Best Government Initiative of the year

Awards Criteria for the Best Government Initiative for Telecentre

The award in the category of best government initiative is open for all forms of governments including zonal, regional and local governments that use or endorse upon the use of ICT tools to support community, economic, educational, and social development, bridging the digital divide, promoting health issues, creating economic opportunities with the help of a telecentre model. Projects nominated for best government initiative in telecentre should 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 for Telecentre

• Range of livelihoods provided from the initiative


• Scalability of the initiative to be adopted for application elsewhere


• Success of the initiative/project


• Positive impact of the initiative/project on the community


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


• Sustainability of the project/initiative