nextera global: from transformation to just society

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WHO IS HERE?

Sopocka Inicjatywa Rozwojowa University College Cork LSE Democratic Society Shared Future Trondheim Municipality Big Design Network

The People Speak The UK Alternative RSA/ Citizens Economic Council University of Westminster Edge Ryders Scottish Government

NESTA 89up, http://LittleAtoms.com Royal College of Art Open University

London Community Action New Citizenship Foundation

Global Foresight Group Independent

The Alternative The Small Axe

YOUR EXPECTATIONS

”To get a global view on the cutting edge of democracy”

”Understanding how to scale participatory processes more ambitiously”

”To meet other people working on these same issues”

”To join international movement”

”I want to understand that can methods of participatory democracy reduce the appeal of illiberal, authoritarian leaders?

WHAT’S THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO DEMOCRACY IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS?

”the best thing we can hope for is that we still have one!

”It could exist”

A lot more people will be engaging in political and civic life and taking part in participatory processes in their communities.

”aggregate feedback loops from citizen level to parliament”

”experimental policy development”

”The invention, trial, and positive results of a new system of collective decision making.”

Politicians will be listening more to citizens and offering more opportunities for people to share their views through deliberative democracy.

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NextEra is…

-A global initiative to track, connect, and amplify emerging ideas for an open and forward-looking society.

What we have found so far

1. As everyone is speaking about the transformation, we need to create a vision for what next.

2. There is a need to identify, conceptualise and scale social innovations and experiments fast (as the technology and business innovations are changing the world).

3. Vision is a narrative for that links initiatives.

THE STRANGE YEAR OF 2016

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WHAT NEXT?

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ASTONISHING PROGRESS

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LOST AND LEFT BEHIND

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A DIVIDED SOCIETY

BACK TO GREAT VS TECHNO-OPTIMISM #NextEra #NextEraLONDON

CULTURAL PESSIMISM

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THE PROMISE OF THE 20th CENTURY

GROWTH WORK     DEMOCRACY   WELLBEING       #NextEra #NextEraLONDON

THE PROMISE IS HIT BY A SET OF TRANSFORMATION IN ALL OF ITS PARTS

GROWTH ? WORK ?  

DEMOCRACY ?   WELLBEING ? 

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HAVE WE BEEN HERE BEFORE?

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ENGELS’ PAUSE

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ENGELS’ PAUSE

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GIN LANE

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WHAT IF WE’RE IN 1805 NOW?

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CAN WE SPEED AND SCALE UP PARTICIPATORY INNOVATION?

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THE NEW REALMS THE DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS & EXPERIMENTS?

GOVERNANCE / POLITICS

EDUCATION CROWD-FUNDING DEMOCRATIC WORK

URBAN PLANNING &

HOUSING

CITIZEN PANELS SELF-ORGANISATION

VOLUNTEERING / PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT

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Join the team!

Set up your own meetup, contribute to the publications. Come speak to us about how.

What next?

THANK YOU

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