Co-Deciding Europe: Civic Tech for Good Governance and Active Citizenship (CODE Europe), a project implemented in 2021 -2023, piloted the use of crowdsourcing to improve legislation in the EU. Using advanced IT solutions and tailor-made digital tools and platforms, the project aimed at developing a culture of digital democracy and empowered citizens and public authorities to use modern means of interaction in the decision-making process on the subject of air quality.
CODE Europe was carried out by a consortium of organisations from Hungary, Iceland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Latvia, Estonia and Slovenia. The actual crowdsourcing took place in Athens (Greece), Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Lisbon (Portugal), Burgas (Bulgaria) and Budapest (Hungary).Besides implementing the crowdsourcing activities in Burgas, ProInfo developed the communications and citizen engagement strategy of the entire project TCODE Europe was carried out with financial support from the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation.
