https://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/soshikikarasagasu/shiminkyodosuishinka/gyomuannai/3/3/1/index.html

Kanazawa Civic Tech Promotion Project

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Kanazawa City, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

Project promoting citizen-led use of technology to solve regional issues in Kanazawa.

Org. type: Government / public sector
Project type: Project
Country: Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Language(s): Japanese
Categories: Building in the private sector, Build something, Build your own, Civic data, Civic hackathons, Civic tech community surveys, Fieldwide resources, Learn about civic tech, Learn to build, Open civic data, Open government data, Supporting public sector from outside government, The People, The Tech
Added: 2026-06-26
Last modified: 2026-09-25T07:12:18.000Z

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Formats: workshops, apps, courses
Number of integrations: 0
Activity status: Active
Issues addressed: development, urban planning
Geographic focus: Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Geographic focus — country: Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Community: students

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