Porto Alegre, RS

Porto Alegre, RS pursues improved triage methods for emergency departments with innovation challenge

Seventy-five percent of emergency room visits in Porto Alegre involve non-emergency ailments. The three-month pilot provides 24-hour access to telemedicine solutions through a dedicated portal. Porto Alegre selected eight services including Docway, TopMed, and Teledoc for the challenge. The city's Innovation Office and Municipal Health Department will evaluate the effectiveness of each solution before selecting a permanent partner.

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Porto Alegre, RS

Brazil

Porto Alegre, RS launched an automated system to digitally issue urban permits within 24 hours

Porto Alegre City Hall's Municipal Secretary for the Environment, Urbanism, and Sustainability introduced a new automated system for approving urban permits. Users can request the new Express Licensing feature for civil construction works with low to medium urban impacts via the Porto Alegre City Hall Licensing Portal. Any correctly filed project submissions will receive license authorization within 24 hours to facilitate the installation of new businesses in the city.

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Porto Alegre, RS

Brazil

Porto Alegre, RS created "Te alloy in the Work" portal to expand the transparency of public works

The City of Porto Alegre partnered with the Secretariat of Transparency and Control and the Porto Alegre Data Processing Company to create the "Te alloy in the Work" portal to expand the transparency of public works. The portal regularly publishes data including dates, deadlines, values, contractors, and status updates to keep residents informed of the investments and progress of construction services.

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Porto Alegre, RS

Brazil

Porto Alegre, RS developed the "Conexões em Rede" virtual education platform for remote learning

The City of Porto Alegre partnered with the Municipal Education Secretariat and the Management of Technologies and Innovation to create the "Conexões em Rede" website to support remote education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform integrates content built from the National Common Curricular Base into a virtual environment which facilitates remote access for teachers and students in a single user-friendly tool.

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Porto Alegre, RS

Brazil