Civic application

A Civic application is an application software designed to encourage users to participate in and learn more about government.

Civic applications are often social networking services, but what distinguishes them is the civic goal–the mission funding their existence. Additionally, the mutual interaction between the user and the application is what differentiates civic applications from any IT service (i.e. a website or portal). With the latter, interaction between the user and the application is not necessary and often takes the form of commenting under articles.

In civil societies, civic applications are created to enhance public works, civic engagement, and general social capital. Civic applications can aim at:

  • development of engaged citizenship
  • strengthening of local communities
  • growth of democracy
  • supporting entrepreneurship
  • protection of nature and common living space

Civic applications can be accessed online from a server using a web browser, using mobile devices such as mobile phones or tablets, and offline from the user's local drive.

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