Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
208 projects regarding public participation,
do to make Buenos Aires a better place
drives the objective effect of
to live?”
information transfer from down to
Innovation and Creativity
top. For instance, in “City of Ideas”,
Cooperation Committee has achieved
the committee manages to let the
the two-way transmission of public
public express their opinions freely
opinion in vertical direction through
through two activities: First of all, the
its own operation and the projects
committee collect citizens’ thoughts
involved. Based on public opinion, the
with respect to how to deal with the
government has introduced many a
issue. They achieve the following
service item which is to the interest of
answer after the preliminary trial.
the public. For example, the committee
Regarding the question “From your
contributes the project “En Todo Estás
perspective, how can we improve the
Vos Card”, which is a comprehensive
traffic situation in Buenos Aires?”, more than 5000 taxi drivers are contacted directly, generating about 1000 ideas. (Among which, 90% is through feedback and 10% is through online feedback.) In considering the question “What will you do to make Buenos Aires more modern.” more than 300 answers are from university students and these students also take part in the workshop in their schools. 500 registered users contribute to making the city a more sustainable one through an eight-hour network platform. Secondly, the committee convenes public participated meetings to directly discuss common issues and seek solutions of improvement. At last, the public can also take part in “Night in Museum”, so that they can put their 800 answers regarding “What you can
□ Puerto Madero Port of Buenos Aires