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Nov 21, 20241 min read
Webinar recording: Digital regulatory systems and rules as code in New Zealand
This webinar was hosted on 21 November 2024 Government agencies around the world are under pressure to do more with less. They're also...
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Three new docs on platform regulation and information integrity
Public policy produces a flood of documentation - from legislation, to regulations, to discussion documents and other proposals. The best...

Jul 23, 20242 min read
EU Artificial Intelligence Act and Global Digital Compact (rev 2)
Two new digital legal instruments released Today we're sharing two new digitised legal instruments: The Artificial Intelligence Act ,...

Jul 23, 20242 min read
Annotation tool now publicly available
Try our annotation tool At Syncopate, we're working to build better digital legal infrastructure. To us, that means better tools for...

Jun 14, 20241 min read
Global Digital Compact: what has changed in the revision 1 draft?
The Global Digital Compact is a proposed document from the United Nations that could have a transformative impact on how we expect...

Jun 14, 20242 min read
What we're working on at Syncopate
We think the world can and must do better at using computers to implement law and regulation. There’s endless theoretical and descriptive...

Jun 14, 20243 min read
Designing, developing, deploying and governing digital legal systems
Today we’re releasing a new report on “governing digital legal systems”. The report draws on our experience in developing and researching...

May 2, 20242 min read
Digitised Global Digital Compact
All around the world, people are talking about the United Nations Global Digital Compact ("GDC"). But our tools for communicating about...

Feb 8, 20242 min read
A quick, low-risk policy win for government agencies
Minimising regulatory burden and digitising government are two high priority areas for New Zealand’s new coalition government. A lot of...

Jan 22, 20243 min read
More about our WSA-shortlisted project, the DWQAR Legal Data Library
Developed in collaboration with Taumata Arowai, New Zealand's central drinking water regulator, the DWQAR Legal Data Library plays a...

Jan 19, 20241 min read
Syncopate Lab nominated for World Summit Awards
We are delighted to announce that our project enabling water quality reporting via API has been included in the shortlist for the highly...

Jan 18, 20241 min read
A love letter to the Parliamentary Counsel of the world.
If you want to build reliable, traceable digital systems that do legal things, you need to be able integrate those digital systems with...

Jan 16, 20241 min read
Research report: Legislation as Code in New Zealand
The idea for Syncopate Lab grew from a year-long research project on "Legislation as Code" in New Zealand. In 2019, the Brainbox...
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