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More and more cities are embracing digital rights. But is it enough?

The conversation about the digital city is changing, that much is clear. Not that long ago, the focus was on technology. Expectations were that tech would bring us a clean, green, efficient ‘smart city’. And now that focus is shifting to people and their rights, interests and preferences. Technology plays a supporting role in that

Tada and the City of Amsterdam: The first six months.

“Tada is a movement,” says Douwe Schmidt during the opening of the Tada in practice meeting. “It is the interaction of a large number of organizations and individuals that are focusing on the question: ‘What kind of digital society do we want?’ It is no longer a matter of determining whether or not we will

Iamconnected – Tada in practice: inclusivity

How can we put the principles of the manifesto into practice? In the third episode of a series, Maureen van Eijk, poverty alleviation coordinator in the municipality of Amsterdam, explains how the city interprets the ‘inclusive’ principle. The topic came up repeatedly during the talks leading up to the creation of the manifesto: everyone should