Frequently asked questions

Cívis is a citizen science platform developed by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT). Our goal is to provide infrastructure and content that help broaden the understanding of citizen science, promote its use, and support the development of initiatives and the application of methodologies in this field.

You will find a variety of content related to citizen science, including information on initiatives, projects, and organizations; tools and resources that help you understand the theme when carrying out initiatives and adopting methods with this approach; scheduled events in Brazil and abroad; Open-ed texts and interviews with practitioners, professionals, and researchers in the field, in addition to other content that may be of interest.

Cívis does not have this functionality at the moment.

Yes, you need to register a login and password to submit content to Cívis. It is possible to make your participation visible to other registered participants by accessing your “Privacy Centre.” To learn more about this, see item 3c of our User Guide ("Making your Profile public").

You can register initiatives, tools, educational materials, events, and organizations related to citizen science. Furthermore, you can suggest texts for the blog, participate in the discussion forum, and propose content for one of the dossiers (see the section "About the Dossiers").

You can send content using our forms, which you can access by clicking the New Submission button. You must be logged in to the platform to do this. See item 5 of our User Guide ("Submit New Content to Cívis") to learn more about this. Before submitting new content, we recommend using the search tool to check if the content is already registered on the platform.

Currently, Cívis is focused on registering initiatives and projects from Latin America and the Caribbean. However, resources, training materials, and events are accepted without restriction on the country of origin, provided they are available in at least one of the three platform languages: Portuguese, Spanish, or English.

The images need to be within the dimensions set in the submission forms. See item 5e of our User Guide ("Attaching Images") to learn more about this.

On the submission form, enter the location in the field provided or click directly on the map using your cursor.

1. Log in to the platform.
2. Go to the page of the content you wish to change.
3. Click the “Edit” button.

Important: You can only edit content that you submitted yourself. In the case of Initiatives, users with editor permissions can also make changes.

To edit content already registered on Cívis, you must receive an invitation as an initiative editor (see the question “What does it mean to be an editor for an initiative?”). If you need to request this access, please use our contact form.

An editor is a user with the permissions to modify an initiative's information. To be assigned this role, you must receive an invitation from the person who originally published the content on the platform.

By bookmarking a project or resource, you add it to your personal library. This allows you to quickly locate and access these contents whenever you need them.

Cívis moderation is performed by the team that maintains the platform, based on a review of the information provided in the submission forms. Our goal is to ensure that the submitted content falls within the scope of citizen science and to prevent the platform from being used for other purposes.

To suggest content for the blog, fill out our contact form.

The Dossiers are organized sets of content on topics of social relevance and interest, which strengthen citizen science by giving visibility, promoting the exchange of experiences, generating collective learning, and stimulating qualified debate. The content that makes up a dossier may already be registered on Cívis or may be submitted and associated with the dossier after its launch.

 It is possible to collaborate with a Dossier by indicating content already registered on Cívis, using the "Indicate to Dossier" button on the content pages, or by submitting new content and clicking "Save and Indicate to Dossier" at the end of the respective registration form. The step-by-step collaboration guide is described at the end of each dossier. It is also possible to participate in the Cívis Forum and/or suggest texts for the blog by filling out our contact form.

To suggest a new Dossier, fill out our contact form.

Searches are performed by typing the terms of interest into the search fields. For more information, please refer to item 4 of our User Guide (“Perform Searches”).

If you don’t find what you are looking for, you can use our contact form to let us know about what it is you would like to see and suggest new content. You can also submit initiatives, organizations, resources, and events that aren’t registered on the platform.

To contact Cívis, simply use the contact form.

You can contact the persons responsible for the initiative directly by using the contact information available on the respective profile page.