The administrative systems in India, mostly, depend upon the penalizing mechanisms to monitor citizen behavior while there is hardly any appreciation mechanism for more positive citizen participation. Lack of appreciation often acts as disincentive, particularly when there is no accountability of the action - good or bad, to the mostly anonymous citizen.
‘Mathruseva' is a digital platform to integrate the existing ecosystem of volunteering with an intent to nudge citizens towards responsible behavior through gamification. This platform can be accessed by any passionate individual, committed towards providing their enthusiastic service, and eventually progressing their community. It diminishes the hurdle of identifying volunteering opportunities while providing a wide spectrum of choices as per their interest, skill, time and location.The platform inturn increases the citizen participation in cities.
Open Source GIS-based volunteering dashboard
Stakeholder onboarding tool for government departments and NGOs
Volunteering opportunity pool with complete monitoring tool
Reports, Graphs and Analysis of social and environmental drives and citizens engagements
‘Share the Road, Chennai!’ will positively impact the walking and cycling prospects in Chennai city, as we believe it will invite more citizen engagement, ease the service delivery for non-motorised transport users and help generate data to inform the decision-making.
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