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Jelgava – Improving Neighbourhoods

Due to cultural and historical occurrences, in some cities, the dialogue between citizens and the government has not existed for many years and is only appearing slowly in recent times. Trust in the government to take the citizens' concerns with a certain level of seriousness has been low, whereas also no direct engagement channels to co-create sustainable solutions with the citizens have existed before. The WeSolve platform has been utilised with the goal to increase the sense of community and belonging within the city of Jelgava, Latvia. Through three engagement rounds, the citizens could give their opinions in various polls and surveys about how they identify with the city, its history, and if they believe what could be done to create a community.

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Youth Engagement in Promoting Digital Innovation to Accelerate the UN SDG 4​

This brief serves as an encouragement to youth engagement in digital innovation to improve the science-policy-society interfaces, and further support the UN sustainable development goals. ​ ​

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Students as Digital Civic Engagers – Toolkit​

Student Digital Civic Engagers Toolkit provides 24 tools and apps to increase the ability and motivation of university lecturers and educators to incorporate digital civic engagement activities into their curricula/teaching strategies.

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Digital Citizenship: Empowering Community Engagement Through Innovation and Creativity

This conference provides an opportunity for students to present their research in the field of digital communication and society as well as exchange their views with peers and field leaders concerning important contemporary issues. Students share their ideas with the general public and industry leaders developing their public communication capabilities and getting inputs from industry experts.

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Participation in Cultural Activities: Three Case Studies​

In 1976, the General Conference of UNESCO at its nineteenth session in Nairobi unanimously adopted the 'Recommendation on Participation by the People at Large in Cultural Life and their Contribution to It.' A precondition of participation is access to culture, which, according to the Recommendation, should be 'available to everyone, particularly through the creation of appropriate socio-economic conditions, for freely obtaining information, training, knowledge, and understanding, and for enjoying cultural values and cultural property'. This could be done to create a community.

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Artificial Intelligence in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust​

The AI in the City symposium emerged as an opportunity to connect people, organizations, and resources in the networks we built over the last decade of work on research and advocacy in tech policy. Sharing non-Western and Western perspectives, the participants questioned, challenged, and envisioned ways public trust and meaningful civic engagement can flourish and persist as data and AI become increasingly pervasive in our lives. The day brought together a group of multidisciplinary scholars, activists, and practitioners working on a diverse range of initiatives to map strategies going forward. ​

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Civic Engagement Toolkit​

Through a gamified series of surveys, games, and quizzes, our toolkit educates users on what civic engagement is and how they can begin to get involved and advocate for the issues they care about to make a positive change in their community.​ We have three levels for users to navigate. First, there’s Level 1: Getting to Know You, where users will learn about what type of advocacy they are most comfortable with and their top issue of concern. For Level 2: Civic Engagement 101, users will learn the basics of civic engagement, including getting informed, taking action, voting, building relationships, and taking a leadership role. Finally, for Level 3: Make an Action Plan, users will put their newfound knowledge to use.

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