The document discusses crowdsourcing legislation and initiatives in Finland. It describes 6 citizens' initiatives that reached parliament but failed to pass and an alternative approach of crowdfunding law piloted in Finland. It also outlines tools from the D-CENT project for crowdsourcing democracy, including collaborative editing, communications, task management, and decision making. These tools are being piloted in Helsinki, Barcelona, and Reykjavik.

1. Participation beyond Elections:
How to Seed a Crowdsourced
Government

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• Crowdsourcing legislation
• 2012 constitutional amendment
• Volunteer based, independent
• 6 initiatives have reached Parliament

3. Same Sex Marriages
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4. Common Sense to Copyright
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Last Minute Momentum

6. Expectations vs. Political Reality
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http://yle.fi/uutiset/all_six_citizens_initiatives_have_failed__activists_accuse_parliament_of_intentionally_slowing_the_process/7525779

8. … and many that did not reach 50k
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9. An alternative Approach:
Crowdfunding Law
• Kick off at 2012 Open
Knowledge Festival Helsinki
• Complete rewrite of the Finnish
“Donations Act”
• Picked up by MPs in the spring
• Picked up by the Minister in the
summer
• Drafted into a government bill
this month
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Open Source Platform Provided to
Government Pro Bono

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The Tools for
Crowdsourcing
Democracy

12. Collaborative Editing
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13. Communications
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Internal External

14. Task Management
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15. Decision Making
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D-CENT Project

17. Decentralized Tools for Citizens
• Privacy aware, open source tools for collective action
• Pilots in Helsinki, Barcelona, Reykjavik
• Currently in Design & Early Pilot Phase
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http://dcentproject.eu

18. Finnish Pilot Case 1
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19. - FOI request
- Letter to Council reps
- Media release / Blog
- Demonstration
- Municipal initiative
- Workshops
- etc.
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Finnish Pilot Case 2
Push
Alerts
Crowdsourced
Prioritizing
Collective
Action

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Around the world Meanwhile in
Finland
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FREEDOM! EQUALITY!
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BOOZE!
CC-by @saurau
The Biggest Challenge

21. Thank you
for your time
Website: dcentproject.eu
Twitter: @dcentproject
joonas.pekkanen@forumvirium.fi