Intervento di Karl-Filip Coenegrachts

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[co.05] Meet the cities: i progetti delle più importanti città europee verso una human smart

city / Meet the cities: the human-oriented projects of the most important European cities

di Martedì, 30 ottobre 2012 Consulta il programma di SCE2012

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Ghent Living LabHow to tap into the creative power of the Ghent citizens and local digital creatives

more on: www.ghentlivinglab.be

City of GhentDigipolis

Key words: living labs, open data, co-creation, smart citizens

CONTEXT: Growing need for products and services closer to the needs and environment of the end-user/citizen. Connecting all creative forces in Ghent is a challenge.

PROBLEM: Lots of people and stakeholders in Ghent have ideas. Good ideas. Ideas they boast of at twitter, facebook, online newspaper forums. But it are great however stand-alone ideas. So they disappear in the fog of the world wide web.

STRATEGY: Bring people and creative digital forces together and ASK THEM what method would be useful and what topics should be addressed.

SOLUTION: The Ghent Living Lab. A network of citizens, local digital agencies and (digital) creative forces, researchers and the local government. Using a brand new and interactive website as community management tool.

REFLECTIONS: Retention of stakeholders and challenges will be a challenge! /*\ EU projects: SMARTiP and Citadel…on the move /*\ A balance between technological and non-technological solutions in local service delivery. /*\ EUROCITIES Annual Conference: 27 – 29 November 2013, Ghent.