38: Open Government & Open Data Barcelona | Carles Agusti i Hernandez

Young people, most probably like you, tend to experience issues marked by the distance and mistrust between citizenship and politics. Society and its needs both evolve at such a great speed. Today’s society is democratically mature, highly skilled, restless, and eager to take part in shaping the world around them. How to close this gap in communication between the government and society? Here’s when Smart Citizenship and Smart Governance come into play. Our guest this time is one of the 50 best experts in Smart Cities at world level nominated by the World CSR organization, Carles Agustí i Hernández. He and his team leveraged Smart Citizenship and Smart Governance in Barcelona city, using technology to improve the communication between people and its government. In particular, he has led the Barcelona Open Government and Open Data initiatives, building it from scratch to make the administration more transparent and using the power of data. Dive in to find out how Barcelona has become smarter since the launch of these initiatives, what have the successes and challenges been, and where the project is moving towards in the future! Decidim: https://www.decidim.barcelona/ Open Data BCN: https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/en Carles' Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carles-agusti-i-hern%C3%A0ndez-488292a/ Our website: https://dataforfuture.org/