CitYsens at the World Forum for Democracy 2013

World Forum for Democracy, Strasboug, 2013.11.29

Todos contamo

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Theories of change- Are important!

- With a bad theory:

Gob 2.0

P2P

CrowdEvrytingOpen

Data

Soc 3.0

Hype 4.0

eService

CoP+CI

(as shared by Tom Steinberg, from MySociety)

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- Scratch where it doesn’t itch

- Become part of the sickness you intended to fight

528.653

Nooooo!

!

Initial example

Real democracy

Now

40 years of fascist dictatorship

• Manipulative and undemocratic electoral laws

• Poor separation of power• Political parties with no internal

democracy• Absolute opacity, no ethics, no

accountability• Chronic corruption• Isolated political class• …

Spanish democracy?

Spanish democracy?143.000 murdered &

disappeared

after 35 years of democracy

135.000 still waiting for a decent burial

Spanish democracy?

Legitimacy

Criminalizing protest

600.000 € fine30.000 -

Pandemic demo-fluh?

Not a technologic problem, but an “essential” problem

1863 - Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people

President Lincoln

Democracy is the government of the people, by (some) people and for the (benefit of some) people

What is democracy?

“il segreto”

International Actors

Other states

EU, WTO, WB, IMF

Financial Markets

Economic Power

Corporations

Mass Media

Dissident Groups

Organized Crime

Armed Resistance Groups

Citizenship

Organized Civil Soc.

Citizens

Security Forces

Political Actors

Politicians

Political Parties

Public Administration State Powers

Executive

Legislative

Judiciary

Citizenship

Organized Civil Soc.

Citizens

Security Forces

Political Actors

Politicians

State Powers

Legislative

Judiciary

Political parties

Executive

International Actors

Other states

EU, WTO, WB, IMF

Financial Markets

Public Administration

Economic Power

Corporations

Mass Media

Dissident Groups

Armed Resistance Groups

Organized Crime

– It is not truth

Intrinsic Problems· Complex· Expensive· Non-representative· Non-inclusive· Less informed· Conflict prone· Non-deliberative· Difficult to scale· ...

Extrinsic Problems· Arbitrary· Manipulability· Risk of capture· Irrelevant subjects· Non-effective· Not self-sustainable· Inefficient· Civic exhaustion· ...

Motivation = f (effort, usefulness)

Incompatibilities - Political - Legal - Cultural - Socioeconomic - Organizational

· Administrative Monopoly of participation

What this means for local participation?It does not

work!!!

Top-down, controlled, innocuous

& Inside-out participation

Botdown-uptop, emancipating ,

creative & Outside-in participation

GOVERNMENT

SOCIETY

GOVERNMENT

SOCIETY

YES

NO!!

YES

NO!!

If we want success…

1.- Integrated with institutions, but not dependent on their good-will2.- Constructed using a wise, collaborative and people-centered design

… our tools need to be based on a non-naïve understanding of reality

1. “Wise” means…

1. WHAT? Intensity of Collaboration

2. WHO? Stakeholders involvement

3. WHEN? Phase within Policy Cycle

4. WHERE? Institutionalization Level

5. HOW? Transparency & Deliberativeness POLICY

FORMULATION

AGENDA SETTING

DECISION MAKING

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

MONITORING& EVALUATION

Political Actors

Civil Soc. & Citizenry

Corp. Actors

Others

[20 - 15 - 0.5]

[15 - 13 - 0.9][10 - 1 - 0.5]

[0 - 0 - 0]

1. “Wise” means…Participation schemas

Alcalá

Com. Madrid

Phase 2Phase 3

Pilot Projects

Villalbilla Madrid

Phase 1

ExpansionBB.AA.βeta

Pioneers Group

Core Team

Communication

Neighbor Assoc.

Development

Civic methodologies 15M

Citizens

Politicians

PD &

Prototypes

αlpha

Public Workers

2. “Collaborative” means…

3. “People-centered” means……to be of service to people

Empathic understanding of people’s needs, aspirations, capacities and

incentives

Which ones are the most essential needs that “change-makers” at the local level have?

Please, keep the balloon flying with us inside!!

CitYsens

Which ones are the most essential needs that “change-makers” at the local level have?

1.- To get informed

2.- To inform others

Proof of concept: Agenda del Henares

(Using software “Démosphère”)

CitYsens Objective:Develop Collective Intelligence in the city

Collective Intelligence

Collective Perceptio

n

Collective Sense-Making

Collective Idea

Generation

Collective Decission Making

Collective Action

Administrative & Political Institutions

Civic Organizations and Social Movements

Citizens

Sist. Redes Sociales

Google+, FB, Twitter, LinkedIn...

Difusión de    informaciones  

Orientación activista15MPedia, Tactical Tech...

Orientación metodológica   

Sistemas MapasOpenStreeMap, Googlemaps...

Solicitud      mapas

Geolocalización en mapas

VídeosYoutube, Vimeo,

Bambuser, Ustream...

Otras infosWikipedia, Open Data, Blogs,

Slideshare, webs...

Herramientas Colaboración

HackPad, Trello, Avaaz, n-1, Loomio, Oiga.me, Hangouts, EventBrite...

Apoyo procesos participación

Autentificación Usuarios

Google, FB, Twitter, OpenId...

Personas

Colectivos

Organizaciones

Instituciones

Se informan

Reciben alertas     informativas

Proveen informaciones

Cuidadores

Reciben alertasde intervención    

Apoyan procesos del sistema

Roles administración

Guardianes

Administran sistemay cuidan su reputación y gobernanza

Viralización

Usuarios

CitYsens Context Diagram

What we need from you!!

“For an e-Participation project 30.000€ is peanuts”

2013.10.15 – BrusselsWorkshop eParticipation

Crowd-funding campaign

Objective: 10.001 €

?

45%

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Thank you!!!!