The minga is an Andean community practice of action for the common good, similar to the tekio in Mexico or the mutirão in Brazil, which involves the solidarity and commitment of everyone. With a minga, it is possible to solve what is needed among all. That is why we propose Minga_Lab, as a meta-platform for participation in public affairs, to enable and enhance the participation capacities of communities at different levels.
A platform as a toolbox, which takes up the experiences developed by the new spaces for citizen participation that cities have today, but also the rural contexts that are invisible and excluded from participation, which can be enriched by a global vision of what happens there.
MINGA_LAB seeks to enable the possibilities of reflection, experimentation and design of participation processes with communities, organizations and institutions. It is a proposal that promotes initiatives oriented to the development of actions in the field of political and social tasks for democracy. It is a meta-platform of community participation, a shared habitat for political action that integrates various functions:
Participatory principles where we start are:
The phases to be developed during the ICD workshop are:
Desirable collaborators profiles:
Amazing moment of meditation led by Ludwig to get calm and focus at the starting point of our third day of workshop and then... action!!
¡Ya casi arrancamos!
Caros colaboradores, les damos la bienvenida a MingaLab. La idea inicial es crear un tool kit de la participación ciudadana para América Latina, pensando particularidades regionales, agregando varias iniciativas de código abierto que están dispersas y pueden servir a ese proposito. Una plataforma que pueda llegar a transcender gobiernos, haciendo con que la voz de los ciudadanos sea escuchada en su multiplicidad. Este proyecto es una colaboración originalmente de tres mujeres latinoamericanas: Paola Ricaurte (Ecuador/Mexico), Andrea Apolaro (Uruguay) y Mariel Zasso (Brasil/México). A partir de hora, es de todos los colaboradores también, y será el resultado de la suma de nuestros deseos y aportes.
Nos gustaría empezar a conocer quiénes son, dónde viven, cuáles las expectativas y qué pueden aportar desde sus saberes cada uno de los colaboradores. ¿Hacemos una ronda de presentaciones?