Tech roundup: Brazil’s ‘Tinder for public policies’

Welcome to our Tech Roundup, where we bring you Brazil’s biggest stories on technology and innovation. This week: Brazilian app BORA, focused on public policies, gains recognition from the OECD. 

Brazilian Tinder for public policies gets ‘super like’ from OECD

Matching researchers with public policy managers: this is the main purpose of the Online Relationship Database for Evaluators, or BORA, a Brazilian app created last year. And now, just over six months after its launch, the so-called “Tinder for public policies,” has already gained international recognition from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 

• This year, BORA has already entered the successful case study library of the OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI). The organization believes the project has the potential to be replicated by other governments.

Swipe right? The app was developed by the National School of Public Administration (Enap) in partnership with students from the University of Brasília. Using the framework of a dating app, the platform allows researchers and municipal, state, and federal managers to match by clicking a button. If both parties have pressed the button, their contact information will appear on the screen. With this, it is possible to arrange...