We have re-branded the Best Practice Challenge this year and will be launching the Nominet Internet Awards 2010 at the UK Internet Governance Forum event on 3 February.

Charities, trade bodies and public sector departments are amongst the organisations recognised for their innovative and creative Internet projects at last night’s Nominet Best Practice Challenge 2009 awards ceremony at the Banqueting House, Westminster, London.
   
This year’s winners showcase a variety of world-class projects from Screenreader.net, a small organisation that has created a free software tool to help the visually impaired get easy access to the Internet, to the British Library, which has developed an interactive online tour that is central to its exhibition about individual freedom in the UK.

Winners

The categories and respective winners are:

Best Development Project: Rafi.ki
Rafi.ki provides an online community for secondary schools that enables pupils and teachers from around the world to work on education projects.

Best Security Initiative: Business Crime Reduction Centre
Business Crime Reduction Centre has implemented a broad range of e-security initiatives and provides practical advice to small to medium enterprises.

Raising Industry Standards: Internet Service Providers' Association
Internet Service Providers' Association has raised the standards of the ISP industry by promoting competition, better self-regulation and tackling issues of concern to the public.

Personal Safety Online: Childnet International - KidSmart
Childnet International’s KIDSMART web site offers a wide range of interactive activities for young people to educate themselves about online safety issues.   

Internet For All: Screenreader.net
Screenreader.net develops free software tools to enable the visually impaired to benefit from computer technology.
 
Open Internet: British Library
British Library created an online interactive tour for people to enjoy a virtual experience of its 2009 exhibition 'Taking Liberties: The Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights.'
 
Special Award: Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online campaigns to educate, inform and raise awareness of Internet security issues amongst consumers and businesses. The judges praised its good interagency relationship with the private sector.

The 2009 winners and commended entries will be promoted at the next international Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2009. The aim is to share the best practice illustrated by innovative Internet achievements from the UK and inspire the other countries participating to follow these successful models. Read the messages from Sharm El Sheikh (pdf).

Read more about the winners and runners up - Download the winners brochure as pdf.