Achievement
2021
Bazmand received the Creative Companies certificate from the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology — a designation equivalent to knowledge-based status, awarded for particular creativity in a line of business.
The award came after the platform had already wound down its operations.
Launch
Bazmand began its pilot in one sub-district of Tehran's District 22, under the direct supervision of the district's urban services department. 1,278 citizens registered in the first 25 days.
How it worked
Writing in Hamshahri, District 22's mayor set out the platform piece by piece: a trainer app, a booth app, a call-centre app, the citizen app, a driver app, and a supervisor app.
Context
Bazmand did not arrive in an empty district. Over the preceding year District 22 had already quadrupled its source-separation rate through a series of unglamorous municipal schemes.
