There is the app that allows you to view the expenses of hospital companies and one that maps the companies receiving government procurement contracts; there is an app that shows bike sharing services that are available in a city; and the app that shows the beauty of Venetian cities; as well as one that allows to you to easily find car parks.Thanks to Public Administration’s accessible data, everyone can access these services through their smartphones.
The young minds behind the apps are a group of Software Engineering students, enrolled in the Informatics Bachelor's degree programme at Ca’ Foscari. Their achievements will be presented during the Open Administrations week which will take place from 5th until 11th February throughout the country.
The national initiative aims to promote transparency in Public Administration, participation and accountability in both the Public Administration and society.
The iPhone and Android apps designed and created by Ca’ Foscari students were developed within the Veneto Centre of Digital Innovation for Citizens, and allow access to Open Data made available by Public Administration transforming them into accessible services. About 70 students have worked there who have produced about 30 apps, among which 8 have been selected to be presented during the Open Administration Week (Settimana dell’amministrazione aperta) in Veneto region - #SAA2018
Here is the schedule of the presentation events each with a brief description of each app:
AppAlta
An android app which displays information on companies competing for public procurement clearly on a map. Competitions for contracts are divided into categories and technical bids for the same contract are grouped together for a first comparison. The app allows you to select the contracts attained by a company, by searching the tax code or VAT number. It also lets you view the list of competition categories, the amount of a contract and the winning company, filtering the results for type, company place or competition identification code.
Date and time: Friday 8th February 9am
Where: Parco Scientifico Tecnologico Vega
Topic: Visit to the Venis Data centre by Unive’s masters students
Unfinitaly
The app allows you to play with incomplete works, displaying the location and other relevant information that users may find useful on a map. The user can apply filters in order to find information that regards a certain region in Italy, a certain type of public unfinished work, or to access a map which has different coloured pins to represent the percentage of a work’s completion.
Date and time: Friday 9th February - 3pm-5pm
Where: Comune Crocetta del Montello, Via Sant’ Andrea, 1
Topic: Citizen Science and construction of Open Data
Open Bikes
This app allows identifies the location of public bike services. The basic idea is to facilitate the use of bikes made available by the state for any person who needs it. The app shows the bike services on a map which uses pins to show all the points where the bike service can be used. By pressing the previously mentioned pins you can access advanced information about the bike point (for example if its for taking or returning the bikes).
Date and time: Friday 9th February - 3pm-5pm
Where: Comune Crocetta del Montello, Via Sant’ Andrea, 1
Topic: PiaveLAB- Citizen Science and construction of Open Data
VilleInVeneto
VilleInVeneto is an app that can pinpoint the best route that passes the most beautiful Venetian villas within kilometres of the user. The app obtains the data useful for the identification of the villas present on within the Veneto region, through the use of Open Data.
Date and time: Friday 9th February - 7pm
Where: H-Farm Roncade (TV)
Topic: Winter School - Hacking Public Administration
Innovation Lab - Three year IT Public Administration Plan based on Social Health Open Data
Hospital Waste
This app allows you to check the accounting of hospitals, crossing this data with the contracts made available by ULSS online. Therefore, the aim is to give each user detailed information on the amount of money spent by the hospitals in the Veneto region.
Date and time: Friday 9th February - 7pm
Where: H-Farm Roncade (TV)
Topic: Winter School - Hacking Public Administration
Innovation Lab - Three year IT Public Administration Plan based on Social Health Open Data
Datiltalia
Datiltalia is an app that besides having fun with gamification dynamics, also informs users of the socio-economic situation of Italian provinces. It tests the user’s knowledge of geo-politics and economics through a system of online challenges.
Date and time: Friday 9th February- 2pm - 4pm
Where: Fablab, Belluno
Topic: Open Data and DAF - Da FabLab Innovation Lab
Parking Finder
This app uses Open Data from the location of car parks around the country in order to help the user to find parking, displaying nearby car parks on a map via GPS and guiding the user to their destination.
Date and time: Monday 5th February - 6pm
Where: Paradigm Innovation Hub, Viale dell’industria no. 19, Padua
Topic: Open Data and Innovation Lab
Pluto
This app uses open data present on sipe.it concerning the budgets of Italian public bodies. The objective is to make it easier for users to compare incoming and outcoming money between various regions and communal provinces of Italy in comparison to the current population of the territory and according to the desired budget category.
Date and Time: Wednesday 7th February- 10am-1pm
Where: Auditorium Ordine Ingegneri di Verona e Provincia, Via Santa Teresa 12, 37135 Verona
Topic: Open Data and Innovation Lab - App presentation based on Open Data
