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WeMapp — Crowdsourced Accessibility Mapping and Personalised Routing for People with Motor Disabilities in Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo · See the Bosnia and Herzegovina profile · See the Sarajevo profile

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A UNDP-backed crowdsourced app lets Sarajevo residents flag physical barriers — steps, narrow sidewalks, ramp-free transit — and get walking routes matched to their own mobility level, building on a cantonal barrier-removal programme and a 2024–25 EU Horizon co-design pilot.

2.9 million KM
Cantonal barrier-removal investment (2018–2023)
60,000 people with disabilities
Estimated CIDI programme beneficiaries
150+
Obstacles identified in one-hour student test-mapping (April 2022)
WeMapp — Crowdsourced Accessibility Mapping and Personalised Routing for People with Motor Disabilities in Sarajevo

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina Accelerator Lab & Government of Canton Sarajevo (CIDI Project)
Period
2019–2025 (ongoing)
Keywords
urban mobility, disability inclusion, civic tech, public administration

Context

Building on Canton Sarajevo's 2018–2023 CIDI barrier-removal programme, the UNDP Accelerator Lab in Bosnia and Herzegovina developed WeMapp, a crowdsourced tool letting residents report physical obstacles and receive walking routes personalised to their own motor abilities.

Results

In April 2022 a one-hour test-mapping exercise with local students identified more than 150 distinct obstacles in the city centre; in the 2024–2025 cycle the app (branded 'Accessify – WeMapp') was selected as one of 60 pilot teams under the EU Horizon Europe-funded CommuniCity programme, co-designing further features with disabled residents.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
UNDP Accelerator Lab team, Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Labor, Social Policy, Displaced Persons and Refugees staff, student surveyors

Conditions for success

  • building the digital mapping tool on top of an existing, funded physical barrier-removal programme
  • co-designing features directly with disabled residents through the EU Horizon Europe CommuniCity pilot

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National / regional programmes Horizon Europe

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