Projects - Round 1

These projects developed their prototypes from the beginning of September 2020 until the end of February 2021.

CH+ Games for Democracy

CH+ Games for Democracy uses game mechanics for political self-education and helps voters select their ideal candidates during elections. CH+ is based on co-design and invites users to be part of the design process.

Sophie Walker, Emma McMillin, Florian Meyer, Oliver Detig, Mela Kocher

FairElection

FairElection creates a tool for political organisations, civil society organisations and companies to select candidates according to their self-chosen criteria of diversity/representation. In addition, everyone can use the tool to simulate the results of the latest National Council elections (2019) by modifying these same diversity criteria.

Johan Rochel, Florian Evéquoz, Leonard Stalder, Gladys Ançay, Preeti Damon

owlly

owlly enables digital democracy by holistically promoting electronic signature collection for referenda and advocates for optimal e-collecting framework conditions in Switzerland.

Sandro Scalco, Jonathan Dotzler, Fabian Bolli, Manuel Stamm, David dal Busco

smartask

smartask develops a platform through which citizens can address questions or concerns directly and publicly to parliamentarians.

Michael Erne, Carine Hunziker, Giorgio Nadig, Flavio Muff

voty.ch

voty.ch brings democracy to schools and promotes the understanding of democracy among the youth in a sustainable way through three modules: learning + testing + living democracy.

Stefan Niederhauser, Roger Wiezel, Urs Wildeisen, Barbara Reichen