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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
2/18
The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood
121 cultural heritages in 2 sq.km.
Kadeejeen-
Klongsan
BKK Historic
District Flower
Market
Grand Palace
3/18
The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood
Multi-cultural heritage of 3 religions
4/18
The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood
Multi-cultural heritage of 3 religions
5/18
The Renewal of Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood
Physical decay / lack of investment from public and private sectors /
Changing community structure
6/18
Deliberative design process
7/18
Fundraising program
Experimentation of social innovation
8/18
Art as a tool of citizen participation
Experimentation of social innovation
9/18
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
10/18
Create an active citizen network
Traditional communication tools:
• Meetings/newsletters/community radio
• Tremendous efforts, intensive resources, time consuming
Effective
communication
portal ?
11/18
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
12/18
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
13/18
Haak Square We have developed community-based, hyper-local social
network for neighborhood.
14/18
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
15/18
Deployment Kadeejeen-Klongsan Neighborhood is using Haak Square
as a social platform to empower people to take action
on physical and local issues.
16/18
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
17/18
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