A total of 25 entries have been received for the upcoming Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards.
This annual competition recognises groups or individuals who have embraced the challenge of making the Internet a secure, open, accessible or diverse experience for everyone who uses it.
Finalists will be recognised in each of the following five categories:
Best Security Initiative
Entrants in this category will be seeking solutions to security threats and building trust and confidence in the online environment.
Best Openness Initiative
Entrants in this category will be focussed on the free flow of information including access to information and knowledge and bringing people closer to those who would govern them.
Best Accessibility Initiative
Entrants in this category will be attempting to bridge the digital divide that affects rural communities, the disabled, the elderly and the socially disadvantaged.
Best Diversity Initiative
Entrants in this category will exemplify expressions of cultural diversity and identity, including multilingual and local language content to bring all people into the internet.
Best Youth Initiative
Initiatives that fit under any of the above four categories, led by an individual or group of individuals under the age of 28 on 30 August 2010.
The winners will be announced at a presentation dinner in Melbourne on Monday 18 October 2010.
For further information please visit www.bestpracticeawards.org.nz .