Presentation of the Asoc. Ciudades Kyosei in the "We, the People" session, in the EdgeRyders Conference, that took part in Strasbour, 2012.06.15

1. Pedro Prieto Martín, Asoc. Ciudades Kyosei
pedro.prieto-martin@ckyosei.org
CREATING THE SYMBIOTIC CITY:
Bottom-up collaboration for the
co-design of Civic Software
Edgeryders Conference:
”we, the people” session
Strasbourg, 2012.06.15

2. About “Ciudades Kyosei”
 First Spanish NGO devoted to
(e)Participation, eDemocracy and eGovernance
• Officially established in 2006;
• Our research on (e)Participation started in 2004.
 Areas of work:
• (e)Participation research and expertise
• (e)Participation advocacy, promotion and education
• Socio-technical design, construction and management of
Civic Software systems
 Our research has focused on:
• Civic Engagement
• Best design practices for (e)Participation systems
• Difficulties to promote innovation in the ICT for
Governance field
 Our main aim:
• The collaborative creation of Kyopol
(aka. Symbiotic City)

3. Kyopol – Symbiotic City
A living project
Previous SPAIN Feedback & improvement
knowledge Objective
Articulation of
design objectives,
visions and
Theoretical intuitions
analysis
Sociopolitical Participatory
Collaborative
Research Design Evaluation
Research
questions
Socio-technical
Experimentation
Minimal viable product
Technical
research
Construction Pilot Projects
Alpha
Beta
---> Done so far
Permanent
Beta
Improvement and scaling

4. Some lessons about participation
Participation =
Vicious Cycle of
Participation 1/5 · Deliberation +
Intrinsic Problems
Incompatibilities Complex
Expensive
1/4 · Manipulation +
- Political
- Legal Non-representative
Rest · Politics as usual
- Cultural Non-inclusive
Less informed
- Socioeconomic
Conflict prone
- Organizational Non-deliberative
Difficult to scale (Struggle for power
...
and accountability)
Extrinsic Problems
Arbitrary
EU eParticipation =
Motivation = Manipulability
f (effort, usefulness) Risk of capture
Irrelevant subjects
Non-effective
Not self-sustainable
Inefficient
Civic exhaustion
...
Administrative Monopoly
of participation

5. Some lessons about participation
Vicious Cycle of Virtuous Circle of
Participation (e)Participation
Intrinsic Problems
Incompatibilities Complex “Long Tail”
- Political Expensive
Non-representative models
- Legal Cognitive
- Cultural Non-inclusive
Less informed Surplus
- Socioeconomic
Conflict prone Peer-to-peer
- Organizational Non-deliberative recognition
Difficult to scale Reduction in
...
power and
knowledge
assimetries
Extrinsic Problems
Arbitrary Reduction cost
Motivation = Manipulability of collective
f (effort, usefulness) Risk of capture
Irrelevant subjects
action
Non-effective Motivation =
Not self-sustainable f (effort, usefulness) Change
Inefficient in expectations
Civic exhaustion
...
Administrative Monopoly
of participation

7. Collaborative Creation – Who?
Core Team
Pilot Projects
Phase 1
Pioneers Group
Expansion
Phase 2 Phase 3

8. Thank you very much for your mindful listening!!
More information at
http://www.ckyosei.org
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Edgeryders Conference:
”we, the people” session
Strasbourg, 2012.06.15