The Crown Prince Award for Best Government Service Application is an annual award designed to stimulate and encourage university students to provide creative solutions via smartphone applications. The aims is to improve government services and provide simple around the clock government services that are easy, efficient and transparent to exceed customer expectations.
The award also aims to strengthen the relationship between students and government entities in Jordan and involve them in co-creating services and developing solutions that transform customer journeys and improve quality of life.
The Crown Prince Award for Best Government Service Application is an annual award designed to stimulate and encourage university students to provide creative solutions via smartphone applications. The aims is to improve government services and provide simple around the clock government services that are easy, efficient and transparent to exceed customer expectations.
Students in Private and Public Universities and Colleges in Jordan
Private and Public Universities and Colleges in Jordan
This criterion focuses on the adoption of services amongst the targeted audience, and ability to solve a problem that deals with Public Service with high level of impact on society.
This criterion focuses on how well the services are being delivered, from a user perspective. It focuses on functionalities such as but not limited to: Easy navigation with friendly design (Look and Feel)
This criterion focuses on the "Wow!" factor - that is, the innovative use of technology or stand-out approaches for combining ideas in a creative and collaborative manner and developing a solution that is unique, original and new focusing on life event services that impact overall customer experience.
This criterion focuses on the overall impression of the jury member assessing the application.
Only students enrolled in public and private universities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan can participate.
The university must be accredited and recognized by the entity authorized to do so in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Students can not participate individually.
Students must apply for the prize as team that consists minimum of two and maximum six people.
Students can participate with more than one application.
The University can participate with more than one team.
Mobile applications / solutions must be linked to one of the relevant government services provided to individual or business customers (G2C or G2B).
Students must work with the government entity.
Mobile applications and solutions must be developed at the university, by the students themselves.
The App will be developed in Arabic Language – the winner will have to develop an English version upon execution
All submissions must include a video explaining the app with the main features and benefits of the app.
All application applications must include a working or simulated working package on one of the official software development tools.
The official software development toolkit in the following links: https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action for IOS http://developer.android.com/tools/index.html for android
Submission form (Note: will be available on the website soon)
A 3 minute video that explains the application
A working or simulated working package on one of the official software development tools