Best Practice in Politics
We curate exemplary political work that successfully tackles today’s most pressing issues. This platform is a hub of tried and tested best practices in politics.
Bridging the Digital Gap
Bridging the Digital Gap aims to close the digital skills gap and resolve accessibility issues faced by people with disabilities and the elderly, using an artificial intelligence layer and accessible cyber-kiosks.
BRISE-Vienna
This digital platform completely digitises the building-permit process, combining high-tech methods of AI, AR, and 3D building modelling to make the process faster, more efficient, and more transparent, cutting the time it takes to obtain a building permit by up to half.
Communication Without Barriers
Bratislava provides free online interpretation and transcription services for citizens with hearing or speech disabilities, seniors, and foreigners, making information accessible through advanced communication technologies.
DEC112 – Digital Emergency Communication 112
In 2019, DEC112 was launched to provide an alternative to speech-based emergency communication by implementing a text-based service.
Design-Thinking Reform in the Estonian Public Sector
Estonia’s successful implementation of a design-thinking reform led to user-friendly support measures, process innovation, and the development of new competencies among administration officials.
Drone-Integrated Rescue System, Pilsen
This project marks a significant innovation by seamlessly blending drone technology into Pilsen’s urban emergency framework.
e-Justice Portal for Inmates
This digital platform is unique, not only in Estonia but across the world, as it enables paperless court proceedings for inmates serving sentences in detention facilities.
Easy Government
Easy Government invites people with disabilities and socially vulnerable people to redesign legal and administrative texts, using easy reading, to create simpler communication materials for all audiences.
Easy-to-Read: Enhancing Information Accessibility in the Public Sector
The Easy-to-Read programme helps to significantly improve quality of life for inhabitants with intellectual or reading disabilities in Lithuania by increasing access to public information and incorporating feedback from users.
Electronic System Installation to Control Water Leakages
This project confronts the important problem of water leaks and losses in water supply networks using up-to-date smart systems.
Gdynia – Deaf-Friendly City
Gdynia’s comprehensive measures have made it one of the first deaf-friendly cities in Poland, ensuring that residents with special needs can fully participate in, and benefit from, city services.
Mapping Roads with AI-Cameras in Garbage Trucks
Helsingborg uses AI technology to address road maintenance by attaching cameras to garbage trucks.
Remote, Digital Perinatal Care for Pregnant Women & New Parents Living on Small Islands
Digital-health solutions provide specialised perinatal-care services on remote islands communities to tackle the absence of healthcare units and professionals.
RettungsNetz-5G – 5G-based Emergency Services in the Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar
A mobile and digital emergency service will enable significant time savings in first aid by transferring diagnostics and initial treatment steps to the site of the emergency.
sKIn: AI-supported skin cancer diagnostics
The publicly-funded project “sKIn” aims to create a politically-supported blueprint for the approval of AI-supported medical devices from university research into real world care.
Suomi.fi Quality Tools
The Suomi.fi Quality Tools service aims to improve public digital services by developing unified measurement tools that collect data from all levels of the public sector, increasing accessibility and transparency for end users.
SYMON: An Intelligent Monitoring System for the Elderly
The SYMON intelligent monitoring system uses innovative technology to address the wellbeing of older citizens from three perspectives: health, loneliness, and leisure.
Transparency in Private Entities (TEP)
The Transparency in Private Entities (TEP) platform enables private entities of any size, including associations and small companies, to comply with transparency regulations in Spain.
Vorarlberg mitdenken & Bürger*innenrat “Faire Wahlen” (Digital Consultation Platform & Citizens Council “Fair Elections”)
Voralberg mitdenken is a digital platform that allows citizens to contribute comments and feedback on the results of Citizen Councils, allowing them to participate in local political discourse without attending meetings in person.
War & Sanctions Database
The War & Sanctions database is a comprehensive global resource that provides information on individuals and companies subject to sanctions following Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Bridging the Digital Gap
Bridging the Digital Gap aims to close the digital skills gap and resolve accessibility issues faced by people with disabilities and the elderly, using an artificial intelligence layer and accessible cyber-kiosks.
BRISE-Vienna
This digital platform completely digitises the building-permit process, combining high-tech methods of AI, AR, and 3D building modelling to make the process faster, more efficient, and more transparent, cutting the time it takes to obtain a building permit by up to half.
Communication Without Barriers
Bratislava provides free online interpretation and transcription services for citizens with hearing or speech disabilities, seniors, and foreigners, making information accessible through advanced communication technologies.
DEC112 – Digital Emergency Communication 112
In 2019, DEC112 was launched to provide an alternative to speech-based emergency communication by implementing a text-based service.
Design-Thinking Reform in the Estonian Public Sector
Estonia’s successful implementation of a design-thinking reform led to user-friendly support measures, process innovation, and the development of new competencies among administration officials.
Drone-Integrated Rescue System, Pilsen
This project marks a significant innovation by seamlessly blending drone technology into Pilsen’s urban emergency framework.
e-Justice Portal for Inmates
This digital platform is unique, not only in Estonia but across the world, as it enables paperless court proceedings for inmates serving sentences in detention facilities.
Easy Government
Easy Government invites people with disabilities and socially vulnerable people to redesign legal and administrative texts, using easy reading, to create simpler communication materials for all audiences.
Easy-to-Read: Enhancing Information Accessibility in the Public Sector
The Easy-to-Read programme helps to significantly improve quality of life for inhabitants with intellectual or reading disabilities in Lithuania by increasing access to public information and incorporating feedback from users.
Electronic System Installation to Control Water Leakages
This project confronts the important problem of water leaks and losses in water supply networks using up-to-date smart systems.
Gdynia – Deaf-Friendly City
Gdynia’s comprehensive measures have made it one of the first deaf-friendly cities in Poland, ensuring that residents with special needs can fully participate in, and benefit from, city services.
Mapping Roads with AI-Cameras in Garbage Trucks
Helsingborg uses AI technology to address road maintenance by attaching cameras to garbage trucks.
The Winners
of the Innovation in Politics Awards 2022/2023
Digital Participation in Legislation in Latvia
Citizens propose legislative initiatives for consideration by the Latvian Parliament via an online platform, increasing participation and trust in the legislative process.
Housing and Work for the Homeless
Housing and Work for the Homeless is an integrated intervention for persons and families facing homelessness and housing exclusion which provides housing, services, and financial support to vulnerable groups.
MAGMA
MAGMA is the world’s first job guarantee project that addresses the issue of long-term unemployment by offering job guarantees, support services, and access to decent employment for job seekers.
