TICTeC 2018: Strengthening civic participation in Paraguay through online technology
Channel: mySociety
Date: 2018-05-15

Speaker: Jorge Saldivar (Catholic University "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción", Paraguay) 

Democracy in Paraguay has, over the last 30 years, suffered from low engagement — but new technology such as smartphones and social media is changing this by equipping Paraguayans with tools that facilitate engagement.

Jorge discusses lessons learned from civic engagement processes where citizens used web-based platforms to share their ideas for innovating public services and urban plans.

This presentation was followed by a Q&A session which may be seen at https://youtu.be/jK02Zco7FII.

You're watching a session from the annual TICTeC conference on the Impacts of Civic Technology. Find out more at http://tictec.mysociety.org.