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Armenian digital project `CityBugs' wins European Youth Award
September 13, 2014 - 17:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian project `CityBugs' was named among the
winners of Europe's unique `Digital Creativity for Social Good'
contest. Prof. Peter A. Bruck, honorary chairman of the International
Center for New Media and initiator of the European Youth Award (EYA),
has announced the EYA winners 2014 selected by an international expert
jury.
`CityBugs' stood out of 130 submissions from 49 European countries.
The project was developed by young and smart social entrepreneurs from
Armenia who bundled their forces to set new creativity and innovation
standards in the digital world. `CityBugs' is a social platform to
enable solutions for critical issues affecting the environment,
health, education, public services and more. Committed citizens can
access CityBugs using the web platform or a mobile application,
reporting any relevant issue (whether garbage removal, health care
problems, missing zebras and street lighting, or infrastructure for
the disabled) to municipal authorities.
This year's competition focused on European challenges and priorities
as defined by the EU strategy 2020 and the Council of Europe. How
these can be achieved by the creative use of IT and Mobiles, has been
demonstrated by Europe's cunning digital natives. `To know that there
are so many young people who are caring to change the future, is
awesome! They really inspired me with their innovative projects!' says
juror DuÅ¡ica BirovljeviÄ?, founder and owner of Nomcentar in Serbia.
The winning projects origin from eleven different countries ` Armenia,
Austria (2),the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany (2),
Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The
young bright minds behind the projects are invited to the EYA Festival
in Graz, Austria, from November 19-22, as reward for their great
achievements. There they will participate in an interactive conference
with international creative thinkers, ICT experts, business and
opinion leaders. During this three-days knowledge-event they will
present their inspiring high-impact projects in front of a high-level
audience. Based on their presentations, the EYA Festival Grand Jury
will select one overall winner.
Called into life by Prof. Peter A. Bruck, honorary chairman of the
International Center for New Media, in 2012, the European Youth Award
(EYA) is a leading European competition honoring excellence in the use
of Internet and mobile applications for social empowerment. Conducted
under the patronage of the Council of Europe, UNESCO and Unido, EYA as
annual contest seeks to motivate young people under the age of thirty
to produce socially-valuable digital projects that address the goals
defined by the Council of Europe and Europe 2020.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/182435/Armenian_digital_project_%E2%80%98CityBugs_wins_Eu ropean_Youth_Award
From: Baghdasarian
September 13, 2014 - 17:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian project `CityBugs' was named among the
winners of Europe's unique `Digital Creativity for Social Good'
contest. Prof. Peter A. Bruck, honorary chairman of the International
Center for New Media and initiator of the European Youth Award (EYA),
has announced the EYA winners 2014 selected by an international expert
jury.
`CityBugs' stood out of 130 submissions from 49 European countries.
The project was developed by young and smart social entrepreneurs from
Armenia who bundled their forces to set new creativity and innovation
standards in the digital world. `CityBugs' is a social platform to
enable solutions for critical issues affecting the environment,
health, education, public services and more. Committed citizens can
access CityBugs using the web platform or a mobile application,
reporting any relevant issue (whether garbage removal, health care
problems, missing zebras and street lighting, or infrastructure for
the disabled) to municipal authorities.
This year's competition focused on European challenges and priorities
as defined by the EU strategy 2020 and the Council of Europe. How
these can be achieved by the creative use of IT and Mobiles, has been
demonstrated by Europe's cunning digital natives. `To know that there
are so many young people who are caring to change the future, is
awesome! They really inspired me with their innovative projects!' says
juror DuÅ¡ica BirovljeviÄ?, founder and owner of Nomcentar in Serbia.
The winning projects origin from eleven different countries ` Armenia,
Austria (2),the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany (2),
Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The
young bright minds behind the projects are invited to the EYA Festival
in Graz, Austria, from November 19-22, as reward for their great
achievements. There they will participate in an interactive conference
with international creative thinkers, ICT experts, business and
opinion leaders. During this three-days knowledge-event they will
present their inspiring high-impact projects in front of a high-level
audience. Based on their presentations, the EYA Festival Grand Jury
will select one overall winner.
Called into life by Prof. Peter A. Bruck, honorary chairman of the
International Center for New Media, in 2012, the European Youth Award
(EYA) is a leading European competition honoring excellence in the use
of Internet and mobile applications for social empowerment. Conducted
under the patronage of the Council of Europe, UNESCO and Unido, EYA as
annual contest seeks to motivate young people under the age of thirty
to produce socially-valuable digital projects that address the goals
defined by the Council of Europe and Europe 2020.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/182435/Armenian_digital_project_%E2%80%98CityBugs_wins_Eu ropean_Youth_Award
From: Baghdasarian