rethinking local government in the age of the crowd
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Local governments in the age of the crowdAster van Tilburg
Advisor civic crowdfunding at Voor je Buurt
[email protected] | @astervt | @voorjebuurt | +31616286786
CC-BY-SA, Heipei via flickr.com
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Sebastiaan ter Burg CC BY
275 campaigns
80% successful
19.000 backers
€1.130.000 donated
€4.500
Swings in old petrol station - €5000
Restore burnt down windmill - €22.000
You cannot build a city with civic crowdfunding
Sebastiaan ter Burg CC BY
Crowdfunding is a campaign instrument
Community building
82% feels more involved
55% feels ownership
66% actively wants to help
Government was a gatekeeper
Paul Sableman CC BY
Now civic projects are passing the gate
Paul Sableman CC BY
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Harry_nl CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Crowd challenges local governments
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1. Who is responsible if crowd organizes public goods and services?
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2. Crowdfunding is used to enforce political decision
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New role: active and anticipating on civic crowdfunding
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Facilitate crowdfunding with support and expertise
Become a matchfunder
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Why should governments do matchfunding?
1. Stimulate projects to build communities
2. Measure support of a project
3. Make distribution subsidies transparent
4. Informal control of the crowd
5. Finance more civic projects
Local governments in the age of the crowdAster van Tilburg
Advisor civic crowdfunding at Voor je Buurt
[email protected] | @astervt | @voorjebuurt | +31616286786
CC-BY-SA, Heipei via flickr.com