Title
Creating Trust in Citizen Participation through Decentralized Autonomous Citizen Participation Organizations (DACPOs)
Author
Rikken, O.K. (TU Delft Information and Communication Technology) 
Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (TU Delft Engineering, Systems and Services)
Roosenboom-Kwee, Z. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation)
Contributor
Hagen, Loni (editor)
Solvak, Mihkel (editor)
Hwang, Sungsoo (editor)
Department
Engineering, Systems and Services
Date
2022
Abstract
Blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are systems for transacting and storing value by automatically executing a function without the need for trusted, centralized authorities. Participative budgeting requires voting about budget allocation by communities and is often confronted with issues in trust and transparency. Yet, DAOs are hardly used for participative budgeting. In this research, we introduce Decentralized Autonomous Citizen Participation Organizations (DACPOs). In a DACPO, data and actions are recorded and autonomously executed in a decentralized way. DACPOs can be used for enabling participative budgeting and thereby provide transparency, decrease the risks of fraud and corruption, and increase citizens' trust. The viability of DACPOs depends on a number of factors, including a minimum number of citizens who participate. In further research, factors influencing the use of DACPOs for participative budgeting can be further analyzed and tested.
Subject
Blockchain
Decentralized autonomous citizen participation organization (DACPO)
Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)
Participative budgeting
Token smart contract
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1145/3543434.3543662
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Embargo date
2023-03-14
ISBN
978-1-4503-9749-0
Source
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Intelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens, DGO 2022
Event
23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Intelligent Technologies, Governments and Citizens, DGO 2022, 2022-06-15 → 2022-06-17, Virtual, Online, Korea, Republic of
Series
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Bibliographical note
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Part of collection
Institutional Repository
Document type
conference paper
Rights
© 2022 O.K. Rikken, M.F.W.H.A. Janssen, Z. Roosenboom-Kwee