Creating a civic reserve platform

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

Beta.gouv.fr (a state start-up incubator hosted by the Inter-ministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs) and the Ministry of National Education developed a civic reserve platform to help match and connect public organizations or associations in need of volunteers during the crisis with citizens willing to help. Citizens register on the platform and are presented with a variety of missions, such as the distribution of healthcare necessities or childcare for healthcare workers.

Country

France

Institution

Inter-ministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs / Ministry of National Education