Civic crowdfunding is evolving and has become much more than just an instrument to realize nice civic initiatives. Today, due to the fast growth, civic crowdfunding is challenging the traditional role of local governments. By Aster van Tilburg. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016. Learn more and join the next event: www.crowdsourcingweek.com

2. Local governments in the age of the crowd
Aster van Tilburg
Advisor civic crowdfunding at Voor je Buurt
aster@voorjebuurt.nl | @astervt | @voorjebuurt | +31616286786
C-BY-SA,Heipei via flickr.com

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4. Sebastiaan ter Burg CC BY
275
campaigns
80%
successful
19.000
backers
€1.130.000
donated

5. €4.500

6. Swings in old petrol station -€5000

7. Restore burnt down windmill -€22.000

8. You cannot build a city with civic crowdfunding
Sebastiaan ter Burg CC BY

9. Crowdfunding is a campaign instrument

10. Community building

11. 82%
feels more involved
55%
feels ownership
66%
actively wants to help

12. Government was a gatekeeper
Paul Sableman CC BY

13. Now civic projects are passing the gate
Paul Sableman CC BY

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Harry_nl CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Crowd challenges local governments

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1.Who is responsible if crowd organizes public
goods and services?

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2.Crowdfunding is used to enforce political decision

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New role: active and anticipating on civic crowdfunding

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Facilitate crowdfunding with support and expertise

19. Become a matchfunder

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21. Why should governments do matchfunding?

22. 1.Stimulate projects to build communities

23. 2.Measure support of a project

24. 3.Make distribution subsidies transparent

25. 4.Informal control of the crowd

26. 5.Finance more civic projects

28. Local governments in the age of the crowd
Aster van Tilburg
Advisor civic crowdfunding at Voor je Buurt
aster@voorjebuurt.nl | @astervt | @voorjebuurt | +31616286786
C-BY-SA,Heipei via flickr.com