A total of 97 digital projects were submitted in the three categories, distributed as follows: Citizens (24), Civil Society (49) and Private Sector (24). These projects come from 17 countries in the region, as follows: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The winners in each of the three categories were: "Redmocracia" from Colombia in the "Citizens" category, "Repositorio Algoritmos Públicos" from Chile in the "Civil Society" category, and "Visor Urbano" from Mexico in the "Private Sector" category.
The award-winning project "Redmocracia" by Felipe Andrés Álvarez Samacá contributes to the decision-making process of organizations by using blockchain technology, which makes it possible to manage proposals and votes in a transparent and secure way. This tool has already reached more than 60 thousand people and was awarded at the World Government Summit in Dubai. Here is the link to the project: https://www.redmocracia.org
On the other hand, the project "Repositorio Algoritmos Públicos" of the GobLab of the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez is a digital platform that compiles and facilitates a total of 75 support systems for automated and semi-automated decision making with artificial intelligence used by public institutions. Here is the link to the project: http://algoritmospublicos.cl
And the "Visor Urbano" project, carried out by the organization of the same name, was awarded for the implementation of a website that makes public information about land management, construction and business licenses transparent. This tool was awarded for reducing the number of bribery requests by 74% and the number of illegal mediation requests by 85%. Here is the link to the project: https://visorurbano.jalisco.gob.mx/
The prizes for the winners in each of the categories are:
- A Lenovo laptop and a state-of-the-art smartphone.
- An online specialization program offered by the Internet Society (ISOC).
- Participate in the Digital Democracy Encounter
- Participate in the Latin American Digital Democracy Observatory.
The Latin American Digital Democracy Award also gives honorary awards for various merits to projects that have stood out in the competition for their work, innovation and impact. In this edition, the jury decided to give 21 awards, as follows:
Award for Activism
Project: La Antígona
URL: https://laantigona.com/
Responsible: La Antígona
Country: Peru
Category: Civil Society
Open Data and Transparency Award (2)
Project: Abre Alcaldías
URL: https://abrealcaldias.org/
Responsible: Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente
Country: Chile
Category: Civil Society
Silver Award for Entrepreneurship
Project: Think big
URL: https://www.pensarengrande.com.uy/
Responsible: Endeavor Uruguay
Country: Uruguay
Category: Civil Society
Award for Training and Education (2)
Project: Tannder School - Network of innovative digital schools.
URL: https://tannder.com/school/
Responsible: Tannder School
Country: Peru
Category: Private sector
Project: Tesis Time
URL: http://app.tesistime.com/
Responsible: Tesis Time
Country: Ecuador
Category: Private Sector
Award for Political Inclusion
Project: Rurality in the Constitutional Process in Chile
URL: https://www.rimisp.org/slider/ruralidad-en-el-proceso-constituyente-en-c...
Responsible:Latin American Center for Rural Development - RIMISP
Country: Chile
Category: Civil Society
Award for Innovation
Project: GovernanceIA
URL: https://www.gobernanzaia.com/
Principal Investigator: José Edmundo Osorio Morales
Country: Panama
Category: Citizens
Award for Open Justice
Project: JusTA: Platform for a transparent and open justice system
URL: https://justa.acij.org.ar/
Responsible: Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (Civil Association for Equality and Justice)
Country: Argentina
Category: Civil Society
Award for collaborative participation
Project: Participatory Budget Vicente López
URL: https://presupuestoparticipativo.vicentelopez.gob.ar/
Responsible: Democracia en Red
Country: Argentina
Category: Civil Society
Digital Journalism Award
Project: Sustain
URL: https://keepup.news/
Responsible: Keep Up
Country: Colombia
Category: Private Sector
Privacy Award
Project: Data leakage
URL: https://datosenfuga.org/
Responsible: Democracia en Red
Country: Argentina
Category: Civil Society
Social Responsibility Award
Project: Involvement in your organization
URL: https://integra-rse.com
Responsible: Central American Integration for Corporate Social Responsibility (Integrarse)
Country: Dominican Republic
Category: Civil Society
Digital Transformation Award
Project: Perú Conectado
URL: https://especial.larepublica.pe/peru-conectado
Responsible: Grupo La República
Country: Peru
Category: Private Sector
Award for informed voting
Project: VotoCR
URL: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwTi1VtUVa3DduAP0u-lxd0eoK_CIjgg2
Principal Investigator: Marlon Mora Jiménez
Country: Costa Rica
Category: Citizens
A total of 24 projects were recognized: three winners and 21 awards from 12 countries. The countries that received the most recognitions were: Argentina (5), Chile (5), Peru (4), Colombia (2) and Mexico (2). These numbers are proportional to the total number of projects per country that applied to the competition.
"This second edition of the Latin American Digital Democracy Prize has allowed us to reach almost all Hispanic countries in our region. This is a great success in just two years. And the topics addressed in the projects show the needs and priorities of the countries or subregions, for example in the areas of politics, citizenship, security or the environment. It's a great learning experience that shows how digital technologies permeate all these scenarios," said Elaine Ford, director of Digital Democracy.
On the other hand, it is worth noting that 54% of all the projects awarded with the prize were led by women. The most used tool for the development of projects continues to be the web platform (62%), either to create learning spaces, access information or promote actions. Regarding social networks, initiatives were registered on Facebook, Instagram, Spotify and YouTube, among others.
Likewise, among the projects, there are a large number that promote open data, accountability and transparency. The same is true for projects in the areas of civic participation, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, online disinformation, education, equality and inclusion. All of these projects will soon be included in the Latin American Observatory for Digital Democracy: https://democraciadigital.lat/observatorio.
The award ceremony took place virtually through the Zoom platform and was streamed live from the institutional account on Facebook, which can be accessed at the following link: https://fb.watch/kc1_phCF-A/.
The official website of the Latin American Digital Democracy Award is the following: https://democraciadigital.lat/. There you will find all the information, contest rules, press releases, graphics, audiovisual material and much more.
