Data revolution or data divide? Can social movements bring the human back int...mysociety
This was presented by Kersti Ruth Wissenbach from the University of Amsterdam at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 27th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
This document provides an overview of civic tech, including:
1. A top-line definition of civic tech as the use of technology for the public good. It distinguishes public good from personal or private interests by dealing with shared public challenges.
2. A list of over 30 common types of civic tech tools and their functions, such as crowdfunding platforms, issue reporting platforms, and sensors.
3. Examples of common social processes in civic tech like convening groups, informing the public, building projects, and codifying best practices. This illustrates that civic tech involves both tools and people working together.
4. Different ways civic tech can be organized based on the degree of change sought,
Civic Tech – of the people, by the people and for the people codeforde
Abraham Lincoln called democracy the experiment of “government of the people, by the people, for the people” in his legendary Gettysburg Address. Today new concepts of open and participatory government strive for better communication, interaction and collaboration between governments and citizens via the use of new technologies, tools and open processes. Although these new concepts aim for active citizen participation, the role of citizens is often limited to being “users” rather than collaborators and experts that help to create and implement civic tech. External innovation holds a big potential for government institutions that often lack of technical expertise and resources.
City labs like the Lab para la ciudad in Mexico City and initiatives like Code for All are trying to tackle this and have the mission to encourage, enable and help citizens to use their skills in fields like software development, design and usability to collaborate with government institutions or to individually build tools that fix problems they face as citizens. Their goal is to leverage technology wisely and connect civic-minded people that can disrupt the status quo, empower citizens and make government work better to affect change.
This talk will give an overview on international programmes and government initiatives like the Lab PLC in Mexico City, the government run innovation labs in Buenos Aires and Finland, the programme Code for America and many more. It will discuss their approaches and the tools and solutions that have been developed of the people, by the people and for the people.
Data revolution or data divide? Can social movements bring the human back int...mysociety
This was presented by Kersti Ruth Wissenbach from the University of Amsterdam at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 27th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
This document provides an overview of civic tech, including:
1. A top-line definition of civic tech as the use of technology for the public good. It distinguishes public good from personal or private interests by dealing with shared public challenges.
2. A list of over 30 common types of civic tech tools and their functions, such as crowdfunding platforms, issue reporting platforms, and sensors.
3. Examples of common social processes in civic tech like convening groups, informing the public, building projects, and codifying best practices. This illustrates that civic tech involves both tools and people working together.
4. Different ways civic tech can be organized based on the degree of change sought,
Civic Tech – of the people, by the people and for the people codeforde
Abraham Lincoln called democracy the experiment of “government of the people, by the people, for the people” in his legendary Gettysburg Address. Today new concepts of open and participatory government strive for better communication, interaction and collaboration between governments and citizens via the use of new technologies, tools and open processes. Although these new concepts aim for active citizen participation, the role of citizens is often limited to being “users” rather than collaborators and experts that help to create and implement civic tech. External innovation holds a big potential for government institutions that often lack of technical expertise and resources.
City labs like the Lab para la ciudad in Mexico City and initiatives like Code for All are trying to tackle this and have the mission to encourage, enable and help citizens to use their skills in fields like software development, design and usability to collaborate with government institutions or to individually build tools that fix problems they face as citizens. Their goal is to leverage technology wisely and connect civic-minded people that can disrupt the status quo, empower citizens and make government work better to affect change.
This talk will give an overview on international programmes and government initiatives like the Lab PLC in Mexico City, the government run innovation labs in Buenos Aires and Finland, the programme Code for America and many more. It will discuss their approaches and the tools and solutions that have been developed of the people, by the people and for the people.
This document provides an overview of Hatsuji Matsumoto's reflections from a 3-week program in Seattle and his plans for his "Mypro" project. The program in Seattle allowed him to reconsider himself and gain new perspectives from the staff and diverse members. It also gave him strength and motivation from the city. For his Mypro project, Hatsuji aims to address problems facing local economies like decreasing creative jobs and young people leaving through "open innovation" and connecting people from different backgrounds. He outlines his role, focus areas, and roadmap to 2025 which involves becoming independent then establishing a company or organization to create social change as a role model. Hatsuji believes in learning over education and finding inner confidence and
1) Hatsuji Matsumoto is a brigade intern working with Code for Japan and Code for Nanto on pro bono civic tech projects.
2) Code for Japan supports 21 local Code for brigades across Japan and arranges fellowships pairing talented teams with local governments for collaborative work.
3) The first Code for Japan fellowship was in Namie, Fukushima to understand residents' needs and develop citizen-centric apps following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Several apps have been developed and workshops held to strengthen IT literacy among seniors.
1. Civic
Tech
Forum
2015
Pre
Meetup
@MTL
Cafe
March
28th,2015
OpenOakland
Project
Reflec2on
HATSUJI
MATSUMOTO
Code
for
Japan
/
Code
for
Nanto
2. “Hatsuji Matsumoto”
I belong to Code for Japan/ Nanto
as pro bono
【Personality】
・Ambitious
・Hard work
・Leadership
・Professionalism
・Vision
【Skill】
・Community Design
・Facilitation
・Planning
【For】
・Communities
・Local Government
・Small and Medium
【My motto】
“Work for Life”