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ARMENIAN DIGITAL PROJECT CITYBUGS WINS EUROPEAN YOUTH AWARD
17:11, 02 Dec 2014
Sona Hakobyan
Public Radio of Armenia
The Armenian CityBugs project became one of the winner at the Digital
Creativity for Social Good contest held in Austria within the framework
of the European Youth Award. Other winners included projects from
Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal,
Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
"CityBugs is a social platform developed to raise socially
critical issues, where anyone has a real opportunity to raise and
bring attention to daily issues of their communities, to suggest
innovative ideas to increase public participation, decision making
and participatory problem solving," Arman Atoyan, co-founder of the
X-Tech Company, told reporters today.
The CityBugs.am is a platform, where one can make a suggestion and
track how the raised issue is solved. Registered users can easily
report different social issues persistent in the communities. By simply
using a mobile device or PC, users have the ability not only to report
a bug but also give suggestions and participate in online discussions.
The easiest way to report a bug or make a suggestion is to use
Facebook profile or simply get registered with the system. After
creating a bug they are filtered according categories and pinned on
the Google dynamic maps. The respective governmental bodies carry
further responsibility to eliminate the bugs.
CityBugs.am currently has 5,000 users; 500 issues have been raised up
until now, 50% of which has been solved, others are still in process,
Armen Atoyan said.
The Digital Creativity for Social Good contest was held in the
Austrian city of Graz from November 19 to 21. About 1,000 projects
from 49 European countries were presented at the competition.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/12/02/armenian-digital-project-citybugs-wins-european-youth-award/
17:11, 02 Dec 2014
Sona Hakobyan
Public Radio of Armenia
The Armenian CityBugs project became one of the winner at the Digital
Creativity for Social Good contest held in Austria within the framework
of the European Youth Award. Other winners included projects from
Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal,
Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
"CityBugs is a social platform developed to raise socially
critical issues, where anyone has a real opportunity to raise and
bring attention to daily issues of their communities, to suggest
innovative ideas to increase public participation, decision making
and participatory problem solving," Arman Atoyan, co-founder of the
X-Tech Company, told reporters today.
The CityBugs.am is a platform, where one can make a suggestion and
track how the raised issue is solved. Registered users can easily
report different social issues persistent in the communities. By simply
using a mobile device or PC, users have the ability not only to report
a bug but also give suggestions and participate in online discussions.
The easiest way to report a bug or make a suggestion is to use
Facebook profile or simply get registered with the system. After
creating a bug they are filtered according categories and pinned on
the Google dynamic maps. The respective governmental bodies carry
further responsibility to eliminate the bugs.
CityBugs.am currently has 5,000 users; 500 issues have been raised up
until now, 50% of which has been solved, others are still in process,
Armen Atoyan said.
The Digital Creativity for Social Good contest was held in the
Austrian city of Graz from November 19 to 21. About 1,000 projects
from 49 European countries were presented at the competition.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/12/02/armenian-digital-project-citybugs-wins-european-youth-award/