Rethinking Local Government in the Age of the Crowd

Local governments in the age of the crowdAster van Tilburg

Advisor civic crowdfunding at Voor je Buurt

aster@voorjebuurt.nl | @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

aster@voorjebuurt.nl | @astervt | @voorjebuurt | +31616286786

CC-BY-SA, Heipei via flickr.com