Soluciones tecnológicas a problemáticas sociales y ciudadanas. El caso de los Retos Cívicos y Públicos en México

This paper describes the process of civic innovation that, based on technological solutions and open initiatives, the civic society’s organization Codeando Mexico suggests for the attention and solution of social and civic problems in Mexico. The Retos Civicos (Civic Challenges) and Retos Publicos (Public Challenges) initiatives are addressed and described as experiences of innovation in the implementation of technological strategies for the solution of social and civic problems. A reflection is made on the civic appropriation of the ICTs and its irruption in the processes of innovation, as well as on the impact that the ICTs have in the conformation of a new civic ecosystem. Last, the strategies of Hacking civico (Civic Hacking) and Comunidades Civicas (Civic Communities) that the Codeando Mexico organization promotes as a model for the linkage and civic participation within the frame of civic innovation, are mentioned.