Get involved

Cittopia is being built in the open. Five ways to participate — pick the one that fits your role.

Five paths in

Choose how you want to participate

Whether you're a citizen, a city CIO, an institutional partner, an advisor, or a journalist — there's a clear next step.

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For city CIOs & mayors' offices

Bring your city onto Cittopia

Pilot cities are currently free. ~12-day onboarding. We provision your themed admin, ingest your open data, train your team, and you're live with a Pulse score, Sister Cities Hub, and the Agora.

  • Themed dashboard with your coat of arms
  • AI matchmaking with peer cities
  • Public Listening Score on your city profile
  • 2 working days for our first reply
Apply for free pilot → Onboarding doc
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For institutions — UN, NGOs, academia

Partner as an institution

UN agencies, civic-tech NGOs, academic research centres, open-data alliances. We share methodology, co-author research, integrate your indicators, and align with frameworks like UN Local2030.

  • Co-publishing on shared methodology
  • SDG 11 alignment via shared indicators
  • Joint research & advisory boards
  • Bulk data exports for academic use
Email founder →
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For experienced civic-tech people

Join as an advisor

We're actively recruiting advisors with municipal CIO, open-data lead, urban-planning, or civic-tech founder backgrounds. Quarterly call, async input on roadmap, equity options if formal.

  • Q3 2026 advisory board forming now
  • Quarterly 90-min call + Slack channel
  • Light commitment (~2 hrs/month)
Express interest →
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For journalists, researchers, podcasters

Cover Cittopia in press

The Listening Score is the first public-grade civic accountability metric of its kind. The Warsaw ↔ İstanbul lighthouse pair is the first sister-city deployment with comparative dashboards. Plenty of story angles.

  • Founder available for one interview per month
  • Press kit with logos, quotes, founder photo
  • Embargoed previews for major launches
Press kit → Email press
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The fastest way in: sign the PoB.

30 seconds, no payment, no token. Your name joins the timestamped public record of people who saw Cittopia when it was small.

Sign the Proof of Belief →