Civic innovation as a response to social problems: the case of Civic and public challenges in Mexico

Title
Publication TypeConference Paper
Año de publicación2016
AuthorsTena-Espinoza-de-los-Monteros, M-A, García-Peñalvo, FJ
Nombre de la ConferenciaProceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM '16)
Fecha de publicación11/2016
PublisherACM Press, New York, NY, USA ©2016
Conference LocationSalamanca, Spain
ISBN9781450347471
Keywordscitizen participation, civic engagement, civic hacking, Civic innovation, civic technologies, civil society organizations, Codeando México, social innovation
Resumen

In this paper, the Civic Challenges and Public Challenges initiatives developed in Mexico, as an innovation experience on the implementation of technological strategies for the solution of social problems, are described.

We will reflect on the concept of civic innovation as a response and conceptual framing for the challenges and opportunities that the technological development and changes may offer in order to solve to social problems.

We offer a summary on the role that the Codeando Mexico civic organization has had as a leader organization that promotes and catalyzes civic innovation by means of the Civic Hacking movement, as well as by developing Civic Communities in Mexico and Latin America.

Last, we analyze the impact that the citizen participation -by means of the civic appropriation of technology and where the empowerment of the citizens has an increasingly and more determinant role and presence- has on the conformation of a new technological ecosystem.

URLhttp://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3012430.3012555
DOI10.1145/3012430.3012555
Título TraducidoLa innovación cívica como respuesta a problemas sociales. El caso de los Retos Cívicos y Públicos en México