## insights on crowdsourcing and urban ecosystems
__Group__: 4 - Implementation of open government and new actors
__Track__: 9 - Open government for cities
__Type__: Pitch
__Language__: en
__Committee Rating__: 5.00 / 5 (1 votes)
__Public Rating__: 5.00 / 5 (3 votes)
### Abstract
There were 761 teams who played Mapatón CDMX and helped map 1800 bus routes. There have been over 10,000 consultations of the data produced many efforts of NGOs and think tanks to complete and improve its quality. Such is the case with Centro Mario Molina, a major think tank dedicated to sustainability that cleaned the data in order to carry out a robust proposal for metropolitan transportation restructurement.
Mapatón ignited a very valuable discussion across sectors in the city. NGOs, research centers and government agencies are discussing why, when and how to use crowdsourcing for solving public issues or generating public value, what would have been the results if the gathering of the data was centralized, instead of decentralized using a game in a mobile app? Is the quality of the data generated by citizens good enough, as opposed to having been generated by a consultancy firm? What is the role and responsibilities of the State if citizens can help do their job?
To date, there are 8 cities in Mexico, Latin America and Africa that have expressed their interest to implement a similar strategy and have reached out to members of the Mapatón team to discuss main findings and learnings. OGP Summit Paris is a perfect scenario to deepen the discussion.
Cristian Guerrero and Daniel Tello were active participants of the Mapatón team and will be the speakers.
### Description
audio, internet, projector
### [submitter - Diego Cuesy Edgar](https://fr.ogpsummit.org/osem/users/269)
__Affiliation__: Lab for the City - Mexico City
#### Biography
[Diego Cuesy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-emilio-cuesy-edgar-92043253), 27 years old, born in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, currently works at the Lab for the City in Mexico City as policy analyst and community outreach. He has been studying and promoting open government practices in Mexico City for the past two years, both within and outside the government. Before he served as community outreach coordinator in [Yspaniola](http://yspaniola.org/), a human rights and education NGO in the Dominican Republic. He has a bachelor's degree in International Relations, graduated with honors and was part of the first generation of Yale Visiting International Students. Nature makes him happy and he likes participating in the traditional festivities of his hometown, where he dresses and dances as [parachico](http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/es/RL/los-parachicos-en-la-fiesta-tradicional-de-enero-de-chiapa-de-corzo-00399). He believes the Stanislavski method could be a powerful tool for development practitioners, political leaders and policy-makers.
### Other Informations
__Creation Date__: 2016-07-20 19:49:21
__Update Date__: 2016-07-20 19:50:56
__Expected Audience__: 100
Il s'agit d'un sujet en provenance de l'article https://ogpsummit.org/osem/conference/ogp-summit/program/proposal/570
Hi Diego, mapaton sounds like a good initiative and I would like to know more about this, do you have any open forum where we can see the outcomes or an academyc/citizen evaluation of this exercise?
Thanks !