Wednesday, 2 January 2013

100 Words on Community involvement & Civic Technologies..

What is it..? Civic technology is the use of digital technologies and social media for service provision, civic engagement, and data analysis. A bit more detail below from Civic technologies.

Improving quality of and accountability in public service delivery
  1. Help city residents more effectively access and track responsiveness of public service delivery
  2. facilitate resident engagement with government around service delivery issues
  3. streamline resident access to public services. 

Facilitating resident-driven improvements to neighbourhood quality-of-life 
  1. Enlist city residents to provide new data to support or inform government efforts
  2. to organise community-based efforts based on that data
  3. to participate in the development of strategies and policies to address these issues more effectively.

Deepening participation in public decision-making 
  1. Developing more effective ways to collect meaningful resident input (especially from low-income people)


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