ESCWA Digital Arabic Content Award 2025-2026

ESCWA is launching the fifth cycle of the ESCWA Digital Arabic Content Award for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the World Summit Awards (WSA). The Award recognizes the best digital Arabic content products that relate to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Award is open to institutions and young entrepreneurs from Arab countries that have created digital Arabic content applications or projects with a clear impact on society.

• Institutions can be public, private, academic, civil society, or non-governmental, or other stakeholders with existing products that support the achievement of the SDGs.
• Young entrepreneurs can be start-up founders, or teams of young people or individuals where at least one of the founders and most of the team are younger than 35 years old.

Project submission and evaluation are conducted via the WSA dedicated platform, in accordance with the Award rules and conditions and periodically updated by the Award steering committee. A jury of experts from the Arab region conducts the evaluation, with the winning projects to be announced in 2026. 

Due date for submissions is 25 February 2026.

Related links

• About the Award process
• Award first cycle 2021-2022
• Award second cycle 2022-2023
• Award third cycle 2023-2024
• Award fourth cycle 2024-2025

Hashtag: #DAC_Award

Initiatives: Digital Arabic Content, Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, Digital Development

Contact information

• Mirna El Hajj Barbar, Project Coordinator
• [email protected]