DCitizens: Fostering Digital Civics Research and Innovation in Lisbon

虽然政府作为统一和静态服务的交易提供者，但当代社会的挑战需要建立在与当地社区和公民长期接触、参与和共同创造基础上的不同服务设计和提供模式。数字公民通过赋予公民和非国家行为者共同创造的权力，在制定议程，做出服务提供决策方面发挥积极作用，并使这些服务具有可持续性和弹性，从而在提供公共服务的关系模型中使用技术。DCitizens建立在这些原则的基础上，以实现5个主要目标：O 1）提高ITI在数字公民方面的研究概况和创新能力; O2）为工作人员和早期研究人员提供培训，以在研究，地方政府和私营/第三部门的界面上建立临界质量; O3）建立数字公民卓越的领先地位; O 4）加强和扩大结对伙伴之间的合作网络; O 5）根据里斯本SMART专业化战略建立数字公民研究和创新议程。我们确定了四个相互关联的数字公民战略领域，这些领域将在结对伙伴的支持下得到加强，为建立实现这些目标的方法和行动计划提供坚实的基础。战略领域是：1）基于社区的研究方法，2）新兴技术，3）设计正义，4）公民，政策和经济模式。在这些领域的基础上，该项目的工作计划包括一个工作人员交流方案、组织联合科学/培训活动、提高青年研究人员形象的活动、培训研究管理人员和一个由公民领导的小型研究项目。该联盟包括来自一个扩大国家（ITI -葡萄牙）的合作伙伴，以及该领域的三个领先机构：IIT（意大利），锡根大学（德国）和诺森比亚大学（英国）。

While governments act as transactional providers of uniform and static services, the challenges of contemporary society require different models of service design and delivery that are built on long-term engagement, participation, and co-creation with local communities and citizens. Digital Civics posits the use of technology in the provision of relational models of public services by empowering citizens and non-state actors to co-create, take an active role in shaping agendas, making decisions about service provision, and making such provisions sustainable and resilient. DCitizens builds on those principles to achieve 5 main objectives: O1) Enhance ITI research profile and innovation competence in Digital Civics; O2) Provide training to Staff and Early Stage Researchers to build critical mass at the interface of research, local government, and the private/third sectors; O3) Establish a leading pole of excellence in Digital Civics; O4) Strengthen and expand the collaborative network between the Twinning partners; and O5) Establish a Digital Civics Research and Innovation Agenda in line with the SMART Specialization Strategy for Lisbon. We identified four interconnected Strategic Areas in Digital Civics to be strengthened with the Twinning partners’ support that provide solid ground to establish the methodology and action plan to reach these objectives. The Strategic Areas are: 1) Community-based Research Methods, 2) Emerging Technologies, 3) Design Justice, and 4) Civics, Policy, and Economic Models. Based on these areas, the project’s work plan includes a staff-exchange programme, organisation of joint scientific/training events, activities to enhance the profile of young researchers, training of research management staff, and a small citizen-led research project. The consortium includes partners from one widening country (ITI - Portugal), and three leading institutions in the field: IIT (Italy), University of Siegen (Germany), and University of Northumbria (UK).