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Uchaguzi is built on the Ushahidi crowdsourcing platform, which emerged during the post-election crisis in January 2008. Nearly 45,000 Kenyans contributed to Ushahidi over twitter, SMS, email and...
Zambia is in the process of writing a constitution that will reflect the aspiration of the people.The government has created a phone app that allows people to read the draft,sharing and commenting...
In order to fix the gap between government and citizen, there are four necessary components that need to be in place: 1. A platform that knows how to get data into and out of a city’s...
Several specific lessons arise from WikiLeaks and the Queensland Floods: Low Hurdles to Participation Distribute across Multiple Platforms Generate a Sense of Community Allow...
Here’s a few key concepts to remember while developing public engagement effort: *Value their time *Streamline engagement *Get more for less *Take it to the next level
What the voters want the candidates to be discussing is not a static thing, nor is it easy to determine. So we will have to keep working at it until we get it right, which is part of the reason The...
Recently Open Innovation platforms have started to address this disconnect and are providing an easy access to participate in making government cool again.
Public involvement is a central concern for urban planners, but the challenge for planners is how best to implement such programs, given many difficulties inherent in the typical public involvement...
MinStad, or "MyCity," is a localized version of Google Earth where residents can zoom in and around the city to identify places where better transit access is needed, or where...
Anonymous volunteers with SubseaObservers.com are helping assess sea scallop populations in the Mid-Atlantic as part of a citizen science project organized by UD researchers. "It's...
Many scientific advancements in prior centuries can be attributed to a single individual or, at most, two to three people that have either independently or jointly innovated. However, advances in technology, global communications and social interactions have meant that the 21st century will be recognized as the century where mass collaboration changes the paradigm.
Citizen Science has become more of a differentiator as scientists are now turning to crowdsourcing to engage large communities of home scientists to help process vast amounts of data and to draw accurate conclusions from scientific research.
Ideation platforms are as effective as the effort that goes into stimulating response on them. Regardless of social standing of education, a human being that is motivated to act and express his or...
Open Data in government is a part of a growing movement where enlightened policy encourages the use of cloud computing, web 2.0 and social technologies to promote government transparency and...
Small World News focuses on developing the capacity of citizens to engage with the international community in crisis areas and conflict zones. Small World News is about empowering global...
Planet Hunter was primarily aimed at providing a platform for all interested people who wanted to assist professional astronomers in their analysis of the light emitted by 150,000 stars, and look...
The Patients Participate! project funded by the JISC, sought to explore whether lay summaries could assist in the wider understanding of health related information and whether the crowd sourced lay...
It is worth letting readers know that there are some criteria for making commitments. Specifically, any commitment must tackle at least one of the five “core" challenges: improve public...
Micro-Leaks.Com is a powerful tool that enables citizens to flag issues of public interest including cases of illegal or anti-social activity, corruption, graft, scams and so on - quickly, safely...
Citizen science is a form of research collaboration involving members of the public in scientific research projects to address real-world problems.Often organized as a virtual collaboration,...
Last year, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and the city launched a citywide engagement process to get citizens to participate in drafting the sort of budget they wanted for their city, an effort...
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