Post on 27-Jan-2017
DigitalinnovationandentrepreneurshipSamos2016
Disrup'ngvaluechains!
APIeconomyandCrowdsourcing
KaramanolisGeorgiosCo-Founder&CTO/CIO
george@crowdpolicy.com
Agenda• MissionandVision• Milestones• Insights• Team• Services• Clients• Projects&Flagshipprojects• Crowdapps• 3yearScaleupplan
9 years ago..
Greek Open Government and e-participation projects
2012
Mission&Vision
Ideas
Feedback
Advice
Information
Knowledge
Product-Serviceevaluationissues
identification
Problemsolving
R&D-Innovation
Wedesign,develop,implementandcommercializeaconsistentseriesofcrowdsourcingmethodologies,informationsystemsandtoolsonaglobalbasis,aimingtoenhancetwo-way
collaborationbetweenorganizationsandthecrowd,asameansofgeneratingvalueforourcustomersandtheirstakeholders.
TobridgethegapbetweenOrganisationsandtheCrowdinordertoCo-CreatetheFuture
CrowdpolicyFounders,Michael(@psalidas)andGeorge(@karamanolis),wereintegralpartsoftheOpenGovInitiativesinGreecefortheperiod2009-2012,havingactiveparticipationinmorethan30PublicSectorProjects• Opengov(consultations,recruitment)• Clarity-Diavgeia(postdecisionsofpublicsector)• Agora(postcontracts)• e-governmentlaw• OpeninnovationforPublicAdministration(openlabs&openpad)• OpenData-Geodata• StrategyforICT-DigitalGreece2020
2009|OPENGOVERNMENTINITIATIVESINGREECE
2012|THECROWDPOLICYJOURNEYBEGINS
Havingarobustandsuccessfulexperienceinlargescalecrowdsourcedprojects,MichaelandGeorgefoundedCrowdpolicyin2012,aimingtocapitaliseontheirvastknow-howandtoprovideaddedvalueservicestoorganisations(public&privatesector,NGOs).
2015|EXPANSIONINTHEEUMARKETHavingsuccessfullyimplementedaseriesofcrowdsourcingprojectsfortheGreekMarket,CrowpolicyestablisheditssubsidiaryinUK,aimingtoexpanditsoperationsintheEuropeanRegion.
CrowdpolicyMilestones
7
Services
CONSULTING|TAILORMADEPLATFORMIMPLEMENTATION|SAASDELIVERY|TRAINING|SUPPORT
CrowdpolicyClientsprivatesector(banks,hospital,hotels,retail,
transportation) publicsector(localmunicipalities,ministries,publicsectorcompanies)
NGOs
Projects
• Replicableandtransferableplatforms• Awardedandfundedfromorganisationsandfoundationsof
internationalstanding• Alreadyintheprocessofreplicatingtoothercountries• DisruptiveapproachinTraditionalValueChains
http://crowdpolicy.com/projects/
Value chains & digital economy • Data producers • Μobile apps • ICT market • Data analytics, Data collection,
subscription based services • democratization of product and
service development
• Transparency • Evaluation of process & Service • Participation -User generated
Content • loyalty engine /Gamification • APIs :: Technological openness • OpenData • Open source - Communities
The difficult.. value chain!
Vouliwatch is “API enabled” to facilitate and support app development by citizens and NGOs
Vouliwatch! Crowdsourcing for the Greek Parliament!
• Vouliwatch is a digital platform aiming to – engage Greek Citizens with legislative
politics and processes. – grants the opportunity to evaluate,
communicate and hold elected MPs and MEPs accountable
• “API first” methodology • Crowdsource legislation
Crowdcollekt • Support on API of games
creation • Open Data provision • Statistics and geo-data
base provision • Improvement and
enrichment of "hidden" organizational and institutional content
• User participation in the data clearance
• Collective knowledge creation
FlagshipProjects
SynAthinaisanAthensbasedcommunityplatformthatencouragescitizenstocontributetotheimprovementofthequalityoflifeoftheirneighborhoodandcity
Awarded&FundedfromBloombergPhilanthropies1Meurowww.synathina.gr
VouliwatchisadigitalplatformthatengagesGreekcitizenswithlegislativepoliticsandgrantsthemwiththeopportunitytocommunicate,evaluateandholdelectedrepresentativesintheGreekandtheEuropeanParliament(MPs&MEPs)accountable.
FundedfromOpensocietyfoundationswww.vouliwatch.gr
FlagshipProjects
Theact4Greeceprogramisapioneeringinitiativeforthepromotionofsocialanddevelopmentalbanking.ForthefirsttimeinGreece,anonlineplatformhasbeencreatedwhichenablesthegatheringofresourcesfromthe“crowd”.Thevariousact4Greeceactionsarebeingimplementedbybodieswithasolidtrackrecordinsuchactivity,throughtheprogram’swebsitewww.act4Greece.gr,byleveragingthepotentialofthecrowdfundingfinancingmodel.
Thefundsraisingthroughtheact4Greecearedonations,andinthefuturetheywillbealsoraisedthroughlending(especiallysmallloans),andthroughequityparticipation,bysupportinginnovativebusinessstart-ups.
InitiativeofNationalBankofGreece.
www.act4greece.gr
FlagshipProjects
OpendashboardfortheRegionofCentralGreece.
TheRegionofCentralGreeceopensthedataandinformcitizensaboutfinancialissues,projects,programminganddevelopment.Everycitizennowhasaccesstoexpenditure,revenue,allocations,programs,projectprogressandotherinformationcategories.
Thestrategicdecisionistoimplementopengovernmentinitiativesenablingeverycitizentohaveaccesstopublicinformation,toassessandmonitortheDistrictauthoritiesfortheirworkandtheireffectiveness.
Soononline.
•CrowdInnovation-Post-itandopeninnovationplatform•Crowdfunding(donation,equity,microlending)•CityAgenda•Deliberation•CrowdGIS•O-Engine•Openbudget•Crowdashboard
SAASPlatforms
http://hello.crowdapps.net
Greek sun is not in Crisis!
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parachutes - they only
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