In May 1996, the organization transformed itself into the Naga City People's Council or NCPC, a city-based NGO/PO mechanism which concretizes the spirit of people's participation and advances the principle of partnership in local governance by the local government. The council is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, non-stock, and non-profit association of NGOs and POs in Naga City. The ordinance widened the areas for people participation and bestowed powers upon NCPC to send representatives to all the City's committees, councils, boards and task forces and there participate in the deliberation, conceptualization and implementation and evaluation of the City's projects and activities. To date, NCPC is composed of 90 members classified into thirteen (14) sectors namely, the Urban Poor, Youth and Children, Business, Labor, Senior Citizen, Women, Persons with Disabilities, Peasant, Transport, Barangay People's Council, Education, Civic, Professionals and Enthusiasts, and NGO sectors.
The Digital Civic Infrastructure Initiative is a new Harvard Kennedy School program (in the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, led by Danielle Allen) helping local governments use technology to strengthen democracy, transparency, and citizen engagement, with an early output being Open Book, a free open-source municipal budget-transparency tool.
Today, the City of Toronto is launching Building Permit Application Pre-Check, an online self-check tool that uses AI to help applicants identify potential issues in eligible building permit applications before submitting them to the City.
Developers Italia è il progetto pubblico che promuove un modo condiviso di pensare, costruire e far evolvere il software della Pubblica Amministrazione