Kim
President
Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) (Korea)

Sylviane Toporkoff
Founder & Partner
Items International (France)
WINNERS
Category of Services

Surrey

Taipei
Category of Efficiency

Bangalore

Uskudar
Category of Open City

Helsinki

Abu Dhabi
Category of Urban Management

Sabadell

Malatya
Category of Digital Divide

Buenos Aires

Gyeongsangbuk-Do
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