LAPPIS
Social Participation to Reach Millions
Social Participation to Reach Millions
LAPPIS, a Brazilian FOSS lab led by women, fosters collaboration and engagement in open-source software (OSS). Our mission is to increase the involvement of young South Americans, women, and underrepresented groups in high-impact open-source projects, overcoming barriers such as language, impostor syndrome, and inclusion. We have established various OSS local communities, including a chatbot architecture trained in Portuguese and a social participation app called "Empurrando Juntas," which uses artificial intelligence techniques to group participants based on their opinions.
Currently, we are developing an OSS project called "Brasil Participativo," in collaboration with the federal government, which serves as Brazil's digital participation platform. This is going to be our main project in GSoC 2024In its first year, the platform attracted over 1.5 million active participants, representing the largest online social participation effort orchestrated by the government in Brazil. The platform is an OSS solution developed using Decidim, a digital open framework for citizen participation, supplemented with machine learning modules for recommendations and moderation.
2024 Program
Successful Projects
Contributor
Yan S. Guimarães
Mentor
Carla Rocha, Guilherme, Bruna Moreira, Victor Gonçalves
Organization
LAPPIS
The collective power of multiple communities: Integrating the Empurrando Juntas API with Decidim
This project aims to integrate two civic participation platforms, Empurrando Juntas (EJ) and Decidim. EJ collects user opinions on specific topics,...
Contributor
Suzane Duarte
Mentor
Carla Rocha, Leonardo da Silva Gomes, Eduardo Nunes, Bruna Moreira
Organization
LAPPIS
Aliança Democrática entre plataformas utilizando técnicas de Machine Learning em prol da sociedade
Empurrando Juntos (EJ) e Decidim são duas plataformas digitais distintas, mas que compartilham princípios e objetivos correlatos no que tange uma...
Contributor
Negrah S
Mentor
Carla Rocha, Bruna Moreira, Ricardo Poppi, David Carlos
Organization
LAPPIS
The collective power of multiple communities: Integrating the Empurrando Juntas tool with Decidim
Empurrando Juntas (EJ) is a robust tool for social participation, aimed at collecting opinions and fostering collaboration within communities. By...
Contributor
Samantha Adorno
Mentor
Carla Rocha, Bruna Moreira, Isaque Alves, Giovanni Alvissus Camargo Giampauli
Organization
LAPPIS
Empowering Participatory Democracy: Integrating EJ with Decidim
This project proposes integrating "Empurrando Juntas" (EJ) with Decidim to streamline community decision-making by using AI to group similar...