Human rights in the digital era: Learnings on local governance from pilots in Europe

Digital technologies are increasingly becoming more important in all areas of society. In urban environments, services provided to residents such as garbage collection, the provision of playgrounds, parking spaces, streetlights, affordable housing, social support, and public transport all require a local government that is committed to facilitating good quality of life in the city. As […]

Mission event: Fostering transparency and participation in cities

On Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 16:00–17:00 CET, the cities of Barcelona and Amsterdam, leading CC4DR’s mission 1: Fostering transparency and participation in cities, are organizing a session on the challenges faced by cities when organizing citizen participation on digitalization topics. How to register If you are interested, do not forget to register by sending and […]

Niterói launches Digital Rights Guide in Local Governments during webinar

The launch of the Guide ‘Digital Rights in Local Governments’ took place this Thursday morning (9) during a webinar broadcast on YouTube. The material was produced with the aim of providing solutions to prevent inequalities from occurring during the digital transformation of services, in addition to presenting actions that can be taken to guarantee people’s […]

The City of Brussels: Setting Foundations on Digital Human Rights

The City of Brussels is the capital of the Kingdom of Belgium and is considered the capital of the European Union, with a population of 188,737 inhabitants. The City of Brussels strongly believes that building a smart and sustainable city should involve all citizens and city players and delivering digital tools and innovation can help […]

Key recommendations: designing and developing AI systems responsibly and ethically for vulnerable and marginalized groups 

In the third mentoring session of the Digital Helpdesk for Cities platform, Antoine Congost (IVADO) and Samuel Kohn (Open North) presented the methodology and recommendations from the pilot project in Montréal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, to investigate if and how artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit vulnerable and marginalized communities.  The project demonstrates how the AI risk framework […]