This document describes Antropolis, a web-based project to connect citizens, contractors, and authorities to build what people need in cities. A survey found that 95% of citizens are dissatisfied with government activity and 90% would use an internet service to impact city development. Antropolis is a simple online tool with maps and boards for citizens to post needs, contractors to propose solutions, and authorities to share plans. It aims to help governments understand citizen needs and allocate budgets accordingly. The business model involves paid membership for city contractors to post commercial offers.

1. Antropolis
Web based project for connecting citizens,
contractors and authorities
to build what people need.

2. Problem (hypothesis):
The government doesn’t build what people need

3. Hypothesis validation by survey in russian cities:
1. Are you satisfied with government activity in building city context? NO-95%
2. Do you use internet to interact with city authorities? YES -53%
3.If you had internet-service to impact creation of city context, would you use it? YES - 90%

4. Solution
Antropolis. Simple and concise internet-tool for interaction between
citizens, authorities and contractors.
Citizens will post their wishes, describe problems and invent new things.
Authorities will collect data and report about plans and results.
Contractors (builders and architects) will post their proposals.
Antropolis will control topics and help citizens turn their wishes in to legal
documents.
This service will help government to understand people’s needs and shape
budget and city contracts according to them.

5. Evidence of growing market
Herman Gref, president of Sberbank, russian biggest bank, Moscow government starts $0,5MM tender for
talking to Beth Noveck prof. of law in New York Law School PR strategy which solves problem of “information distance”
about advantages of crowdsourcing. Saint-Petersburg between citizens and authorities.Year 2012.
international economical forum 2012, Sberbank session -
“Way out from management blind end”.

6. How does it work?
This is internet site that consists of 2 spaces:
MAPS and BOARDS.
This slide shows MAPS.
On MAPS there are 3 layers: for citizens, authorities and contractors
every participant can draw out the object and create BOARD,
which opens when you click it.

7. BOARD
BOARD is organized using japanese system of project management
called Kanban (invented by Toyota). This is very easy-to-use
mindmapping tool helping to understand status of project from the
first sight.
This example shows board devoted to children playground created by
citizens.
We can see proposals of different contractors, opinions of citizens,
what is in progress and yet empty list of ready docs for authorities.
Every topic is one rectangular card.
It’s possible to make any number of columns of cards, drag and
reorganize them depending on status of project. When you click any
card you can see discussion.

8. CARD
In card every member of board can post their wishes, critics,
proposals, attach files and links.
On this example of card with discussion of children slides we can see
the picture of cool slide posted by citizen.
Every member receives notification on e-mail about changes in card
or board he is interested in.
In this prototype we used images from maps.google.com and web
based project management tool Trello.

9. Business model

10. Nearest analogues and main differences
The main difference of Antropolis from it’s analogues
iMakeRotterdam is in it’s flexibility.
http://en.imakerotterdam.nl/
This is that case when because of simplicity of tool
you get very wide range of functionality.
Give a minute
http://www.giveaminute.info/
User can create and track all kinds of city projects:
- reporting about some issues to fix
SeeClickFix - collecting money for crowdfunding projects
http;//seeclickfix.com - improving city context with new ideas
- creating something together with architects
www.gorod.mos.ru In other words Antropolis brings city architecture to
the next level.
And the very important thing is that contractors
stream their offers not to government but to citizens
- final users.
Looking at peoples opinion authorities will have all
information to build what people need.
This can be a huge leap in quality of decisions.

11. Market size (in Moscow): $ 90MM -1 year marketing budget of all city
contractors
Revenue stream: Paid commercial offers or membership of city contractors
(builders, architectural firms, etc.)
Scaling: Antropolis can be used in all cities in Russian Federation
Marketing: “Off-line” workshops with active city people, Mass media, Internet

12. Thank you!
For any questions please write on:
contact@antropolis.ru