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Real politics takes place at the local level, dealing with everyday problems, where citizens can feel and see the difference made by effective political representation.
Citizens are directly affected by how their local representatives manage the issues that matter to them, whether that be the condition of the roads, health care services or the neighborhood school. But for local representatives to be able to tackle the issues that matter to citizens, they must first be aware of what these are.
Localwatch is a platform that aspires to allow citizens to monitor the activities of their local representatives, and to communicate directly with them, giving citizens the opportunity to experience a sense of effective participation in the community and the ability to improve their daily lives.
ASK
THE POLITICIANS
Modeled after Vouliwatch’s “Ask Your MP” this component will provide citizens with the opportunity to send questions to their elected representatives in the local government. The questions as well as the answers will be published on the dedicated profiles of each elected representative which will be hosted on the platform.
SHARE
YOUR IDEAS
A crowd sourcing tool through which citizens will be able to draft their own policy proposals. These will be made public on the dedicated section of the platform and will be open for comments/suggestions and votes by interested citizens. The proposals reaching a certain amount of unique votes/signatures will be automatically forwarded by the platform to the relevant Municipality authority.
CO-CREATING THE
BUDGET
A participatory budgeting tool through which citizens will have the chance to vote on how a certain fraction of a given Municipality budget will be spent. The section in question will also include a presentation of each Municipality budget through easy on the eye visualizations.
PARTICIPATORY
ACTIONS
A digital forum which will act as an incubator of volunteering activities initiated by citizens. Through this component citizens will suggest specific volunteering activities in their municipality, promote them to the rest of the community and gather supporters and volunteers.
EVALUATE
YOUR MUNICIPALITY
An evaluation component where citizens will be able to evaluate the work of each Municipality in specific areas (infrastructures, cleanliness etc). The results of the evaluations will be sent periodically to the relevant Municipalities in the form of reports for their information.