The Washington D.C.-based Apps for Democracy has a collection of 47 Web, iPhone and Facebook applications for various democracy-related pursuits. Many use the city’s crime, safety, transport, tourism or parking data to create citizen-focussed benefits.
What’s particularly interesting is that these applications were developed by citizens in a competition. Apps for Democracy say they use a simple formula -
Open source + citizen talent + fame and fortune
Apps for Democracy calculate that these apps are worth $2.3million to the City and were generated for $50,000 worth of investment. Watch their video here
Could citizen-driven innovation in ICT in Bristol make the city a better place to live, work, study, visit… or is it doing so already?
Thanks to Steve Clift’s new e-Democracy email bulletinfor the link
