Applications open for ASEAN Digital Awards

The ASEAN Digital Awards recognise the best digital achievements among key stakeholders in ASEAN. It was previously known as the ASEAN ICT Awards, and will be revamped as the “ASEAN Digital Awards” to recognise the use of emerging technologies including AI, data, etc., in the ASEAN digital economy.

Entry Categories

• Public Sector
  • This consists of digital products, services or programmes which are public-sector related, such as e-government.
• Private Sector
  • This consists of digital products, services or programmes which are private-sector related, such as Industrial application, e- logistics & supply chain management, finance industry application, communication, e-health, tourism & hospitality, etc.
• Digital Inclusivity
  • Digital products, services or programmes which empower citizens/consumers to participate in the digital economy & society, through equipping them with the skills, motivation & opportunities to harness the power of digital technology & to go online safely.
• Digital Content
  • This consists of digital products and/or services which are related to the process of combining text, sound, pictures and videos to create a diversion that holds the attention (i.e. entertainment) in the form of multimedia, infotainment, immersion and interaction.
• Digital Start-up
  • Digital start-ups at an early stage of inception (i.e., with commercialised product(s) or with a minimum viable product (MVP)), which embrace digitalisation and technological advancement to improve productivity, revamp business models and raise overall living standards amongst citizens/consumers to deliver social impact.
• Digital Innovation
  • Digital products, services , which promote tertiary and research institutions or programmes arising from innovation as a key competitive advantage to create outstanding impact on the way businesses operate or greatly enhance the quality of lives for end users.

Eligibility Criteria

• This section provides the guideline for all AMS to select companies and their products, services or programmes as nominations for entry to the ASEAN Digital Awards competition.
• Company Eligibility
  • Must be locally registered in the respective AMS
  • The company can be 100% locally owned
  • For joint ventures between a local company & a foreign company, the foreign company in the joint venture can be either a company registered in another AMS or a company registered outside ASEAN whereby the shareholder/s within AMS must hold at least 51% of the total shares
• Product Eligibility
  • IP rights for the product must be owned by company which is eligible to nominate according the company eligibility guideline
  • At least 51% of product development efforts (Including R&D, and design) must be undertaken in/ done within the AMS submitting the application.

Requirements

Entry Nominations

• Product of which the main R&D & design efforts are executed in a ASEAN Member State
• Product or innovation has not won an ASEAN Digital Award in the 1 year period before the current competition.

For more information, visit ASEAN Digital Awards.