Scytl Joins the World Bank in Supporting Global Social Accountability
(PRWEB UK) 27 August 2015 -- Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernization, joins the World Bank in supporting global social accountability to help civil society and governments to work together to solve critical governance challenges in developing countries.
In the effort to help support the strengthening global government transparency and accountability, Scytl joins the World Bank Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) initiative. Scytl´s efforts and eDemocracy technology will help support citizens in ensuring an articulated voice, help governments to listen, and assist government agencies to act upon the feedback they receive. A joint effort that, together with the GPSA network, looks to promote:
- Credibility & public trust via the transparency provided to citizens with new and efficient 2 way communication channels and the sharing of collective knowledge.
- Data driven decision making based on actionable information resulting from citizen and participative data.
- Proactive engagement with key influencing citizenship groups via the identification of key trends and issues.
- Automatic prioritization & rationalization of key citizen issues, concerns, and trends via the analysis of data from both formal and informal citizen engagement channels.
“We are delighted to support the membership network in promoting the value of new information and communication technologies such as Scytl´s in the governance space, by helping to eliminate the barriers between citizens and politicians, and enabling ongoing engagement and participation,” concludes Pere Valles, CEO Scytl.
About Scytl
Scytl is the global leader in secure election management, electronic voting and eGovernance solutions. Specializing in election modernization technologies, Scytl offers the first end-to-end election management and voting platform, providing the highest security and transparency standards currently available. Scytl has capitalized on its more than 18 years of research to develop election-specific cryptographic security technology protected by more than 40 international patents and patent applications, positioning Scytl as the company with the largest patent portfolio of the industry.
Scytl’s solutions have been successfully used in over 38 countries across the globe over the last 10 years, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, France, Norway, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the UAE, India, Iceland and Australia. Scytl is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, with strategic offices in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Peru and Greece, as well as field offices in the UK, Ukraine, Mexico, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh and Australia. For more information, visit http://www.scytl.com.
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Leticia Barcia
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Leticia Barcia, Scytl, http://www.scytl.com, +34 646397047, [email protected]
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