Monimos launch integrated_slides_june8

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www.monimos.fiLaunch / Julkistamistilaisuus

June 8, 201012-14 pm

Ministry of Justice

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Programme• Welcoming words

Johanna Suurpää, Director, Min of Justice / Democracy and Language Affairs Unit

• Story of MonimosLaura Ahokas, Meg Sakilayan-Latvala, Pirjo Näkki

• Demonstrating MonimosShabbir Mohammad, Dumisani Nkosi, Teemu Ropponen

• Future plans and comments Krishna Bhandari, Dumisani Nkosi, Fondo Walter, Cucu Wesseh, Marko Stenroos

• Questions and answers• Possibility for hands-on testing

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Monimos development team 1/2

• Partners behind the development of Monimos service are:

• Development work has been done in cooperation of representatives from a selection of immigrant associations– Core team of 10 persons with immigrant

background living in Finland

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Monimos development team 2/2• Moniheli

– Co-operation network of multicultural associations in the capital region of Helsinki

• Somus– Social media for citizens and public sector collaboration– Research project funded by the Academy of Finland– Immigrant media sub-project includes researchers from VTT Technical

Research Centre of Finland, Aalto University, University of Tampere• EPACE

– Exchanging good practices for the promotion of an active citizenship in the EU

– Coordinated by the Ministry of Justice Finland and supported by the European Commission. Project partners are Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality (SWE) and State Chancellery (EST)

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Aims of Monimos

• To enhance immigrant participation and influence into societal decision making using social media

• Two-way communication and collaboration between immigrants, locals, media and public sector

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Co-Design of the social media service Monimos

Monimos Launch 8.6.2010Pirjo Näkki

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Background: Social media

Socialmedia

Content

Communitiesand networks

Web 2.0technologies

Fun FreeEasy

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New possibilities for civic participation

• Social media supports interaction, self-organisation and creativity– discussion, ideas, suggestions, opinions, events,

taking action

• Immigrants as active participants instead of objects of discussion

• Associations as driving forces for networking, real world events and taking action

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Monimos design process

• Community-driven participatory design• “Monimos team”: 10 immigrants, 2 Moniheli

employees, EPACE and Somus researchers/developers

• Working methods– 8 monthly workshops (face to face / via Skype)– Open online collaboration: discussion + voting of

service ideas, features, layout, service name

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The Monimos projectTopic choice:immigrants + social media + participation

Exploration:interviews,earlier research,media discussion

Needs, problems, ideasTwo workshops with immigrants, media, public sector

Service conceptOwela discussion,Moniheli workshop

Service pilotOpen test online, further development

FocusCollaboration with Moniheli

2009 2010

Design and developmentw/ Monimos teamWorkshops + Owela discussion

process stories, use stories, case stories, visual design, website testing, name,...

Public servicein continuous development based on user feedback

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Idea for the Monimos service

• Developed together with the Monimos team

• Positiveness and sharing ideas Solutions arena

• Networking and integration face-to-face Events calendar

• Solutions + Events Monimos.fi

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Monimos.fi development

• Monimos is based on open source software (WordPress and BuddyPress)– Easy to modify and connect to other web sites!

• Development continues based on user feedback (until at least end of 2010)– Monimos team actively involved

• You can contribute as well! – Start using the beta version and give feedback!

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Team member view

Monimos Launch 8.6.2010Meg Sakilayan-Latvala

Participatory Design

• Becoming a part of the TEAM• ACTIVE participation +

Collaboration

Monimos

• Two words:MONI = MANYMOS = MOSAIC

• WE are aiming to create MANY MOSAICS – to listen and hear different sides of every story, express our views, act on issues, share the richness of our diversity.

Monimos

• An ALL IN ONE Package- networking- information sharing- promoting events- express opinions, ideas, etc.

• Within and Among organizations• Individuals

MONIMOS will be defined by its users.

WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.SHARE. ACT. INFLUENCE

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Monimos in practice - demo

June 8, 2010

EPACE & Somus with Moniheli

Monimos value proposition

“Monimos is a virtual meeting place for internationally minded people and associations in Finland to enjoy diversity and promote active citizenship”

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Meaning that Monimos…• Is a positive meeting place for developing associational

democracy through– Knowledge sharing and problem solving– Citizen participation and deliberation– Combining fun and utility

• Networks the associations and people who share the same interests and helps empower them to act on important issues

• Combines physical and online spaces as well as bottom-up/top-down approaches

Monimos is a vehicle for encouraging collective action

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In Monimos you can:• join and meet multicultural associations and interest groups• network with people - tell them about yourself and learn from others

=> Personal and organizational profiles, linking and invitation mechanisms

• find information about current multicultural events throughout Finland• promote your association’s activities and events

=> Event calendar for activities, including invitations and guest lists

• share your point of view on current societal topics and raise issues you would like to influence

• show yourself as an active immigrant participating in society=> Personal and organizational blogs and polls, initiating collective action

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Use case: collective action and commenting on a law proposal

• Moniheli received e-mail from Familia club ry concerning Integration law (Kotouttamislaki) forward by Ministry of Interior.

• Familia suggests possibility for Moniheli to send its suggestions for proposed draft law along with them.

• Proposal quite extensive and very short deadline for Moniheli 18.06.2010. • Final comments need to be sent by Familia to Ministry 24.06.2010.• Moniheli board agrees to take the task.• Moniheli loges into her brand new virtual interaction platform “The

Monimos” instantly! • Creates a group called “Integration law” • Uploads the draft proposal and Monimos comes to life with words which

reads

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Message from Moniheli to community (through Monimos)

“Dear friends, member organizations and individuals users,We received e-mail from Familia club ry concerning (Integration law) as it’s among those organizations that have

the possibility to give its comments to the draft proposal. We were asked if Moniheli would like to comment together with Familia. The proposal is extensive and deadline is soon -18.06.2010 !

We request your help - who is interested to join an ad hoc working group under Moniheli?! Help us help you create not perfect but a little bit better society which we all can! Make your Voice heard, its your chance to speak up!

Moniheli will provide working/meeting space free of charge for working days daily for minimum of 2 hours and more depending on the need of the task force along with office materials till the deadline required by the task force. Kitchen can be used for tea/coffee etc.

Meeting venue, contact person and address details feed to Monimos right away! Työpajankatu 2 00580 Helsinki. Contact person: Marko Stenroos +358 44 535 5722.

Creating of Task force deadline 10.06. 2010. working hours, coordinators will be formed. Task Deadline and 18.06.2010.

Moniheli will also request and provide professional helps by requesting its partners and coordinators. Such as we can ask Minister of interior and justice to provide if possible lawyers for some part of session to give us their professional guides. If the rescores are limited, at least they can help us better understand the proposed draft.

Best Wishes,Moniheli Family.”

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Use case 2: a grassroots campaign• Teemu sees a group “Decent work, decent pay” set up in Monimos by

some Monimos user and reads and joins the group, because is interested in the topic

• Elsewhere, he has heard about the Clean Clothes Campaign and joined it. Clean Clothes is a fair trade/trade union campaign for decent working conditions around the world, in the clothing industry, and is running in 15 countries, including Finland.

• He believes that the Monimos user community may have sympathy for the cause.

• Thus, he simply promotes the Clean Clothes Campaign in Monimos using a personal post - with the goal of raising awareness and signed petitions.

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Use case 3: eventsAihe: KUTSU MAAHANMUUTTAJANUORTEN JÄRJESTÖILLE: työpaja 16.6.

maahanmuuttajanuorten osallisuudesta KUTSU MAAHANMUUTTAJANUORTEN JÄRJESTÖILLE: TYÖPAJA 16.6.• Järjestämme kesäkuussa erillisen suunnittelutyöpajan, jonne kutsumme mukaan

toimijoita poliittisista nuorisojärjestöistä ja maahanmuuttajanuorten järjestöistä. Suunnittelutyöpajalla halutaan varmistaa, että hankkeesta, sen tuottamista materiaaleista sekä syksyn työpajoista on mahdollisimman suuri hyöty kaikille osapuolille.

• Toivomme järjestöstäsi edustajaa hankkeen suunnittelutyöpajaan, joka järjestetään 16.6. klo 16.30-20.00 Allianssi-talossa (Asemapäällikönkatu 1, Helsinki). Tarjolla on iltapalaa, kahvia ja teetä. Paikalle toivotaan 1-2 henkilöä/järjestö. Mukaan mahtuu yhteensä 20 henkilöä.

• Työpajaan ilmoittaudutaan 9.6. mennessä osoitteeseen [email protected]. Työpajat järjestetään suomeksi.

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….so, why Monimos?

• One place for organizations and individuals to gather• Fun and utility – focusing on the themes of immigration,

integration and an international frame of mind!• Links to and utilizes other existing social media services, like

Facebook, YouTube and so on, but is needed as its own, to:– Have control of the site – content and use– Develop it to the desired directions– Let its users run the show and start collective action

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Team member comments

Monimos Launch 8.6.2010

Team member comments 1/5

• As correctly said on the slogan this is the multicultural voice of Finland so that one day in the future we rather discuss and appreciate DIVERSITY and its value for creative capitalism!

– Krishna Bhandari

Team member comments 2/5

• We live in a global world • Integration is the only feasible solution• It is the responsibility of all associations to

contribute by creating constructive information pertaining to the global citizens.

• Together we can stand, divided we fall

– Dumisani Nkosi

Team member comments 3/5

• Forum for wider information and the appeal for Ethics and the value of communication in an open intercultural diversity.

– Fondo Walter

Team member comments 4/5

• In Democracy and the interactive process of active citizenship; civic society organizations play a pivotal role in empowering grass roots agents of change.

• We at the African Civil Society see Monimos as an instrumental platform and a forum that is unique for immigrants in a multicultural discourse embedded in the dynamics of mass citizenship participation for societal progress and relative equal opportunities.

– Cucu Wesseh

Moniheli projekti/Marko Stenroos

• aloitus 2008 monikulttuuriyhdistys Familia Club ry:n hallinnoimana

• Tavoitteena muodostaa maahanmuuttajajärjestöjen verkosto

• Moniheli järjestön perustaminen huhtikuussa 2010 – 30 järjestöä perustajana

• Haasteena järjestöjen tavoittaminen • Ongelma järjestöjen väliselle yhteistyölle• Ongelma viranomaisille yhteistyön luomiseksi• monimos vastaa monihelin tavoitteisiin

Questions and Answers?

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