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    ARMENIAN DIGITAL PROJECT CITYBUGS WINS EUROPEAN YOUTH AWARD

    17:11, 02 Dec 2014

    Sona Hakobyan
    Public Radio of Armenia

    The Armenian CityBugs project became one of the winner at the Digital
    Creativity for Social Good contest held in Austria within the framework
    of the European Youth Award. Other winners included projects from
    Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal,
    Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

    "CityBugs is a social platform developed to raise socially
    critical issues, where anyone has a real opportunity to raise and
    bring attention to daily issues of their communities, to suggest
    innovative ideas to increase public participation, decision making
    and participatory problem solving," Arman Atoyan, co-founder of the
    X-Tech Company, told reporters today.

    The CityBugs.am is a platform, where one can make a suggestion and
    track how the raised issue is solved. Registered users can easily
    report different social issues persistent in the communities. By simply
    using a mobile device or PC, users have the ability not only to report
    a bug but also give suggestions and participate in online discussions.

    The easiest way to report a bug or make a suggestion is to use
    Facebook profile or simply get registered with the system. After
    creating a bug they are filtered according categories and pinned on
    the Google dynamic maps. The respective governmental bodies carry
    further responsibility to eliminate the bugs.

    CityBugs.am currently has 5,000 users; 500 issues have been raised up
    until now, 50% of which has been solved, others are still in process,
    Armen Atoyan said.

    The Digital Creativity for Social Good contest was held in the
    Austrian city of Graz from November 19 to 21. About 1,000 projects
    from 49 European countries were presented at the competition.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/12/02/armenian-digital-project-citybugs-wins-european-youth-award/

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