Crowdsourcing in local government units

This chapter presents the possibilities for using crowdsourcing in the management of local government units (LGU). An attempt was made to determine the gist of LGU success, focusing on the nature of the public sector and relations of the population with local government. The hereto proposed use of crowdsourcing is to improve the quality of planning and implementation of goals by incorporating in the process those inhabitants who are active Internet users. The use of their know-how shall allow for better determination of social needs and for planning some activities to meet the needs of the greatest possible number of people. Corporate experiences clearly indicate that this is the method that results in obtaining more precise information on client needs.