How Buenos Aires uses crowdsourcing to drive innovation

Adam Pitt explores how a series of roundtables and citizen engagements in Buenos Aires has been transforming the way the city fosters innovation and better governance

In 2013, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires led by Mayor Mauricio Macri launched a new initiative aimed at creating a city that its 3.5 million people could be proud of–a modern, innovative metropolitan district characterised by inclusive public services and a common purpose.

Like other municipal governments in search of sustainable development in Latin America, the initiative entitled ‘Collaborative Roundtables for Innovation and Creativity’, emerged in response to the challenges posed by accelerated population grow...