Nominations are now open for the third edition of ALECSO Award for Mobile Applications (Alecso Apps Award) 2017 until May 15, where the final ceremony will be held in Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia. "Alecso Apps" is an annual award assigned to the best Arab completed applications in education, culture, science and educational games.
The award comes within the framework of a broader project conducted by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (known as ALECSO). The project aims to provide technological and institutional environment necessary to contribute to the emergence of an Arab industry for smart phones and digital tablets applications. This will be attained via contributing to the development of a common Arab vision for the sector, developing Arab specialized human resources and facilitating and promoting the production of mobile applications. A special award for People with Disabilities (PwDs) applications will be launched in the current edition, in collaboration with Mada, Qatar Assistive Technology Centre.
The previous two editions witnessed a large turnout of mobile application developers, where more than 1,350 contestants from 19 Arab countries competed, in the 2016 edition, to win the award in its four categories: education, culture, science and educational games. Winners of the second edition were announced in the closing ceremony hosted in Dubai, UAE on 19 November 2016, where 55 candidates from 19 Arab countries participated.
The Arab League Education, Culture and Science Organization (ALECSO) is a specialized institution headquartered in Tunis, functioning within the framework of the League of Arab States (LAS). It is concerned with enhancing the fields of education, culture and science at regional and national levels, and coordinating among Arab states. ALECSO was created by virtue of Article 3 of the Arab Cultural Unity Charter, and was officially declared on 25 July 1970.
source:mcit.gov.eg
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