Call 2009 3bis- Infoday, July 1st, 2009, Brussels

Project Idea:

PARTICIPATE

Contact:leyla.arsan@tages.bizsafak.altan@ecotel.com.tr

İstanbul MunicipalityMobile Operator

Software Developer

Call 2009 3bis- Infoday, July 1st, 2009, Brussels

Aim

•to create integrated public services related to several areas of

public participation,(development and enhancement of future legislations, reporting of local issues particularly about pollution and noise, and submission of wishlists and requests)

•to identify major obstacles that may prevent public from expressing

their voices, particularly focusing on social, technical and cultural barriers.

• Simplification of relationship between citizen and government workers,

multi-channel communication strategy (e.g. internet, mobile, phone and kiosks). Each

channel is synchronized, with a high usability level, to handle a wide coverege of citizens without ICT knowledge.

• Raising the awareness of public so that they can be a part of conflict and problem resolution and democratic process, with the channels defined

above, in order to help governments to act regarding local issues on time with the right resources.

Realization of several pilot projects with the help of local and municipal administration using software developed, also by localizing and internationalizing the

application to suit end users’ needs.

Objectives

Call 2009 3bis- Infoday, July 1st, 2009, Brussels

Technologies envisaged- Kiosk interface

- SMS connectivity

- Smart phones

(focusing on iPhone)

- Web 2.0 technologies

on client side

- Open source on server

side

Citizens PARTICIPATE in

Citizens PARTICIPATE through

- Referendum- Referendum

Until Now:Already using interactive participation channel (SMS)

80 different regions in Turkey83-84 Local Public Authorities, ~25.000 Citizens

Call 2009 3bis- Infoday, July 1st, 2009, Brussels

One of the Testbedslots of opportunities and challenges with a diversity

of culture: Megacity ISTANBUL

Call 2009 3bis- Infoday, July 1st, 2009, Brussels

- A Project to Collaborate funded by “eParticipation

Preparatory Action”

- Regional Communities (For Test Beds)

- Supporting Decision Makers

Collaboration sought