Data

General Issues
Social Welfare
Specific Topics
Food Assistance
Low-income Assistance
Collections
LATINNO
Covid-19 Response
Location
Ecuador
Scope of Influence
National
Links
Colaboratorio Ciudadano Official Website
Ongoing
Yes
Purpose/Goal
Deliver goods & services
Approach
Co-production in form of partnership and/or contract with private organisations
Spectrum of Public Participation
Involve
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Open to All
General Types of Methods
Collaborative approaches
Community development, organizing, and mobilization
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Crowdsourcing
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Both
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Informal Social Activities
Decision Methods
Not Applicable
Primary Organizer/Manager
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Type of Organizer/Manager
International Organization
Non-Governmental Organization

CASE

Ecuadorian Citizen Collaboratory on COVID-19

October 10, 2020 Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
September 29, 2020 LATINNO
General Issues
Social Welfare
Specific Topics
Food Assistance
Low-income Assistance
Collections
LATINNO
Covid-19 Response
Location
Ecuador
Scope of Influence
National
Links
Colaboratorio Ciudadano Official Website
Ongoing
Yes
Purpose/Goal
Deliver goods & services
Approach
Co-production in form of partnership and/or contract with private organisations
Spectrum of Public Participation
Involve
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Open to All
General Types of Methods
Collaborative approaches
Community development, organizing, and mobilization
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Crowdsourcing
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Both
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Informal Social Activities
Decision Methods
Not Applicable
Primary Organizer/Manager
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Type of Organizer/Manager
International Organization
Non-Governmental Organization

The Citizen Collaboratory is an initiative implemented by civil society with the aim of articulating different citizen initiatives to reduce the socially differentiated impact generated by the spread of Covid-19 in Ecuador.

Problems and Purpose

The Citizen Collaboratory is an organized solution to the negative consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown measures on Ecuadorian sectors of society that cannot secure a livelihood.

Background History and Context

Organizing, Supporting, and Funding Entities

Based on the values of solidarity, social inclusion, transparency, and grassroots organizing, the framework for the initiative was developed by the Fundación San Francisco Global with support of the United Nations Development Program

Participant Recruitment and Selection

Methods and Tools Used

What Went On: Process, Interaction, and Participation

The implementation of the initiative is carried out by volunteers who register online to offer to help other citizens and communities listed on the website of the Collaboratory. For example, waste pickers, single pregnant women, rural communities, and families with sick members may express how and where they have certain needs, and then the volunteers can collaborate to respond to them. The main idea behind this project is sharing, of not only resources but also information. Through the crowdsourcing of contributions to the platform, the Citizen Collaboratory seeks to be a space for redistribution, exchange and collective learning.  

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

Analysis and Lessons Learned

See Also

References

[1] Colaboratorio Ciudadano. https://colaboratoriociudadano.org/

External Links

Notes