We got it going on
How we build our apps
Voting guides deserve a democratic development process. To ensure that our voting aids are neutral, helpful and easy to use, our development process is interactive. There are always surveys and small polls where you can help shape the voting aid.
Wir machen eigentlich immer irgendetwas. Und meistens läuft gerade irgendwo eine Testversion zum Ausprobieren. Wir haben nicht immer genug Zeit, um alles in Blogs zu verpacken – schliesslich müssen wir Apps entwickeln! Um auf dem neusten Stand zu bleiben, folgst du uns am besten auf den Sozialen Medien.
We’re pretty much always doing something. And there’s usually a test version running somewhere for us to try out. We don’t always have enough time to put everything into blogs – after all, we have apps to develop! The best way to stay up to date is to follow us on social media.
Archive
New functionalities in the canton Zug
On May 25, we started the project round in the canton of Zug. Together with two school classes from Schulen Bar, we thought about the latest features of the CH+App and DOPE Elections.
What do young people want from Democracy?
The world is upside down. How does that affect us? During the elections in the canton of Bern, we asked members of the youth parliament what they want from our democracy and from the politics in Bern.
Workshop : Atelier pour une application de suivi du Parlement
Que se passe-t-il au Parlement ? Surtout pour les jeunes électeurs ou les électeurs inexpérimentés, les activités de notre parlement national sont une sorte de „boîte noire“. Dans le cadre d’un atelier, nous analysons les chances et les risques de mettre à la disposition des électeurs une application qui les aide à observer ce qui se passe au Parlement. À quoi pourrait ressembler une application d’observation du Parlement ?
Speed Dating at Bern City Hall
After focusing on the development of digital election aids since 2019, we were able to hold our first live event on 4 March. In the City Hall of the Canton of Bern, three school classes of secondary level 2 had the opportunity to get to know acting members of the...
20 Minutes Online
The 20 Minutes Online magazine reports how our election support tools help you find perfect matches or catapult politicians out of their chairs. Two articles appeared last week, on the French and German Versions of 20 Minutes Online.
Hi Fribourg! Here are 2 voting apps
The time has come! We have developed two voting apps for the elections in Fribourg: With the CH+App and Dope Elections you can easily get to know and compare your candidates.
What’s behind it? You can find the most important information here…
Workshop with Psychology Students
During a game workshop at the ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts, a group of psychology students took a look at the CH+App and DOPE Elections. Games for Democracy, what does that mean from a psychological perspective?
Bonjour! Dope Elections is here!
DOPE Elections is now available on the App Store and on Google Play. Enjoy!
Prototype Fund Demo Day
At the Demo Day of the Prototype Fund CH on 2 March, 5 projects that have been dealing with democracy and digitalisation over the last 6 months will be presented. Click here for the event:
Research Report: “User-Friendly Political Self-Education through Entertainment Design”
Let’s kick off 2021 with a good amount of reading! At the end of 2020, the research report “Projekt CH+ Games for Democracy. User-Friendly Political Self-Education through Entertainment Design” was published in the gamevironments trade magazine.
Workshop: Increase voter turnout with gamification
At the Campus für Demokratie’s online event “Spiel, Spass und Politik – Gamification, Edutainment und Demokratie”, Sophie Walker elaborated on gamification principles in relation to political self-education and shared first insights from the research round in Basel-Stadt.
Swiss Digital Days. Panel. Livestream
The Swiss Digital Days will take place from 1 to 3 November. This year, Projekt CH+ is taking part twice. On Sunday, 1 November at 17:20, Sophie Walker will be part of the SRF panel discussion on "Envisioning the Future: Report of the interdisciplinary conference...
On the National News
On Friday we were „The Idea“ at 10vor10! We would like to thank SRF – Swiss Radio and Television for the opportunity and Stefanie Bailer from the University of Basel for her exciting perspective. Click here for the segment (German).
Data Security with Zühlke
Generally speaking, „security“ describes the absence of threats. In many everyday situations, dangers can be easily recognised: if a car speeds towards us without braking or if someone in public transport coughs potential corona viruses in our face, most people are aware that they are not in a danger-free situation. In the virtual world, dangers are often not so obvious.
Behind the Scenes: Knobotech
For the elections in Basel-Stadt we worked together with Knobotech GmbH. The company of Sven and Nils Knobloch develops apps and web apps. For Projekt CH+ they turned our designs for the Basel election aid into reality.
TV Segment in Telebasel
Our electoral aid was on show in Telebasel on 29 September. Nina Mathys from the Junge Rat and Sophie Walker from Projekt CH+ explained what the CH+ Election App is all about.
The New Website is Here!
The new website is here! If you want to know how Projekt CH+ came to be, you can find a lot of information on the original project blog. Did you know? Projekt CH+ began in 2019 as a master’s project at the Zurich University of the Arts.