Krzysztof Garski (City of Gdańsk) - Digital tools for civic engagement in Gdańsk. Lessons learnt for the future 3. Festival of Civic Tech for Democracy @ Personal Democracy Forum CEE 2019 April 6, 2019 Gdańsk, Poland

1. Tools for civic engagement.
Lessons learnt
for the future.
Gdańsk

2. → No participatory budget
→ Lack of open data
→ Limited public consultation
→ Small digital activity
~5 years ago…

3. Plan for change

4. 2013. Introduction of participatory budgeting
First step
→ Half of budget 2019
→ Small scale
→ Gathering experience

5. Tools
Open data policy
→ Open data portal
→ Register of expenses
→ Public information register
→ City pricelist

6. Permanent debate
→ Social media
→ District meetings
→ Civic panels

7. Civic panels

8. Spirit of the city
→ Freedom and solidarity
→ Gdańsk 2030+ strategy
→ Immigrant integration model
→ Equal treatment model

9. Next steps?

10. 2019
Participatory budget
→ Budget doubled
→ Building a community
→ New stakeholders: immigrants

11. Open data
→ Openess as a principle
→ New datasets
→ Cooperation with community

12. Civic panels
→ For most important city issues
→ Evaluation?
→ Civic senate?

13. Digital participation
→ IT solutions for participation
→ Consul? Other IT solutions?
→ Design thinking, prototypes for
social services

14. Thank you
Krzysztof Garski
krzysztof.garski@gdansk.gda.pl