The municipality of Groningen has for the social networking, Opening Up a European grant of 300,000 euros. This is what the service via social media will be improved, with a mobile app.
To hanze university of applied sciences is 197.000 euros from the European Interreg-subsidiepotje, while the regional Police 54.000 euros for the Opening Up project. According to the municipality of Groningen, the project aims at ‘the deployment and continued development of the social media for the democracy and services’. For example, the municipality of signals from the bourgeoisie better to have to recognize in social media, then better to be able to anticipate. Also, social media must be used as input for establishing contact with the municipality.
The municipality of Groningen cooperates with the police through a mobile application, you’re going to develop the livability and safety need to improve. So would citizens via an app notification to police or municipality can pass, for example, about incidents or broken lampposts. This would allow the police and the municipality, faster respond. The intended application is reminiscent of the existing application BuitenBeter.
The Opening Up project has a duration of three years. Groningen is doing together with seven European partners. It is intended that the participants exchange knowledge and experience exchange.