PorMiBarrio Uruguay | Public Institutions

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.

PorMiBarrio is a mobile and web-based platform that enables Montevideo’s citizens to report problems like vandalism and breakdown of public infrastructure. The problems reported, and the actions taken in response by the government (e.g. repaired, or not), are displayed on a map on the public website. Not only is the government able to act on local issues of shared concern, the publication of the feedback makes it possible for citizens to hold government institutions accountable.

Country

Uruguay

Institution

DATA (Civic Activist Community) in collaboration with the Uruguayan Government