Navarra Mobile Citizen Office: No Village Left Behind

Navarra's Mobile Citizen Office travels to rural communities across the region, bringing government services, digital inclusion, and democratic proximity directly to the people who need them most.

WHAT IF THE GOVERNMENT CAME TO YOU?

In rural Navarra, accessing public services has long meant long journeys to administrative centres, a burden that falls hardest on older residents, people with limited mobility, and communities already struggling with depopulation. The Navarra Mobile Citizen Office changes this directly. A fully equipped mobile administration unit travels to municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, carrying the full weight of official government presence with it. Legally equivalent to a central registry office, it delivers administrative procedures, digital identity support, participation channels, and specialised public services wherever people actually live.

DEMOCRACY ON WHEELS

What makes this project genuinely innovative is not just the mobility but the ambition behind it. The mobile office is not a simple outreach service but a fully functional governance platform combining digital services, participation tools, and personalised assistance within a single accessible unit. It brings together territorial cohesion, digital inclusion, and open government in one travelling platform that works simultaneously as a service hub, a participation space, and a real institutional presence. For communities that have long felt forgotten by the state, that presence matters enormously.

4,000 CITIZENS, 5,000 PROCEDURES, ONE POWERFUL IDEA

Since its launch in 2025, the mobile office has visited dozens of municipalities, serving over 4,000 citizens and completing more than 5,000 administrative procedures. Digital inclusion has improved significantly, particularly among older populations who previously faced the steepest barriers. Institutional trust is being rebuilt, one village visit at a time. By guaranteeing equal access to public services regardless of location, Navarra is making the promise of democratic equality real in the places where it was most at risk of disappearing. The model is scalable, replicable, and arrives exactly where it is needed.

Project owner
Itziar Ayerdi Fernández
Director of the Open Government and Citizen Services Department of the Government of Navarre
Project team
Jon Iriarte Ibarra
Head of the Citizen Services Section of the Government of Navarre