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Code for Pakistan (CfP), founded in 2013, is a civic technology non-profit organization focused on bridging the gap between government and citizens via harnessing technology for civic and social good.[1] CfP is an executive committee member of Code for All.[2]
Editing the broken link to find a working source or Wikipedia page on the topic.
In Japan, the Civic Tech movement has been rapidly growing since around 2013. Japan’s civic tech initiatives have been primarily citizen-led, but more recently, Japan has taken on government-led initiatives as well.[3][4] – added another source that isn’t paywalled and gives good supporting information
Citizen-led initiatives
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The purpose of civic tech initiatives are to educate the population to use technology as a democratization tool and to access public information.
Although the rapid growth of the civic tech movement in Japan started around 2013, the movement first came about in 2011 after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdowns that occurred in the Tōhoku region. After the Fukushima disaster, citizen-led initiative Safecast, which allows citizens to collect and distribute radiation data, was created.[5][6] – added non-paywalled citation at the end here for people
The mission of citizen-led initiative Code for All is to make data more accessible to the public and to encourage the use of technology for the democratization of governance.[7] The Code for Japan chapter is one of several chapters started by Code for All. Although Code for Japan is a citizen-led initiative, it also works closely with the government. Policy Advisor of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs, Naoki Ota, who is a promoter of Code for Japan’s civic tech projects.[8] In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Code for Japan also developed stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that informs the public about the number of coronavirus cases and reductions in metropolitan subway usage.[5]
Tried for a while but I cannot find much new info on Code for Japan
A different citizen-led project led by JP-MIRAI released an app that allows migrant workers to file complaints and address issues regarding items like visas and taxation. The app is currently called JP-MIRAI Portal and was launched in March, 2022.[9][10] JP-MIRAI Portal is designed help migrant workers have their voice be heard while also providing counseling with their other service JP-MIRAI Assist. Updates are still being made to this program with new features being planned.[10] – brought segment up to date with current info and elaborated on other features of this application
I choose this segment since I noticed some outdated sources from a while ago and wanted to bring it up to date. Also I noticed a couple of these outdated sources are paywalled to the public so I wanted to bring in other sources to verify the info given and make sure that the sources are available to the public. I also updated the info given in some parts as it was outdated.
