Municipality of Zaanstad

Residents of Dutch municipalities can arrange many civil affairs processes online with the municipality, such as declarations or changes. The system automatically checks data such as your personal details, address and other required information to handle simple requests faster.

The algorithm is used by about 80 municipalities. It helps municipal employees assess benefit applications, properly record the results and create the corresponding documents.

Short description With the scan car, the municipality carries out parking checks. The scan car uses Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, identifies license plates and checks parking entitlements. The license plates without parking rights are transferred to the enforcement system for th...

If something needs to be fixed or cleaned up on the street or in a park, it can be reported to the municipality through Signals, the open source notification system of, for and by municipalities.