- Open administration
- Innovation
Consult the outstanding initiatives to reduce the digital gap collected in the Observatory of DigiChanges
Mataró City Council has launched a conversational virtual assistant (chatbot) which is available through WhatsApp, Telegram and the website. This service improves the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of care for citizens, that you can communicate with the town hall at any time through the channel that is most convenient for you, quickly and easily.
The increase in the use of electronic processing has highlighted the problems many people have in understanding and using digital services. As a result, traditional public service channels such as offices, telephone and e-mail are often overwhelmed.
The chatbot automates responses to repetitive queries about council services and procedures, allowing municipal staff to focus on more complex queries and value-added tasks.
This best practice is published inDigiCanvis Observatory.
Once the person accesses the chatbot, the operation is as follows:
The chatbot also allows functionality to be incorporated to offer better municipal services. The Mataró City Council has enabled the possibility to consult the Mataró Bus waiting time, information on the electoral roll and whether you are a member of an electoral board.
The service has been in operation at Mataró Town Hall since June 2021. During the first four months of 2023, 6.500 inquiries were made through the chatbot, the same number as in all of 2022.
You can find out the key aspects to take into account to replicate this initiative in the file Omnichannel chatbot for citizen assistance.
It collects innovative initiatives and good practices (DigiCanvis) that have been successfully implemented in Catalan councils and that are a source of inspiration for the rest of the bodies.
If you have implemented a successful digital transformation project or have a pilot experience, please share it!