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Webcitizen is an innovative company that stimulates civic engagement and brings citizens closer together and to their governments and the private sector. We focus on the use of digital technology to create channels of participation, bringing more transparency, accessibility and democracy to public and private administration, promoting a collaborative dialogue, a meaningful sense of community and in a final analisis, helping to create a better world.

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Webcitizen produces engagement

We nourish communities.
We provide the seed for
transformation.

Webcitizen acts in three ways:

Content

There’s no point in creating nice-looking websites without also having in-depth reporting by experienced journalists.

Events

We develop concepts for meetings, manage content, and offer coaching to create unforgettable experiences.

Applications

Having the right tool is an essential prerequisite for the community to find itself and change the world.

content

Quality content to show that climate change is already affecting our lives

If we learn how to deal with climatic changes, they need not be a tragedy. To mobilize Brazil, we created a site full of varied content for the British Embassy and for the Estadão newspaper - photos, videos, animation, graphics, reports, articles and interviews. Winner of the Journalists and Co. HSBC Press and Sustainability Prizes

Open

content

The Minas Gerais citizens’ blog, a public service of the state government.

For a government today, providing information is as important as providing water or light. This is not propaganda; it is service.

events

The country’s first TED: a transformational meeting of 1,000 people. There will be another in 2011

Webcitizen handled the design, implementation, and the invitation and selection of participants, both speakers and attendees, of the first TED conference held in Brazil, and it is now a biannual event. One of the four most successful TEDx in the world in 2009.

events

A TED in the heart of the forest, bringing together the world's most inspiring ideas.

A unique and transformational conference, classified by many guests and speakers as "the best event I’ve ever attended in my life." It is also biannual.

applications

An attractive and entertaining site that shows the work of the National Congress.

Invited to speak in
Washington in May 2010

Engaging Citizens in Development Management and Public Governance Invited by the UN to coordinate a panel discussion on civic engagement. Barcelona in June 2010

A simple, attractive and entertaining site to try to transform the black box of the National Congress into a glass house. Chosen by Época magazine as one of the finalists in the 2010 Generosity Prize.

applications

We have created a platform calling all citizens to construct together the future of the State of Minas Gerais

In partnership with the Government, we launched ten challenges to be discussed without hierarchy, in a democratic and collaborative way, so that every citizen, enterprise, NGO, institutions etc. had the opportunity to create goals and participate in reaching solutions.

Press

Veja.com, Augusto Nunes interview

Abrir

Program “Espaço Aberto” from Globonews

Abrir

Presentation Gov2.0, André Blas.

Abrir

Launching of Votenaweb

Abrir

Article published in the Época magazine (july,2010)

Article published in the  Brasil Econômico journal (july, 2010)

Article published in the Folha de S. Paulo journal (june, 2010)

Article published in the LeMonde Diplomatic journal (october, 2010)

Article published in the LeMonde Diplomatic journal (january, 2010)

Article published in the Estado de Minas journal (july, 2010)

Article published in the Estado de S. Paulo journal (march, 2010)

Matéria publicada na Revista Super Interessante (dezembro 2009)

Article published in the Galileu magazine  (october, 2010)

Article published in the Planeta Sustentável website (june, 2010)

Article published in the Folha.com website (june, 2010)

Following the UN’s suggestion, Webcitizen is opening Foundation Webcitizen.
 Its goal is to develop web-citizenship and civic engagement projects to save the credibility of
Brazil's political system.

We are looking for companies that can support us in this cause.

Thanks!

October 19th, 2009

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Mark Drapeau is a scientist, writer, and consultant in the public and private spheres, focusing on the technology, innovation, government and society areas. Currently he’s deputy professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs of the George Washington University, in the American capital, he has received a lot of national awards and honors for his works.

Drapeau has created the term “goverati” to describe the group of people that understand the governmental mechanisms and how the new social technologies make possible better communication, transparency, participation and collaboration between citizens and governments.

He has recently found the Government 2.0 Club, an international organization that promotes events about the intersection between social technologies and the government. He also was the Co-chair in the schedule committee for the Gov 2.0 Showcase Expo, event that opened the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington D.C. in September, 2009.

During this event that Drapeau gave an exclusive interview to WebCitizen, he talks about how the new media are causing irreversible ruptures in many aspects in the society, such as in traditional education and journalism areas, and how the social media are replacing newspapers and magazines as sources of information.

Mark Drapeau’s blog: http://www.markdrapeau.com/
Mark Drapeau’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/cheeky_geeky