NLAB4CIT: a project on civic technologies for co-production of urban services.

Co-production of public services in smart cities can be supported and enabled by digital technologies, but some challenges related to the introduction of innovative technologies must be addressed. The European project NLAB4CIT - Network of Laboratories for Civic Technologies Co-Production aims to validate and spread existing digital solutions for the engagement of citizens in the co-creation of public services at the local level. The project leverages civic approaches to digital technologies, context-based experimentations, and interdisciplinary methods. Expected results are Network of Local Laboratories on civic technology, and an online repository of civic digital technologies, coproduction methodologies, and concrete examples of their implementation in European cities. Local authorities, civil society organizations and research institutions, that are interested in civic technologies for digital co-production, are invited to join the Network.