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Demo Day and Round 3

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Dear friend of democracy,

 

Last week's Demo Day concluded the 2nd round of the Prototype Fund. Thank you for being part of it! We had a blast. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback.

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(Re)watch the project pitches

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Watch the project presentations and learn more about how we want to strengthen Swiss democracy together. If you have any ideas or feedback please get in touch with the teams via their project pages.

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Watch the presentations!

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What’s Next? Public Interest Tech!

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For the 3rd round of our program we’re going to expand the focus: this year we are going to support not only civic tech but public interest tech. By this we mean open source solutions that serve the public good and solve societal problems. Technology by the people for the people!


Topics can still be participation (civic tech) but it could also be sustainability or diversity as well as data literacy or privacy and so on. We want to find the most impactful ideas and promising teams and select the best ones. So tell your friends! However, our method and values remain the same: experimental space, learning and error culture, human-centered, interdisciplinarity and openness.

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Apply from 5 April

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Our next application window already opens on 5 April! Apply for up to CHF 100,000 and coaching to prototype your public interest tech project from September 2021 to February 2023. Submit your proposal until 15 May. More information will be available soon. Subscribe to our newsletter (if you haven’t already) and follow us on Twitter to be the first to know.

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Futures of Democracy

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Some of you have helped develop utopias and dystopias for our democracy at our Demo Day. These will be incorporated into the planning of a Futures of Democracy Festival. If you would like to be kept informed about the status and the next steps for the festival, please contact Nikki.

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Civic Tech Conference

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The 4th Civic Tech Conference is taking place on 3 May 2022 in Bern. Peppino Giarritta and Francesca Bria will start off the conference followed by presentations of established as well as brand new civic tech tools like the Prototype Fund alumni VoteLog and CH+ Games for Democracy, multiple workshops and a panel discussion hosted by Nikki. Register now!

 

 

Best wishes,

Nikki & Florin

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The Prototype Fund is a joint initiative by Opendata.ch and Mercator Foundation Switzerland.

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Opendata.ch

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