Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology Award
This award recognises entries which showcase initiatives that leverage technology to reduce carbon footprint, conserve resources, and promote eco-friendly practices.
Why Enter ?
The Ireland eGovernment Awards give due recognition to you or your team for delivering services above and beyond the day-to-day. You or your team can enjoy a day of invaluable networking with peers and leaders in digital technology and innovation.
Recognising You and Your Team
You along with your colleagues work hard improving the services you deliver to the country’s citizens. You deserve to have that work recognised and enjoy the limelight. You will enjoy a terrific day sharing and learning from peers and you may even bring home a trophy – along with national publicity.
Free Entry to All Awards
Thanks to our sponsors we do not charge any entry fees for the Ireland eGovernment Awards. We know entry fees are prohibitive for many public sector organisations. We welcome as many entries as you wish to make. The Awards are a showcase. Make sure your work gets recognised. No entry fee means there’s zero risk in taking part.
Quick, Easy Application
After 21 years running these Awards we have ensured that the application process is simple and completely painless. Just select the categories you’re interested in and complete one single submission form. You can, of course, apply for as many categories as you like, and thanks to our sponsors there’s no entry fee.
Prestigious Trophy
Dust off the display case as you or your organisation can keep your winning Ireland eGovernment Award trophy. We promote all winners across all media channels, ensuring your work gets the widest publicity. If your work is shortlisted for an award you of course will have all the fun and excitement of the gala lunch and award ceremony – it’s red carpet all the way. And, don’t forget the Awards are presented by a VVIP!
Previous Ireland eGovernment Award winners tell why entering is so worthwhile.
Jane Carolan
Director HSE
Dominic Byrne
Head of IT , Fingal co co
Natalie Harrower
Director Digital Repository of Ireland
Ireland eGovernment Awards categories 2024
Details of the 2024 Ireland eGovernment Award categories. It is free to enter and you are free to enter multiple categories.
Smart Cities and Urban Development Award
The eGovernment Smart Cities and Urban Development Award recognises projects that demonstrate innovation, sustainability, and citizen-centric design.
Data Protection Award
The eGovernment Data Protection Award recognises projects that prioritize compliance with GDPR (or similar) regulations, robust encryption methods, and secure data storage practices.
Cyber Security Award
The eGovernment Cybersecurity Award recognises projects that prioritize robustness, resilience, and proactive defense measures.
Cross-organisation Collaboration Award
This category recognises the use of digital technology to enhance or promote cross-organization collaboration in the public sector, judges prioritize synergy, interoperability, and impact.
Universal Design & Inclusion Award
This award is for “Design so thoughtful it works for everyone”.
Multi-lingual and Internationalisation Award
This award will be made to digital initiatives that prioritize inclusivity, accessibility, and cultural sensitivity.
Education Award
When evaluating digital education solutions within the public sector judges prioritize entries that demonstrate innovative use of technology to enhance learning experiences, improve educational outcomes, and address the needs of diverse learners.
General Award
This general category is open to any government-funded service across the island of Ireland that, through the use of the digital solutions, improves the efficiency, customer service, reputation, experience or overall standing of Ireland either at home or internationally.
Open Data Award
When judging the Open Data category within the public sector our judges are looking for initiatives that demonstrate comprehensive data accessibility, usability, and societal impact.
AI & Governance Award
For the AI and Governance category the judges are looking for projects that exemplify the transformative potential of AI in enhancing governance, promoting innovation, and improving outcomes for citizens, while upholding principles of transparency, accountability, and ethical responsibility.
Promoting Ireland Overseas Award
This category is open to those organisations whose use of the web promotes the island of Ireland to encourage investment, trade, tourism, international relations, education, peace and cross-border cooperation.
Marketing & Social Media Award
This category is open to State funded organisations across the island of Ireland that demonstrate excellence in the marketing and/or in the use of social media.
Local Government Award
When assessing local government digital solutions judges prioritize efficiency, accessibility, and citizen engagement.
Health or Telemedicine Award
When assessing Healthcare or telemedicine initiatives judges prioritise projects that demonstrate accessibility, effectiveness, and equity in healthcare delivery.
Overall Winner Ireland eGovernment Award
The Ireland eGovernment Awards Overall Winner is selected from all finalist entries. The winner will be the project with the greatest overall impact in terms of the numbers of citizens or public services it positively affects across the island of Ireland. Alternatively it may be a project that contributes to Ireland’s participation or reputation across the world.
