The Apps for Democracy Finland '09 contest gathered 23 high quality submissions out of which 12 are working prototypes in the implementation category and 11 participate solely in the idea category. Unfortunately there was no submission that would fit in the Library category.

The Jury has chosen finalists out of which the winners will be awarded next on Thursday 1^st of October at Tampere.

Finalists of the Apps for Democracy Finland '09 contest are.....

Tietopaikka - Implementation read more

Eduskunnan vahtikoira - Idea read more

Nomen est omen - Implementation read more

Asialista.fi - Implementation read more

Uniform interface for public data - Idea read more

Hilmappi.fi - Implementation read more

Legiskooppi - Implementation read more

Tax Tree - Idea read more

Late No More - Implementation read more

Simupedia - Implementation read more

Meanwhile the jury makes the decicions their decisions the audience are wellcomed to vote for the People's Choice winners. The People's choise award is 300€ in the idea category and 600€ in the implementation category. These awards will be granted to the submissions that receive most votes during the voting period (10th to 30th of September). E-mail, tweet, qaiku, facebook about your submission and gather most votes! Also the ”black horses” outside the jurys list of finalists may receive the People's Choise award.

Link to the voting site: http://bit.ly/INmAG or more traditionally: http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/apps_for_democracy_poll

Best Regards,

Antti Poikola (Chair of the Apps for Democracy Finland '09)