ChangeByUs - Europe

Project Location

Country: 
Netherlands
City: 
Amsterdam

Organization

Organization Name: 
City of Amsterdam/ Voor je Buurt
Organization Type: 
Public Institution

Website

www.ideevoorjebuurt.nl

Privacy Law

Consenso al trattamento dei dati personali
Do you authorize the FMD to the treatment of your personal data?: 
I do authorize the FMD to the use of my personal data.

Project Type

inn

Project Description

Description Frase (max. 500 characters): 

ChangeByUS is a website to share ideas with others living in your city, gather resources and launch projects. ChangeByUS helps to make the city even more enjoyable to live in, because people can collaborate with each other on projects.

Project Summary (max. 2000 characters): 

ChangeByUS is a website to share ideas with others living in your city, gather resources and launch projects. ChangeByUS helps to make the city even more enjoyable to live in, because people can collaborate with each other on projects. It is an open source platform that has been developed in New York, USA. This application also has the ability to be used in Europe by different cities.

Change By Us Amsterdam is part of the last Code for Europe call in the summer of 2014. The platform is was made possible by the City of Amsterdam in collaboration with local organizations as de Waag, Eigenwijks, Voorjebuurt and Amsterdam Smart Cities. The online platform officially launched on December 2015.

How long has your project been running?

2015-11-29 23:00:00

Objectives and Innovative Aspects

- Facilitate the process from idea to feasible project digitally
- Support enthusiasm in neighborhoods for activities projects
- Visibility of ideas and activities that (will) take place in the city
- Visibility of whom are committed to one or more projects
- Visibility of the active citizens in the city
- An alternative method of allocation / pitching for budget of larger institutions
- Connection with the changing role of the government supporting more bottom-up initiatives.

Results

Describe the results achieved by your project How do you measure (parameters) these. (max. 2000 characters): 
- Online community building - Idea sourcing
How many users interact with your project monthly and what are the preferred forms of interaction? (max. 500 characters): 

The most notable form of interaction is placing ideas on the website. The biggest challenge is to achieve long lasting collaborations on the website. According to google analytics we have about 100 sessions a month.

Sustainability

What is the full duration of your project (from beginning to end)?: 
From 1 to 3 years
What is the approximate total budget for your project (in Euro)?: 
From 30.001 to 75.000 Euro
What is the source of funding for your project?: 
Grants
Specify: 
Municipality of Amsterdam
Is your project economically self sufficient now?: 
No
Since when?: 
2015-07-30 22:00:00
When is it expected to become self-sufficient?: 
2017-07-30 22:00:00

Transferability

Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere?: 
Yes
Where? By whom?: 
We have copied it form the New York. Heerhugowaard (Netherlands) as well, by Bruisadvies
What lessons can others learn from your project? (max. 1500 characters): 

- A simple way to collaborate on local initiatives in cities.
- More visibility of local initiatives.

Are you available to help others to start or work on similar projects?: 
Yes

Background Information

ideasourcing code for all code for europe open source crowdsourcing