Service: Aid Subsidy Collection

Responsible organisation: Gemeente Zuidhorn (Governmental)

The municipality of Zuidhorn has found a unique and innovative way to implement the Kindpakket subsidies via blockchain technology. The Child Package is a budget for children of parents with a minimum income. In the municipality of Zuidhorn about 150 children are eligible for the program. This money is used by the municipality for disadvantaged children, giving them the opportunity to participate in social activities, in sports and cultural activities at school. The municipality carries out this national assignment with local entrepreneurs and associations. Within the city, two students have been engaged in research into the possible applications of blockchain in municipal services. They have designed the implementation of the Kindpakket in a new and very user-friendly way with blockchain. The recipient of the Kindpakket can take out the purchase in a simple administrative and financial manner. The 'customer' pays, for example buying a bicycle, with a specific code and the entrepreneur gets the money directly into his account with no intervention from the municipality.

Additional information

Source EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum - Initiatives Map
Web site https://www.zuidhorn.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/nieuws_3800/item/innovatieve-uitvoering-kindpakket-met-belangrijke-eerste-stap-blockchain-technologie_6490.html
Start/end date 2016 -
Still active? Yes

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