Stockholm March 25, 2008.

The jury of the Stockholm Challenge Award has selected the 2008 finalists in six categories, a total of 145 out- standing ICT projects. They are presented per category on the Challenge Event site at www. event.stockholmchallenge.se

All finalist projects are invited to come to Stockholm and participate in Challenge Week, May 19 – 22  in
Kista, north of Stockholm City.  The Awards celebrations will take place in the evening on May 22, in the
Blue Hall, venue of the Nobel Banquet. During this evening, the winning project in each category will be announced and presented with the Challenge Trophy and a check of 5.000 Euros.

The Challenge programme 2008 has been targeting ICT for Development projects globally. Great efforts have been put into the search for excellent examples of information and communication technologies that show convincing benefits to people and communities, wide impact and proofs of future sustainability.

"The standard of the projects in the Stockholm Challenge Award this year is better than ever", says project manager Ulla Skidén and adds: "the criteria for participation have been set to a higher level compared to earlier years. This round of the Stockholm Challenge had a special feature, The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007, which was a parallel event in cooperation with Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP). 

The awards were open in the Culture, Economic Development, Education and Public Administration categories, specifically
requiring multi stakeholder partner- ships.

Out of hundred entries that made the cut to the jury, four category winners were acknowledged during the GK3 Conference in Kuala Lumpur in December 2007.

The Stockholm Challenge is a biannual awards programme since 1994 when it was launched by the City of Stockholm. It is now owned by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and sponsored by the City of Stockholm, Ericsson and Sida.