A Bureaucracy of Justice: Trust, Equity, Access
This session will be streamed live. Register here to watch on 15 June.
Join us for a programme that tackles one of the most pressing topics of our time: bringing equity to people through public initiatives and government programmes. Our esteemed speakers will delve into the strategies and approaches necessary to make our cities more equitable, explore how technology can be leveraged to combat gender-based violence, and discuss the essential elements required to build a system of trust in public institutions. During these thought-provoking sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from game-changing speakers who will inspire you with their insights and ideas. They will showcase how we can make our societies safer, more trustworthy, and more accessible to all.
Talk 1: From a Nobody to a Somebody: How Do You Create Truly Equitable Cities?
The session hosted by the BMW Foundation RISE Cities programme brings together an innovative bureaucrat from Bogotá and Helsinki to discuss ways to use to create system-level change that starts from real people and their real needs.
From the Public Innovation Lab of Bogotá (iBO), Angela Reyes is using human centered design to develop innovative digital mechanisms to collect personal information of women caregivers who attend Bogotá’s Care Blocks, aiming to have robust and good quality information that enables data-driven services and policies tailored to women’s needs. The Care Blocks project is a first master plan that takes caregivers and their needs for services, community, and development as a starting point for urban planning and digitalization. Care Blocks address the inequality of the care burden from a cultural and social perspective.
As Youth Director and Executive Director in Helsinki, Tommi Laitio has led multiple innovative programmes on everything from physical activity to integration of migrant youth, which all build on human-centered design and utilization of the city´s hundreds of thousands of touch points to people’s lives for systemic change. He has spent the last year researching ways cities can create large-scale changes through partnerships.
Speakers: Tommi Laitio, Angela Reyes, Kerstin von Aretin
This session is organised in collaboration with BMW Foundation RISE Cities.
Talk 2: Call Frida: Using Technology to Combat Gender Violence in Brazil
Brazil is the 5th country in the world in the ranking of violence against women according to the UN. Minas Gerais was the state with the highest number of feminicide records in the entire country last year.
The pandemic of Covid 19 and the situation of women isolated living with their aggressors was a scenario that demanded the creation of the project. Frida is a virtual assistant who provides immediate police assistance to the victim. With the popularization of smartphones and a significant presence of internet access, it was realized that the only available help channels in cases of domestic violence tend to be digital.
More than 3500 calls have been made since the implementation of “Frida”. Among the people assisted were also women with physical disabilities who were able to record audio, as well as children who witnessed violence against their mother and asked for help by message preventing something worse from happening in their homes.
Speakers: Ana Rosa Campos, Emile Ribeiro
Talk 3: Building Trust in Public Institutions: A Path to Innovation and Progress
Trust is vital for healthy relationships, especially between citizens and public institutions. It empowers citizens to participate in civic activities and access government services. It also drives innovation and progress. However, trust is scarce in today’s world. So, how can we build trust in public institutions?
This talk will explore the significance of trust in public institutions and the factors that contribute to its creation and preservation. We will analyze how trust influences innovation in public institutions and how its absence can hinder progress.
Using real-world examples and case studies, we will assess the challenges of building trust in public institutions and provide actionable steps for citizens and government officials to promote a culture of trust.
Join this enlightening talk on how building trust can transform the future of our communities and the world. Together, we can create a future marked by trust, innovation, and progress.
Speaker: Terrance DeShaun Smith
This session is organised in collaboration with Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation.
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Berlin, 10243 Germany
Tommi Laitio
Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow / Johns Hopkins University
Angela Reyes
Digital Transformation leader, Public Innovation Lab of Bogotá (iBO)
Kerstin von Aretin
Program Lead, RISE Cities / BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Ana Rosa Campos
Clerk / Civil Police of Minas Gerais (PCMG in Portuguese)
Terrance Smith
Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow / Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation