Citizens’ Observatories Social Media Platforms

Citizens’ Observatories (COs) Social Media Platforms (e.g., Facebook page, LinkedIn group, Twitter account) are created as channels for communication, public participation and dissemination. They are used to provide citizens with a reliable source of air quality data, to be better informed, to be empowered, and to help citizens and stakeholders taking responsible action locally (e.g., in their own classroom, by avoiding polluted routes to work, etc.).

Currently, we have created Citizens’ Observatories (COs) Social Media Platforms at two levels, project COs level (e.g., COs central Facebook page, COs central Twitter account, COs central LinkedIn group, etc.) and location-based COs level (e.g., Ljubljana COs Facebook page, Oslo COs Facebook page, Barcelona COs Twitter account, etc.). Usually location-based Facebook pages are general – both outdoor and indoor issues are included (e.g., Ljubljana COs Facebook page). In addition, some of the local stakeholders are inspired to create their own community Facebook pages promoting their activities in the project, e.g., the high school students Facebook page from Ljubljana https://www.facebook.com/CitiSenseGimVic?fref=photo.

The users can decide to follow and/or participate in any of the existing Citizens’ Observatories Social Media Platforms, as well as like, comment, share, etc., the content from such platforms. The users can also create their own social media platforms for citizens’ initiatives.

The existing CITI-SENSE social media channels are as follows:

Twitter Account

• Citizens’ Observatories, https://twitter.com/citizensobs; Contact information: hai-ying liu, NILU, hyl@nilu.no
  
• CITI-SENSE Barcelona, https://twitter.com/CitObsBCN; Contact information: Thomas Cole-Hunter, CREAL, tcolehunter@creal.cat
  

Facebook Page

• Citizens’ Observatories, https://www.facebook.com/int.cit.obs; Contact information: hai-ying liu, NILU, hyl@nilu.no
  
• Oslo Citizens’ Observatory, https://www.facebook.com/oslocitizensobservatory
• CITI-SENSE Ljubljana, https://www.facebook.com/CitiSenseLjubljana; Contact information: Johanna Robinson, JSI, johanna.a.robinson@gmail.com
  
• Barcelona Citizens’ Observatory, https://www.facebook.com/BarcelonaCitObs; Contact information: Thomas Cole-Hunter, tcolehunter@creal.cat
  
• CITI-SENSE Občanská pozorovatelna, https://www.facebook.com/obcanskapozorovatelna
• CITI-SENSE Vitoria-Gasteiz, https://www.facebook.com/Citi-Sense-Vitoria-Gasteiz-785414554863775
• CITI-SENSE at Gimnazija Vič,https://www.facebook.com/CitiSenseGimVic; Contact information: Johanna Robinson, JSI, johanna.a.robinson@gmail.com
  
• CityAir App, https://www.facebook.com/cityairapp; Contact information: Mirjam F. Fredriksen, NILU, Mirjam.F.Fredriksen@nilu.no
  

Youtube

• CITI-SENSE Youtube channels, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaDdfpvLONuybNBV9cNGIbQ
  

LinkedIn Group

• Citizens’ observatories, https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5164755; Contact information: hai-ying liu, hyl@nilu.no