OuiShare Fest Paris 2017

For the first time in history, our participatory tools give citizens more power than ever before, to make a change. Ecosystems become more interconnected, societies become more diverse. In an ever more interdependent society, it´s important to build open platforms to connect ecosystems with each other - international and beyond. Democratic engagement needs a number of communication tools available and accessible for every citizen. Open source platforms may be a key for information. But still there are many ways of communication: face-to-face, one-to-many, many-to-one, different media and various types (news, talks, chats, comments,...) – which are the most valuable ones? Furthermore, public spaces – where democratic engagement occurs – are changing – on- and offline. Therefore, civic identities are changing. But in what way?
How can we foster emotional engagement between citizens - not only the most connected ones - and the city, to improve their sense of belonging and ultimately to spark action?

***De la vision au changement: façonner l'histoire de nos villes***

Democracy is a work in progress and shall not be taken for granted. Aiming to address the structural flaws of our institutions  and stimulate citizen engagement, civic technologies find themselves in a deadlock. Although opening government through transparency, participation and collaboration has proven impactful, online participation is quantitatively and qualitatively low and, the technical infrastructure of some our online democratic tools is more opaque and centralized than our current institutions. Drawing on the experience of Open Source Politics in digital democracy as well as the expertise of international speakers, we will outline best and worst practices to build open and efficient concertation processes that guarantee sense, power and time. 

This is a "permanent Fishbowl" panel discussion that will take place all day long to participants to share and reflect what they have learned throughout the days.

It will kick-off with the following topic:

Dangerous liaisons? Sowing seeds of shared culture to connect local changemakers and global institutions

How do global urban agendas and international frameworks (e.g. Habitat III, Susutainable Development Goals) connect on a local scale to practitioners and projects aligned to achieve similar goals? How are these relationships defined and facilitated? Is it easy to combine the agendas of actors which are so different - in terms of size, needs and operational processes - but who are both investing to achieve the same impact? During this session we aim to identify the challenges of this complex relationship: How are these relationships currently framed? How are they built in a day-to-day basis? What can we learn from past experiences? What aspects should be redefined, and how are they defined? During this session we aim to explore all these questions and more with a group of featured attendees from both groups - change makers and members of international organizations.

***Fishbowl permanent : villes du monde, unissez-vous !*** 

Les banlieues françaises sont rarement dépeintes comme des territoires de métissage mêlant dynamisme économique et lien social. L’on se souvient plus volontiers des émeutes de 2005, mauvais rêves ravivés ces derniers temps par l’affaire Théo. Cette colère a-t-elle pour raison une vision architecturale de l’habitat parfois dépeinte comme totalitaire car rendant impossible toute capacité de faire société ? La responsabilité ne se situerait elle pas plutôt du côté des pouvoirs publics, qui, faute de comprendre ces territoires et ses habitants, se désengagent socialement et économiquement des grands ensembles pour seulement y exercer un pouvoir coercitif ?

Construits pour la plupart il y a plus de 50 ans, les grands ensembles font aujourd’hui partis de notre histoire urbaine et il est de notre responsabilité commune de relancer une dynamique pour faire société sur ces territoires. Comment concevoir l’urbanisme comme un acte plus politique, produisant un territoire au service des citoyens et basé sur une nouvelle alliance entre toutes les parties prenantes permettant à chaque habitant de se saisir de l’avenir de son lieu de vie ?