the future of urban -

sustainable development

Transforming knowledge for change

City as a Commons1st Thematic IASC Conference on the Urban Commons

Cristina ZurbriggenMariana González

Universidad de la República

City and Global Debates

• The great transformation of post-neoliberal societies relocate a strong debate based on:– The impact on social inequality – Environmental issues

– Social Innovation (Oosterlynck et al.,2013; Moulaert, 2013).

• The Commons (Hardt & Negri, 2009; D. Harvey, 2012; P. Linebaugh, 2008; Mattei, 2011; Bollier, 2002…)

• ¿Smart Cities or Open Cities or Cities as commons?

Innovative Initiatives in Urban Policies

Innovation in urban policy is moving to the top of the agenda at all local governments in most parts of the world. Cities and citizens are actively seeking new ways to engage in new platforms and methods for solving problems together.• From government initiative: Platforms, Labs• Experiences of self-organization of civil society to seek concrete solutions to their problems

• From Market

key questions ¿What are the drivers of innovation in Urban policies?¿commercial purposes? ¿solving public services issues?¿ commons values?

the future of urban Policies

The future of urban Policies: City as a Commons

Topic: Co-production of Open Data Urban Policies as a driver for City as a Commons

City as a commons• Development of social capital with modern (ICT-based) infrastructure for sustainable growth and the improvement of life quality with a wise management of natural resources, through citizen participation

• Co-creation of commons values: In terms of creating public value, the public sector and the civil society can provide significant inputs into the process of using open data to help to solve cities problems

Open datA urban Policies EMERGING OPEN DATA COMMUNITY IN LATIN AMERICA

• Cities (where 84% of people live) are engaging with their communities, business and social organizations to deliver new outcomes in terms of urban governance in key areas: transport, social services and others provided by cities´ governments.

• Open data policies and open government data are vital to achieve social outcomes.

Open datA urban Policies EMERGING OPEN DATA COMMUNITY IN LATIN AMERICA • Mexico City set up an innovation city lab - improvement of

citizens lives by partnering with civil society and civic developers.

• Buenos Aires set-up a collaborative space for innovation inside the public sector to deal with policy problems engaging the community of users.

• Montevideo´s civil society organizations have developed collaborative practices to create software solutions to improve public services, leading to co-creation and integration of services (Sasaki, 2012)

Open datA urban Policies

The Case of Montevideo• First city in Latin America with an open data policy (2010)

• Pioneer in using open source and free software (National law promoting the use of Free Software and Open Standards).

• First steps towards open data policy - publication of geographical information: http://sig.montevideo.gub.uy/content/informacion-general

• Approved access to information law (18831)

Open datA urban PoliciesThe case of Montevideo Alliance for Open Government •Agency for Electronic Government and Information Society (AGESIC) (2006)

•Active Role of the Civil Society•Open Government Network http://rga.uy/

Open Government Network

http://rga.uy/

Open datA urban Policies

The case of Montevideo • Open Roundtable - issues of Transparency,

Accountability and Anti-Corruption (2013)• Open Roundtable 2014• Open Roundtable 2015• Objective - Create an environment of collective construction between government, academia and civil society to contribute to the Plan of Action and Open Government (2014-2016).

Study case. Data

The Case of DataSince 2011 combining Local & Global Active local and regional participation in the creation of Open data dialogues

In the Region- The Latin American Open Data Institute (ILDA) 2012

First conference ILDA in Montevideo 2013Participation since 2011 in Open Government Partnershiphttp://ogp summit.org/agenda_es.html

The Case of Data

The Case of Data

http://www.pormibarrio.uy/

The Case of Data

The Case of Data

Models of Open Data Environment

Fuente: Scrollini, 2014

Research Questions•How can we foster and promote an ecosystem of co-production of open data in urban policies to improve the city as a commons?

•What ecosystem (values, policies and measure mechanisms) are needed to support these initiatives beyond their initial phase, allowing them to persist and spread desired impacts?

A framework to understand an

ecosystem of co-production of open

data urban policies• Co-production solutions require new ways of working collaboratively

• A common future vision • Proactive action in cities, through learning-by-doing in the creation of knowledge, action-research for understanding local inter-sectorial, cross-sectional, and multi-stakeholder dialogues.

• Adaptive behaviour, resilience, and mindfulness. • Requires participants to build a learning community together, exploring collaborative models based on trust and collective wisdom. 

A framework to understand An

ecosystem of co-production of

open data urban policies

Connect: Theory & Practices • Our analytical framework is based on different approaches of the future collaborative process (focus on co-production) on innovation in public policy.

• The learning-by-doing knowledge creation and action-research to engage the collective intelligence of participants to solve social problem and create commons values

A nEW framework to understand open data urban policies Future

Urban PoliciesThe study of future innovation processes introduce socio-cultural and political complexity (Meadows): i.e policy transfers (global dimension),future complex systemic thinking; adaptive (Folke, 2006) and experimentalist approaches (Sabel & Zeitlin, 2012), as well as co-production approach of knowledge (Ostrom, 2009; Bamer, 2013), power relations (Marsh & Smith, 2001), deliberative democracy (Sabel, 2012) and adaptive evaluation of public policies(Regeer et al., 2009; Patton, 2011).

 

Urban Commons Collective

Platform Open Data Urban Policies EcosystemAddressing complex urban problems requires adaptive

strategic process: • Strategic Road Map (programmatic work, influencing

policy, community mobilizing)• Exploring Assumptions & Context: Future Tools (Labs,

Scenario Planning, Pre-Mortem, etc.); Systems Mapping Power/Influence Mapping

• Developing Strategies: The process. • Adaptive Planning Measures to monitor progress • Measures of Impact

Platform Open Data Urban Policies Ecosystem• Exploring emerging solutions and urban policies innovation in comparative perspective

•Exploring use and impact of Open Data Urban Policies

•Develop qualitative and quantitative indicators about the use of open data.

•Measurement of open data policy and practices