Crowdfunding platform promotes the collaborative donation and active support of the citizens and other organizations towards the Municipality. This is achieved through the publication of the offerings data. The platform offers the possibility to monitor the actions realized by the city for the aid and funding of its activities.
More specifically, the platform can:
- Approve and accept donations
- Reveal financial data and results of the donations (eg photos of projects under construction etc)
- Accept services and supplies by citizens/emigrants/private organizations
- Give the municipality or the organizations surrounding it, the chance to publish invitations of interest for grants.
Donations are used mainly for the funding of public and charitable deeds or art. They are also employed by the public sector or public sector organizations on a project with an orientation of general public interest. The investors-donators finance projects of their choice for the sake of moral satisfaction with nothing to wait in return. On the other hand, an organization may offer a non-monetary token, such as a thank you note or a gift of symbolic value. The platform facilitates the publication of open invitations about projects related to culture, infrastructure, and civil society projects.
Additionally, it incorporates good practices already developed in the field of funding by the crowd (crowdfunding) and other organizations aiming to inform the citizens and introduce corresponding experiences.