Latin America_ Good Practices in Colombia

1. NEW APPROACHES TO FOSTER
PARTICIPATION:
HOW CAN INNOVATIVE TOOLS HELP
US BUILD MORE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETIES?

2. AGENDA
1. INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES, OUTCOMES
AND AGENDA
2. INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION: WHY, WHAT, HOW AND WHO
3. Q&A
4. WORKSHOP TO SHARE PARTICIPANT'S GOOD
PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES
5. CLOSING REMARKS

3. Objective:
•Enhance the participant’s knowledge and
sharing of practices about innovative tools to
foster participation in public decision-making
processes.
Desired outcomes;
•Enhanced participant’s knowledge on
innovative tools to foster participation in publi
c decision-making processes.
•Experiences of innovation are shared amongst
the participants.

4. IINOVATIVE TOOLS FOR PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION:
WHY, WHAT, HOW AND WHO
Diana Dajer, People Powered and Fundación Corona

7. WHY?
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WHEN IT IS
NEEDED AND APROPRIATE.

8. YUMBO
LOW PARTICIPATION
IN STATE-LED
PARTICIPATORY
PROCESSES: 6% IN
2021.
8 MAYORS
IN 11 YEARS DUE TO
CORRUPTION (2000-
2011).
DISTRUST IN STATE
INSTITUTIONS.

10. What are the main challenges that you have
experienced designing and/or implementing
innovation labs and digital tools to foster citizen
participation in government?
• How to motivate citizens and build trust.
• Part of public authorities believes that the implementation
of public consultation is not applicable to their activity.
• In cases where citizens are included in the process late,
their opinions cannot be fully reflected in the policy-making
process.
• The fact that we do not have responsibilities to develop
citizen services is maybe a main challenge for not
implementing innovation labs.

11. WHAT?
- OFFLINE PARTICIPATION.
- ONLINE PARTICIPATION.
- HYBRID PARTICIPATION.

13. ALIADOSDELLABORATORIO
Alianza estratégica
Aliados DemoLab

14. ( )
Trabajamos para consolidar un Concejo de Bogotá abierto (transparente,
participativo y colaborativo) e innovador (utiliza tecnología cívica, centrado
en la ciudadanía y tiene alta capacidad de adaptación)
concejo
abiertoeinnovador

15. HOW? A HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN
APPROACH
1. DESIGN WITH AND FOR CITIZENS.
2. IDENTIFY PROBLEMS FIRST.
3. AGILE, INCREMENTAL AND ITERATIVE
PROCESS.
4. DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL.
5. DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE LOW TECH.

16. 16
P A G E

17. 17
P A G E
Observation of Medellín's 2016
participatory budgeting process
Participatory design workshop with
academics and representatives of
Medellín's Town Hall
Design workshop with different
stakeholders of Medellín's Commune 1
Design workshop with different
stakeholders of Medellín's Commune 7
Observation and follow-up of
Medellín's regulation process of the new
participatory budgeting programme
Pilot trial of the tech tool designed in a
participatory way as part of the research
WHERE AND WHEN

18. 18
P A G E
DESIN INSIGHTS
DESIGN INSIGHTS

19. 19
P A G E
PLATFORM TO GET INFORMED, PLAN, VOTE
AND MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE PROJECTS PRIORITIZED
COLLABORATIVE GAME PART OF THE
PLATFORM TO FOSTER CITIZEN
ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS
Our Development

21. WHO?
- WITH AND FOR CITIZENS.
- WITH AND FOR PUBLIC SECTOR.

23. Q&A
1. How to motivate the use of the tools.
2. The importance of free open source
software when deploying participatory tools.
3. Challenges of digital divide and how to
help people who face problems in terms of
using digital tools for citizen participation.
4.Sharing good practices for innovation labs.

24. WORKSHOP TO SHARE
PARTICIPANT'S GOOD PRACTICES AND
CHALLENGES

25. THANKS!
Diana Dajer
ddajer@fcorona.org