Best Government Initiative of the year

Awards Criteria for the Best Government Initiative in m-Serve

The award in the category of best government initiative in m-Serve is open for all governments including zonal, regional and local governments who are involved in empowering telecommunications sector by providing effective and extensive networking and connectivity in rural areas. Projects nominated for best government initiative in telecommunications sector contain inherent benchmarks of sustainability.

The evaluation criteria is based on quality of vision of the projects, services, past work and implementations of technologies for the empowerment of livelihoods. Besides, the soundness of technology being used, scalability and sustainability and finally impact made on the citizen’s life are criteria for evaluation.

Selection Process for the Best Government Initiative in m-Serve

• Range of livelihoods who benefit from the initiative


• Flexibility of the initiative to be adopted for application elsewhere


• Geographical area covered


• Success of the initiative/project


• Positive impacts of the initiative/project on the livelihood of people


• Innovative use of ICT


• Efficacy of the initiative/project in terms of capacity building


• Sustainability of the project/initiative