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A Communication Portal for the Inclusive Urban Renewal Initiatives

10th October 2013

4th Asia NGO Innovation Summit (ANIS 2013)

Niramon Kulsrisombat – Director, Urban Design and Development Center

Weerawat Ratanawaraha – Business Development Director, Haak Connection Co.,Ltd.

UddC: The Urban Change Agent

• Established since 2012

• Goal Driving & forming sustainable

urban renewal outcomes

• Functions

1. Deliberative platforms

2. Think & Do tank

3. Communication portal

Citizen

NGO

Private

Member (Expert)

Gov’t

Academic Institutes

UddC

UddC organizational concept 1/18

UddC: Urban Renewal Prototypes

Riverfront

District

Historical Neighborhood

Historical

Neighborhood

Transit-Oriented

Development

The Kadeejeen-Klongsan

Neighborhood The Rachadamnoen District

The Old Bangkok Fish Market

The Rama 9 Interchange Station

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The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood

121 cultural heritages in 2 sq.km.

Kadeejeen-

Klongsan

BKK Historic

District Flower

Market

Grand Palace

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The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood

Multi-cultural heritage of 3 religions

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The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood

Multi-cultural heritage of 3 religions

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The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood

Physical decay / lack of investment from public and private sectors /

Changing community structure

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Deliberative design process

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Fundraising program

Experimentation of social innovation

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Art as a tool of citizen participation

Experimentation of social innovation

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Experimentation of social innovation

The Award of Excellence in the 2013

Unesco Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards

for Cultural Heritage Conservation -Technical achievement

- Outstanding social impact

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Create an active citizen network

Traditional communication tools:

• Meetings/newsletters/community radio

• Tremendous efforts, intensive resources, time consuming

Effective

communication

portal ?

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Current communications tools and methods

are limited. Need innovations

79% Has some kind of

communication tools

but not effective

Newsletter

65%

Online

36%

Radio

16%

SMS

8%

Others 7%

21% No communication

tool

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47%

Would like to

know their

neighbors better

Don’t know how

to contact their

neighbors

Feel safer when

they know their

neighbors

Talk to their

neighbors less

than once a

week

A Neighborhood Survey

18 Millions Thai use Facebook

Each has 230 friends Less than 1% are neighbors

Say it’s crucial to

have some kind of

geography-based

community on-line

tool

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Haak Square We have developed community-based, hyper-local social

network for neighborhood.

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Benefits for Community Members and Leaders More than 30 current online features to help community save time,

money, and headache. And many more features to come....

• Social Networking

• Community SMS

• Email Blast

• Members/Unit Directory

Connect Share

Protect

Collaborate Support

• News Feed

• Local & Community News

• Neighbors Invite

• Community E-Newsletter

• Community Alerts

• Community Dashboard

• Private Functions for

Leaders & Members

• 24/7 Technical Support

• Training and Set Up

• Content Management

• Community Deployment

• Fix-My-Community

• Project Dashboard

• Task Management

• Document Center

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Deployment Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood is using Haak Square

as a social platform to empower people to take action

on physical and local issues.

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Work-In-Progress A social network for the disadvantaged groups e.g.

motorcycle taxi

Problems

Limited knowledge about basic rights and laws that have significant

implications for their social and economic livelihoods.

Needs

A content based knowledge and communication platform specifically designed for

informal sector.

A Collaborative and

Social Networking Platform for Informal

Sectors:

• Legal Clinics

• Group-based Fund

• Social Issues

Network Impact 400,000 Nationwide

• 200,000 People in BKK

and Central Areas

• 200,000 People in Up-

country Areas

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City innovations Serving social goods require innovative ideas not only in

terms of products, but also processes, business models,

and institutions. And of course, a new mind-set is key.

• Design the platform

• Develop the platform

• Enhance the platform

• Support the platform

• Own the content

• Develop the content

• Manage the content

• Sustain the content

Building an eco-system takes time but it’s worth it!

Haak Square Community

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Get in touch with us at :

www.uddc.net www.haaksquare.com