Livi App
A digital platform for participation, community and a good life in Dresden
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Introduction
Livi (formerly Cleema) is the app for getting involved, having your say and helping to shape things at Dresden. Every day, it offers interesting news in its magazine, highlights current events and opportunities to get involved, and invites you to take part in challenges with your family, friends or neighbours. You can put your knowledge to the test in the daily quiz.
The aim
Dresden, the state capital, thrives on the people who get involved – whether in shaping public spaces, through voluntary work or in their own neighbourhoods. The Livi app keeps Dresden’s residents informed about developments and opportunities to get involved. Features such as challenges and event announcements provide an accessible way to encourage participation in city life.
Smart Community
Focus
in progress
Project status
2022–2026
Duration
The whole city
Place of use
255,000 euros
Project budget
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Key information
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How does Livi benefit the environment?
Livi highlights opportunities for involvement, local initiatives and events, and makes it easier for people to get involved – providing information in an interactive way, without having to navigate a maze of scattered channels.
How does Livi make everyday life better?
Through challenges, quizzes and the events calendar, the app makes it easier to keep track of what’s happening at Dresden and shows specific ways to get involved yourself.
What new opportunities are there?
Livi enables people to get involved in local initiatives and projects, and brings users together with clubs, organisations and neighbourhood services. Users can have their say on current issues and plans via an integrated survey tool.
How can I take part?
The Livi app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store for Android devices or from the App Store for Apple devices. The Livi app is free to use, ad-free and available to everyone, whether or not they register.
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Sandstorm GmbHBroaden your horizons
The magazine regularly publishes news on developments, events, initiatives and opportunities to get involved. With Livi, users can stay up to date with the latest news about life in Dresden.
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Sandstorm GmbHGet to know the community
Get out and about, try new things and find like-minded communities: the events calendar features the latest events, activities and opportunities to get involved in the region. The calendar is provided by BUND’s ‘Grünes Brett’ Dresden and Input_DD.
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Sandstorm GmbHOvercoming challenges
Livi offers not only information, but also interaction. Pre-planned challenges for everyone encourage you to get involved – or you can simply start your own challenge, perhaps with your neighbours, a club or a group of friends. The daily quiz provides surprising facts and practical tips for everyday life.
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Benefits for organisations and the economy
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Why is Livi important for the economy?
Livi provides a platform for local organisations and the sustainable economy. In collaboration with the editorial team, organisations can publicise their campaigns and initiatives free of charge and without any sales obligations, and invite people to get involved. Through private challenges, organisations can also promote activities that support health, sustainability and
team-building.
team-building.
How does the economy benefit from the project?
Regional clubs, initiatives and businesses are provided with a platform to showcase what they have to offer and to connect with potential members, volunteers or
customers.
customers.
What new opportunities are emerging?
Organisations can use Livi to reach new target groups, draw attention to events or campaigns, and receive direct feedback from users.
How can companies get involved?
Clubs, initiatives and businesses can showcase themselves via the magazine, the
events calendar or their own challenges, and engage with an active community.
events calendar or their own challenges, and engage with an active community.
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Sandstorm GmbHDirect targeting of the target audience
The Livi app offers the opportunity to establish a target-group-specific communication channel focusing on participation, engagement and city life, and to raise awareness of organisations or initiatives in this area. The magazine, the events calendar and the challenges provide the ideal platform for reaching out to target groups in an accessible way.
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Sandstorm GmbHOpen-ended reuse
Gamification elements such as challenges and quizzes, as well as other features, can be trialled from an administrative perspective. The app is available as open source for use by other local authorities and can be further developed as required. Alternatively, other regions can log in to the existing instance and are granted regional access to regional editorial content. Thanks to regular cross-regional content, the app is always dynamic.
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Sandstorm GmbHSmart participation
Feedback from users enables the impact of measures to be better understood and utilised for future projects. Using a survey tool, local authorities and institutions can specifically gather the views and needs of Dresden’s residents. Livi thus enabl smarte and digital participation to promote engagement at a local level and gather insights for the administration.
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Sandstorm GmbHRegional exchange
Livi showcases what clubs, initiatives and businesses have to offer in Dresden, and helps users find suitable services and points of contact. At the same time, it provides organisations with a platform to raise awareness of their work and connect with interested users.
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Project partner
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Sandstorm Media GmbH
Sandstorm Media’s core business is the development of highly scalable, web-based applications for businesses. Sandstorm’s slogan is ‘We programme the future’.
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STESAD GmbH
STESAD GmbH
Since 1992, as a municipal subsidiary, we have been providing support primarily to the state capital, Dresden, as well as other public and private clients, in the planning, management and implementation of construction and urban development projects
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