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!

“Minds are like

parachutes - they only

function when open” Thomas Dewar