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How to fix the conflict between authorities and the sharing economy — vídeo y transcripción
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How to fix the conflict between authorities and the sharing economy — vídeo y transcripción
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Barcelona has been notoriously known for opposing the sharing economy and collaborative economy platforms such as Airbnb and Uber, as well as BlaBlaCar, even though the population are using the platforms more than most European citizens. We talked with Albert Canigueral, a thought leader in terms of innovative regulations and head of the Ouishare movement in Spain.
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- welcome to the ethnic podcasts my name is Sandra whole plant today we have a topic that's very tense in the media these days will there ever be a happy ending for the collaborative economy in in Spain and with me to discuss this topic we have three smart people as always and this week in this month we have first of all Albert connect rural innovation strategists founder of consumer collaborative oh we sure Barcelona connector and so on is that a good presentation that's a good presentation yeah okay second of all we have Lucy Hernandez expert on a collaborative economy you're currently working with local government you're working with Barcelona Activa also consumer collaborative oh and your your focus is on the tourism part right yes right yes and last but not least we also have Jamison y'all you're the country manager for dr e in spain and for those of you that don't know dr e is Europe's largest peer-to-peer car rental companies all right yeah platform a market place a marker place right so thank you all for being here I really appreciate you coming thank you every week there's something new from the battle between authorities and the sharing economy our collaborative economy like Airbnb uber blah blah car once once a week the government wins the battle the other week you know it's the platforms that that wins he the last one was this week actually when the Superior Court of Catalunya has an old define of thirty thousand euros imposed by the government two years ago by offering tours departments illegally and also possibly making mayor other Klaus very newly fine of six hundred thousand euros last month not not binding making a precedence Albert you've been writing and talking about these things for years now this these fines that we're seeing in the paper and which is very relevant these days it's just populism or politics or or this is a good way of dealing with these issues what do you think no usually and it's not only my opinion but also European Union opinion that find and for binding things lead and boom it's not it's not the best way to operate dialogue is always that the best approach and in the specific case of tourism and we'll see I can explain it more in more detail there there are a lot of cities that have dealt with that more with dialogue and separating different type of activities that in Barcelona which we still have like bundle and the same umbrella of Elohim enters critical where there are different activities inside there that need to be separated and yeah but the thing is we are in a new territory so it also i would say normal that we have this kind of moment and behavior so people are trying to understand what's going on both and anything or just important to separate the behavior of the platform themselves or the marketplaces and end-users and we see there there will be responsibilities and rights and duties for all this part and we are still making them up so it's normal that we are a little bit lost and and jam yeah you your present to drive you here today and we're not reading about driving every day in the news neither in Spain nor in France at least not in a negative way seems like you find a way to to dealing with let the government or authorities in a good way can you tell how are you how are you doing this well it's a bit different regulations for each of the areas or the soup areas and in our case what we do basically we have a platform where we connect people who have cars and they don't use it or they don't use it very often and people who need a car for a weekend or or or holidays so this the users who are renting their cars to other users this is considered renting without a driver so in Spain for example this activity doesn't require a license and I think most of the problems that are surfacing right now with platforms or so are related with licenses or tourism licenses for certain things or taxi licences for other platforms so at the end in our sub area maybe that's the reason why we are not on on the on the run on the regulation part but it's because of this population however I think that all these platforms shares certain things in common and the fact that the users are becoming not only consumers but also producers so the prosumer rolled at Alberton and Lucy I can explain much better and this is all so new and this creates tension so all the old companies or the traditional models so at the end and being very aware of all these changes and trying to adapt the regulation in a first way is key otherwise we will see these kind of fines and problems and tensions hmmm and Lucia you're the expert here because we're talking about for example Airbnb which is very connected with tourism what are your thoughts of the latest you know articles in newspapers well I think that a we omit the brown with your vm being Barcelona is about political issue I think that the best way to address this this problem is to how Albert set is to talk about it and to make agreements on what is the the best the best way to to deal with this with these technologies no I BMB I think that is it has a scare in a big way and it's normal that traditional sector is worried about how they they they understand that this thing no but I think that they they need to understand that a vm b is a representative business mobile it's a platform model and is that users wants and they have to to integrate or 2010 first and integrate is this type of models into debt ratio models and it was thrown anything that they have to dialogue and try to define an agreement know as add other cities in europe headstone so think maybe you can elaborate a little bit more on the other cities with nothing there are some examples which are generally go Dustin maybe not perfect but at least our reference know if it's sure a reference in I'm sorry me is the most proactive on this way by the way they do the first Home Sharing regulation in Europe and now has sinus had just signed an agreement with a BM be putting limits for example in how many days the host could run their rooms or apartments there are 60 days per year but is the same that London has done and your limbs right is 90 days per year and I don't know in New Orleans there are into the agreement in the agreement a little part that talk about to eliminate all the listings in the center in the in the in the center in the downtown of the city I think that every city has to deal with that about having and work on his car David characteristics but it because it's very different from one city to another yeah but are we doing enough in Barcelona do you think is this what was what kind of say this is the cities that are references all over the all over Europe are Barcelona creating you know connections with these cities are they trying to solve this problem last year and on their individual face Barcelona that is an event that we share organized here and we put in contact with the person in Amsterdam that that major the relation the revelation that they are in contact but you know that in in Spain in general all the tourism issues are delegated to the one of the rent in issue is delegated to the city halls and generally taught or other statements like this has another role in this in the situation that is it's like it's like in difficult to arrive between them into a a solution right right it's true that you say you you said it earlier as well both you're talking about how you know big companies are scaling and then dedicating I want to grow fast do you feel that you know governments can they ever can ever you know support the kind of growth that you are wishing for yourself mmm wow it's a difficult question because at the end first on a European level there is that there are some guidelines that they presented in engine that support the sharing economy and also basically they try to present a guide for countries to regulate the sharing economy but then what happens is that there are many levels on on regulations so there is the European Commission and there is each country's regulation some local regulations as well and even city regulations so at the end these effects too many levels and some companies are affected by a lot of levels some more countries that are faster than others to define this blu-ray limits between citizens and professionals and when an addean it's all about defining these limits and very clearly establishing some rules that make the traditional companies and the new economy or the new collaborative economy compatible in a way that it's fair for everybody yeah exactly and about your traveling all over the world and Europe in general and you're seeing all these different cities and how they are adapting to this kind of new economy how is pain compared with the rest of Europe as you think a lot we are a kind of a hot spot in both positive and problematic way I mean there are some studies from European Union also mentioning that we are one of the countries with more activity from the users or like I think it was six percent of the users according to this study have offered either as a room or a car or something on piona like bathroom like volleyball or participated on a crowdfunding so we're quite active and the number of platforms in Spain is pretty large and the adoption is is also quite massive I think you can ask around so from terms of platforms and activity we are quite well right i would say between France UK in Spain we are the top three countries probably at frans a little bit ahead yeah and we're probably the number one in in conflicts yeah I don't know I mean we should ask what's the current regulation scheme that Gemma was explaining especially at national and local level there are some things that are not about legal debate or economic debate its political debate as Lucy also hinted so I think its a mix and and the power of some of the lobbies that we have for example out of the sharing economy we have the energy lobby which is a very famous in postal soul which is very unique around the wall and this is because we have certain types of schemas here and maybe not the sectors that are heavily regulated right the same is happening but I think the level of adoption from the users also will will have some pressure on that under respect and I would say we are little bit slow on innovation on the regulation using technology to for example what am I was a no measure what is the level activity of these these companies of there and maybe the city has a cannon can set a cap a limit to some of this activity but maybe not by last by license but by capping the number of activity as a whole so there are other approaches for example one of the ones I like a larceny was in Sao Paulo in Brazil they actually created a kind of a schema where the peer-to-peer ride-sharing companies or the uber type of thing that basically you were there they need to buy kilometers so there is a sub also is a stock yeah let's say of kilometers and in order to operate and there is a limit they need they need to buy kilometres there's a bit an interesting way so and and the thing is not so much how to regulate that I think we have examples on how to regulate but how to monitor how to enforce how to use technology in a smart way to actually keep control that the regulation is applied and I think we have we have some opportunity there and neither in Spain i would say nor in almost anywhere else have been used that opportunity yet well you're on transportation german what what do you think of this this kind of solutions well i think it's necessary to define the limits and the well basically to define the differences between the professional services and also this sharing economy or basically sharing costs models and at the end this depends on each of these areas some countries are approaching this as a whole like they defined that there is a an amount for any train economy related activity for a user but some other countries are trying to be specific on its superior I think it's better to approach on the latest so to be specific on its sub area but this requires quite a lot of technical legislative work to understand models to understand the costs and different systems to analyze this and as an example this kind of solutions I think it's quite smart to find this solution like a pool of kilometers or a pool of days per year and I heard that some countries like Belgium for example they have defined our same activity in a very specific way and you can earn maximum of an X amount per year you can rent a car maximum 60 days per year in a way of sharing costs then if you surpass this limit you are a professional doing this activity so understanding these barriers or this lines more than mark these lines is important because then the the traditional companies can feel more comfortable otherwise they feel that you are playing with different roles and they have very strict rules international company so that's why they put pressure and they love it to change the regulations or do for bit on this ends I think at the end we all want the same which is we want a clear understanding of what's fair for the platform for the users and also a traditional company yeah but Disney's we defined by the administration and it's not easy hmm i think the other approach that also it's an innovation its try a trial and error or knows where the startup world he exactly so startups always make a lot of mistakes but learn on the way so regulators try to make it perfect from looking at it during three years and it's not going to happen no you need to try maybe set a threshold of something and maybe move this threshold up or down depending on what's going on and what you measure now in France for example they personally approved a law where specifically if you are renting your car and it's above 7600 or something like that eros then you need to become a freelance it's super specific the same with an and in the same regulation in hamster they start with I think 90 days and now it's becoming 60 days and they are have an agreement a technical agreement with Airbnb to share some data and twin forties regulation and they will block the so the first very and actually this agreement that they sign has a duration of two years they agreed to review the agreement in two years because this is going so fast that is impossible to forecast what's going to happen so it's a start do something in a kind of a lean approach also with regulation and we are and here we are more like a paralysis analysis yeah a bad thing I was about to say Lucy are you you're you're in the government working with them are you afraid to fail yes externally is like I don't know how to start it she said them that the person one of the person i mean i'm working with a generator catalonia i even know how to star but it start with something i don't know you have reference now you have found seven you have london you have new orleans in New York there is some room that is call it one host one home yeah right right exactly then at the end I think that is very very you can you can be very specific in every city then start with something and you can revise insist moans one month I don't know but it but you have to start because citizens are demanding are demanding rules and undemanding are demanding limits and are demanding agreements right and I thought about saying that the adoption of these platforms are a huge in Spain in general people are using this platform son and in spite of people using a lot I feel like there's the people that are seeing these platforms as a problem are screaming the loudest loudest sand the people that are seeing it as a solution you know they're they're a bit quiet because you know it's still you know in a gray zone do you feel like that you know the people that are seeing this is a problems there screaming in loudness and that's why the politicians are on their side or what do you think i think that the tension that the city hall or the generator de catalunya is half with a B&B Oh with with these platforms are translating to the to the people known in the industry and I think that this is a very big mistake because people effectively they they don't they don't know how to how to how to work with with that they they are I am they they don't want to fall in one hand to put their apartments into the platform but the more of the people most of the people need the money to arrive to the end of the month to survive now then it's a good way also to to have an income and and a lot of people that they need yeah and one of interesting things that is happening wrestling and I'm really excited for that for next year yeah is the kind of the user guild a user producers people who are offering their car or in their home or they are active in different platforms or they are drivers in some of these platforms there's thing to organize themselves as a collective we have a good example here in Barcelona with a subset of the Airbnb users and not only our B&B other persons to people who are renting either room in their house or their full house when they are not there so there's a subset of the activity function at home sharing activity and and they grouped themselves something called by indie mp3 on Taylor salona and they are loving for their own interest both in front of the government and in front of the platform okay so it's a third actor and I think we are going to see more and more of these kind of gills appearing the probably next year because people will will will have this need of defend around rights and it's not about confrontational but it's very often it's very positive so it's not like trying to forbid something it's just we leave the bottle and so on it's very creative but its necessary to do have this protection what do you think these platforms are they protecting their you know their evangelist and our sales agents like the people that are on these platforms how necessary is it for for everyone to you know join a kind of organization because I guess a lot of people that are listening and seeing this they have rented their car maybe they have you know rented their house or apartment or a room how necessary is it to you know become a member of some kind of guilt like this what do you think with you know I think that is necessary people wants to participate wants to participate in the production of value but wants to participate in taking decisions or with all the technicians in the relationship that has with platforms and with public administrations and in the in the sense that they want to to know to to be part of the decisions of the product or service that they want to consume or they they want to develop then people wants to participate and people is empowered now and very connected then is that whether that is going on and is very liquid nice developing in an organic way and very very important that because we are worried and now about the platform that we know now but innovation is going on and is going alone then I think that it's very important the power of the innovation on regulation that's important and jemmye you you have a lot of people you know using your platform how are you protecting you know your people not long ago two weeks ago we did the first meeting for users in Barcelona and it went quite well because we had 20 power owners the owners that love us and that they met the exchanges information how they are doing what works for them the prices that they said on how they do so this kind of meetings that we started to have them in France a few years ago they work quite well because people meet each other they can exchange all around the tips and tricks on how they use the platform and so and it's a way to to give this sense of community of these users who are using our platform and at the end this could happen also on the other side which is the the people who rent cars as well so we did it for the owners so car owners but could happen on the other side see I think that that platforms in the collaborative economy done don't don't one develop well if they have if they not have a community this is very very important for me is very important the sense of community because at the end if notice if the platform has not a community is a digital platform it's not a sharing economy platfor is not another type of or on-demand platform know in the in the collaborative economy that I think that the point of that to have a community who shared values and it's very very important but how do you feel platforms like Airbnb uber the biggest on blah blah car how are they doing this a B&B matin even one month on ago ago in Los Angeles ill open air BnB I was there and it was like immunity berry engagement with the company and it's like a mental sense of our sensitive sense of of I I belong to a community very cool now and that's it's like one it's very it's incredible a B&B has a community very engagement with them okay the bony session home so these companies as I mentioned that they had like a kind of like a difficult track record the last two years of dealing with the government but lets you know picture like a scenario where Airbnb and uber would enter Barcelona for the first time tomorrow oh but what about you think how should they do it differently this time 22 you know nuts you know clinch with the government what about is your advice no I think it's a complicated one but probably if you would the first thing is to have also on the site of the regional and local governments people who are expert and who can deal with that because also in public comm friends we've heard we were we were sitting in front of some of these companies we had not no idea what they were doing how to deal with them and that has been set by government officials in public public events and I think that but it was good to recognize this position but it's also important that the government gets ready for that on one side and on the site of the companies also really understand the local regulations and especially over had recognized that the way they started to operate in many many cities in the past was incorrect they also said that in public and now they are trying to be a little a little softer and to understand what the situation and to have dialogues and tables with the with the cities mmm and an onion and try to help and be proposed ative on on the waist to regulate know every bee they just really release something called regulation let's do the tool chest which is a 20 pages document with some ideas on how to regulate their BMP ok so we propose something and then so being being positive on finding solutions know for example for the future of work but it's also a big topic with people organizing all this income as their main source of income as an aggregated generated some mmm there are a proposal from etsy etsy is an american company kind of ebay for handmade stuff and vintage people are making some of them are artisans and making a lot of money through etsy so they are making some proposal how to reinvent social security and an income stability and it's a proposal from the public policy department of HC which is very interesting so these companies also need to help to innovate and make proposals not just try to and and try to find a middle ground yeah we're talking about different terms there and it's a bit something else but it's still very connected because we're talking about the sharing economy the collaborative economy the other day I heard have to let some cross-dressing you know if there are so many terms and people are using them you know differently and you're you're like the expert so I think I guess you have a very you know clear mind of what to use when but for people in general it's like a bunch of words alyssia should we leave sharing economy behind is this word that we should use or what what should we say no I don't think so because sharing economy is not only a term is a movement it's another way of doing things it's more sustainable and cheering economy put the tools the burn and and to do what they need in each moment then it's not all about a collaborative consumption platforms is about is about governance is of a participation is about a lot of things and I think that the sharing economy tear or collaborative column we prefer collaborative economy because it's the translation that we made in at the beginning from the sharing economy term and I think that this is a movement and as a movement I think that is good the term Robert if economy right what yeah what would the way I'm explaining recently also after listening I don't under I Jen with a professor at New York University and I recommend to follow his work because his he's quite interesting on the terminology for example he he wrote a book recently and the hitter forced him to you to have the sharing economy as title because it's the most popular term and people would not understand what you're talking about if you are trying to push for another term then in then in the subtitle it's understanding or the effects of work and the feet of work in the cloud capitalism if you are not changing the general schema of selling renting like monetary exchange I think that I'm kind of capitalism is quite interesting and quite quite precise for that and it's a subset of that of the companies that we see where people are renting selling or using their time and selling their time for for for some money and then so these companies are competing inside the capitalist system with the tradition version that one that one thing and then inside this quality economy big broad term you also see companies who are trying to have exchanges sharing the cost or giving something for free or using alternative currencies so or creating Commons so who are trying to compete with the system no not not not inside the system and that's why confusing and some people complain that this isn't it is not precise now this is the way I'm trying to explain it rationally and I think it helped the obvious stuff but everything changed very fast because because I think that that that then next is the platforms of the collaborative economy integrating the traditional model right right yeah yeah exactly how are you facing yourself yeah yeah and I think one of the keys is whatever said the term sharing economy it's not very precise and I think it's more like a label and it can be used on many levels so there are the most pure sharing economy level I don't think a platform like diving could be applied to a pure sharing economy because we are a company and as a platform we want to make our technology better and better and make money as well so at the end we have this attack but it could be a different one because our main focus as a platform is to explode this opportunity that is the new technology and the revolution that we are in which is not only the mobility revolution how cars will be in the next five years we don't know but we know that cars are changing a lot how people share their assets and specially cars will change a lot and at the same time the on-demand economy is something very new we could also be considered on the man as well so it's tags that you apply and retain platforms are more pure on a specific tag and others less and especially there are some companies or platforms trying to benefit from these tags in a way that it's maybe not the purest term but I I think that as a blah form our main focus is to have a product or have a service that is the best for the user that creates value in a way that it's super easy and this technology that we are developing that we are creating and for example on dr e now apart from our absence oh you can install a device in your car so you can as a sum owner enable rentals without physically meet and by activating the car and then the person renting opens the car with a smartphone so this we call it drive you open all this technology facilitates the way of doing this kind of new interactions and this is creating a new new service that that we are trying to offer that is more on the on demand side you want a car you click tap on on the smartphone and you have one so we are all on many ways of the spectrum but some companies are more on one side so on the other side and unshrink economies just attack there is there's an interesting work from another American professor called Boyd coil what probably lives in Barcelona he created a comp ask in a circle with six axis a little bit what am I was saying so d and what you do is you characterize the company that is you apply that the label sharing economy but then you analyze our their market oriented so they are have monetary exchange they are sharing sharing costs or they are doing something for free or alternative currencies and tentative value exchange are they're using private technology something into him or something something in between or open technologies do they have a traditional approach for companies centrally stick with shareholders or they are closer to a cooperative model and a half six axis and you actually what you do is characterized the the company and we will see the coexistence of different types of companies and approach in the sector so for example in tourism Airbnb stem always known well known one which we the more traditional in terms of company and in terms of monetary exchange is very traditional although they organized they offer end of the man in a different way they optimize that but then you have home exchange where the value is not change in a different way or you have cultural thing that calls for free and it's a social exchange so we will see that also in mobility and other sectors diff different different types and people will choose and we'll have an ecosystem of different options that's it and two to run yourself we could be talking for hours but its way we gotta wrap it up somehow and that's the last question 2016 has been quite a year with a lot of conflicts but you know the year is ending soon and we're going into a new year yeah you're involved with Barcelona Activa and and you know government and everything what do you think of the next year it's gonna be another year with conflicts what do you think no i don't think so i think that we are going on if it will be the year of the a of the agreements of the agreements of the rebooting limits on the manage manage in terms of Tiryns is basic know that it's very important to manage not only to to complain you know not only to to be what is grown but also to to develop a good a strategic plan for a half alone or long-term not for the next year alone half over long-term yeah and in that case i think that they are very they are ready to do it after this year that is still being hard yeah i'll tell you optimistic as well for the next year I'm an optimistic person in general yeah i think i think i have things will evolve and and i think also what type of not only locally but globally so we are we are getting a global knowledge on it on this topic that we can and we can tap into and i think more of this knowledge is being shared among cities and they are coordinating better and better and i think it will be at the year also of the of the cities and the sharing economy and we shall fest in in Paris is going to be devoted to the cities because it is space 9 I think we'll see more of this regulation coming to coming to the cities and Richard Richard debate and sharing and sharing best practices [Music]
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Barcelona has been notoriously known for opposing the sharing economy and collaborative economy platforms such as Airbnb and Uber, as well as BlaBlaCar, even though the population are using the platforms more than most European citizens. We talked with Albert Canigueral, a thought leader in terms of innovative regulations and head of the Ouishare movement in Spain. Lucia Fernandez, another pioneer in the sharing economy community in Europe, working with Barcelona Activia, Ouishare and the local government in Barcelona, and Jaume Suñol, country manager of P2P car rental service Drivy. They all shared valuable insights from the relatively new world of the crowd capitalism, and how to fix the conflict between the sharing economy and authorities.
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[00:02] welcome to the ethnic podcasts my name [00:04] [00:04] is Sandra whole plant today we have a [00:07] [00:07] topic that's very tense in the media [00:10] [00:10] these days will there ever be a happy [00:13] [00:13] ending for the collaborative economy in [00:15] [00:15] in Spain and with me to discuss this [00:18] [00:18] topic we have three smart people as [00:20] [00:20] always and this week in this month we [00:23] [00:23] have first of all Albert connect rural [00:26] [00:26] innovation strategists founder of [00:30] [00:30] consumer collaborative oh we sure [00:32] [00:32] Barcelona connector and so on is that a [00:35] [00:35] good presentation that's a good [00:37] [00:37] presentation yeah okay second of all we [00:39] [00:39] have Lucy Hernandez expert on a [00:42] [00:42] collaborative economy you're currently [00:43] [00:43] working with local government you're [00:45] [00:45] working with Barcelona Activa also [00:47] [00:47] consumer collaborative oh and your your [00:50] [00:50] focus is on the tourism part right yes [00:53] [00:53] right yes and last but not least we also [00:56] [00:56] have Jamison y'all you're the country [00:59] [00:59] manager for dr e in spain and for those [01:02] [01:02] of you that don't know dr e is Europe's [01:05] [01:05] largest peer-to-peer car rental [01:07] [01:07] companies all right yeah platform a [01:09] [01:09] market place a marker place right so [01:12] [01:12] thank you all for being here I really [01:14] [01:14] appreciate you coming thank you every [01:18] [01:18] week there's something new from the [01:20] [01:20] battle between authorities and the [01:22] [01:22] sharing economy our collaborative [01:24] [01:24] economy like Airbnb uber blah blah car [01:27] [01:27] once once a week the government wins the [01:30] [01:30] battle the other week you know it's the [01:32] [01:32] platforms that that wins he the last one [01:34] [01:34] was this week actually when the Superior [01:37] [01:37] Court of Catalunya has an old define of [01:40] [01:40] thirty thousand euros imposed by the [01:41] [01:41] government two years ago by offering [01:45] [01:45] tours departments illegally and also [01:47] [01:47] possibly making [01:49] [01:49] mayor other Klaus very newly fine of six [01:53] [01:53] hundred thousand euros last month not [01:56] [01:56] not binding making a precedence Albert [02:00] [02:00] you've been writing and talking about [02:02] [02:02] these things for years now this these [02:05] [02:05] fines that we're seeing in the paper and [02:08] [02:08] which is very relevant these days it's [02:11] [02:11] just populism or politics or or this is [02:14] [02:14] a good way of dealing with these issues [02:16] [02:16] what do you think no usually and it's [02:19] [02:19] not only my opinion but also European [02:21] [02:21] Union opinion that find and for binding [02:24] [02:24] things lead and boom it's not it's not [02:28] [02:28] the best way to operate dialogue is [02:30] [02:30] always that the best approach and in the [02:32] [02:32] specific case of tourism and we'll see I [02:34] [02:34] can explain it more in more detail there [02:36] [02:36] there are a lot of cities that have [02:38] [02:38] dealt with that more with dialogue and [02:41] [02:41] separating different type of activities [02:43] [02:43] that in Barcelona which we still have [02:45] [02:45] like bundle and the same umbrella of [02:47] [02:47] Elohim enters critical where there are [02:50] [02:50] different activities inside there that [02:52] [02:52] need to be separated and yeah but the [02:56] [02:56] thing is we are in a new territory so it [02:59] [02:59] also i would say normal that we have [03:00] [03:00] this kind of moment and behavior so [03:04] [03:04] people are trying to understand what's [03:05] [03:05] going on both and anything or just [03:07] [03:07] important to separate the behavior of [03:09] [03:09] the platform themselves or the [03:11] [03:11] marketplaces and end-users and we see [03:14] [03:14] there there will be responsibilities and [03:16] [03:16] rights and duties for all this part and [03:18] [03:18] we are still making them up so it's [03:20] [03:20] normal that we are a little bit lost and [03:22] [03:22] and jam yeah you your present to drive [03:27] [03:27] you here today and we're not reading [03:28] [03:28] about driving every day in the news [03:30] [03:30] neither in Spain nor in France at least [03:33] [03:33] not in a negative way seems like you [03:35] [03:35] find a way to to dealing with let the [03:38] [03:38] government or authorities in a good way [03:41] [03:41] can you tell how are you how are you [03:43] [03:43] doing this well it's a bit different [03:46] [03:46] regulations for each of the areas or the [03:49] [03:49] soup areas and in our case what we do [03:53] [03:53] basically we have a platform where we [03:55] [03:55] connect people who have cars and they [03:58] [03:58] don't use it or they don't use it very [04:00] [04:00] often and people who need a car for a [04:02] [04:02] weekend or or or holidays so this the [04:07] [04:07] users who are renting their cars to [04:10] [04:10] other users this is considered renting [04:14] [04:14] without a driver so in Spain for example [04:17] [04:17] this activity doesn't require a license [04:19] [04:19] and I think most of the problems that [04:22] [04:22] are surfacing right now with platforms [04:25] [04:25] or so are related with licenses or [04:27] [04:27] tourism licenses for certain things or [04:31] [04:31] taxi licences for other platforms so at [04:34] [04:34] the end in our sub area maybe that's the [04:37] [04:37] reason why we are not on on the on the [04:40] [04:40] run on the regulation part but it's [04:43] [04:43] because of this population however I [04:46] [04:46] think that all these platforms shares [04:49] [04:49] certain things in common and the fact [04:52] [04:52] that the users are becoming not only [04:54] [04:54] consumers but also producers so the [04:57] [04:57] prosumer rolled at Alberton and Lucy I [05:01] [05:01] can explain much better and this is all [05:04] [05:04] so new and this creates tension so all [05:07] [05:07] the old companies or the traditional [05:10] [05:10] models so at the end and being very [05:13] [05:13] aware of all these changes and trying to [05:16] [05:16] adapt the regulation in a first way is [05:20] [05:20] key otherwise we will see these kind of [05:23] [05:23] fines and problems and tensions hmmm and [05:26] [05:26] Lucia you're the expert here because [05:28] [05:28] we're talking about for example Airbnb [05:31] [05:31] which is very [05:32] [05:32] connected with tourism what are your [05:35] [05:35] thoughts of the latest you know articles [05:37] [05:37] in newspapers well I think that a we [05:40] [05:40] omit the brown with your vm being [05:43] [05:43] Barcelona is about political issue I [05:46] [05:46] think that the best way to address this [05:50] [05:50] this problem is to how Albert set is to [05:54] [05:54] talk about it and to make agreements on [05:58] [05:58] what is the the best the best way to to [06:02] [06:03] deal with this with these technologies [06:05] [06:05] no I BMB I think that is it has a scare [06:09] [06:09] in a big way and it's normal that [06:12] [06:12] traditional sector is worried about how [06:15] [06:15] they they they understand that this [06:18] [06:18] thing no but I think that they they need [06:21] [06:21] to understand that a vm b is a [06:23] [06:23] representative business mobile it's a [06:25] [06:25] platform model and is that users wants [06:29] [06:29] and they have to to integrate or 2010 [06:32] [06:32] first and integrate is this type of [06:34] [06:34] models into debt ratio models and it was [06:37] [06:37] thrown anything that they have to [06:38] [06:39] dialogue and try to define an agreement [06:42] [06:42] know as add other cities in europe [06:44] [06:44] headstone so think maybe you can [06:48] [06:48] elaborate a little bit more on the other [06:49] [06:49] cities with nothing there are some [06:51] [06:51] examples which are generally go Dustin [06:53] [06:53] maybe not perfect but at least our [06:55] [06:55] reference know if it's sure a reference [06:57] [06:57] in I'm sorry me is the most proactive on [07:00] [07:00] this way by the way they do the first [07:03] [07:03] Home Sharing regulation in Europe and [07:06] [07:06] now has sinus had just signed an [07:09] [07:09] agreement with a BM be putting limits [07:11] [07:11] for example in how many days the host [07:15] [07:15] could run their rooms or apartments [07:18] [07:18] there are 60 days per year but is the [07:22] [07:22] same that London has done and your limbs [07:25] [07:25] right is 90 days per year and I don't [07:29] [07:29] know in New Orleans there are into the [07:32] [07:32] agreement in the agreement [07:34] [07:34] a little part that talk about to [07:37] [07:37] eliminate all the listings in the center [07:39] [07:39] in the in the in the center in the [07:42] [07:42] downtown of the city I think that every [07:45] [07:45] city has to deal with that about having [07:49] [07:49] and work on his car David [07:52] [07:52] characteristics but it because it's very [07:54] [07:54] different from one city to another yeah [07:56] [07:56] but are we doing enough in Barcelona do [07:59] [07:59] you think is this what was what kind of [08:03] [08:03] say this is the cities that are [08:05] [08:05] references all over the all over Europe [08:07] [08:07] are Barcelona creating you know [08:09] [08:09] connections with these cities are they [08:11] [08:11] trying to solve this problem last year [08:14] [08:14] and on their individual face Barcelona [08:16] [08:16] that is an event that we share organized [08:18] [08:18] here and we put in contact with the [08:22] [08:22] person in Amsterdam that that major the [08:24] [08:24] relation the revelation that they are in [08:26] [08:26] contact but you know that in in Spain in [08:30] [08:30] general all the tourism issues are [08:33] [08:34] delegated to the one of the rent in [08:36] [08:36] issue is delegated to the city halls and [08:40] [08:40] generally taught or other statements [08:42] [08:42] like this has another role in this in [08:45] [08:45] the situation that is it's like it's [08:49] [08:49] like in difficult to arrive between them [08:52] [08:52] into a a solution right right it's true [08:56] [08:56] that you say you you said it earlier as [08:58] [08:58] well both you're talking about how you [09:00] [09:00] know big companies are scaling and then [09:02] [09:02] dedicating I want to grow fast do you [09:05] [09:05] feel that you know governments can they [09:07] [09:07] ever can ever you know support the kind [09:10] [09:10] of growth that you are wishing for [09:11] [09:11] yourself mmm wow it's a difficult [09:15] [09:15] question because at the end first on a [09:19] [09:19] European level there is that there are [09:23] [09:23] some guidelines that they presented in [09:25] [09:25] engine that support the sharing economy [09:28] [09:28] and also basically they try to present a [09:34] [09:34] guide for countries to regulate the [09:36] [09:36] sharing economy but then what happens is [09:40] [09:40] that there are many levels on on [09:42] [09:42] regulations so there is the European [09:44] [09:44] Commission and there is each country's [09:46] [09:47] regulation some local regulations as [09:50] [09:50] well and even city regulations so at the [09:53] [09:53] end these effects too many levels and [09:56] [09:56] some companies are affected by a lot of [09:59] [09:59] levels some more countries that are [10:01] [10:01] faster than others to define this [10:05] [10:05] blu-ray limits between citizens and [10:09] [10:09] professionals and when an addean it's [10:13] [10:13] all about defining these limits and very [10:17] [10:17] clearly establishing some rules that [10:21] [10:21] make the traditional companies and the [10:25] [10:25] new economy or the new collaborative [10:27] [10:27] economy compatible in a way that it's [10:30] [10:30] fair for everybody yeah exactly and [10:32] [10:32] about your traveling all over the world [10:34] [10:34] and Europe in general and you're seeing [10:37] [10:37] all these different cities and how they [10:39] [10:39] are adapting to this kind of new economy [10:41] [10:41] how is pain compared with the rest of [10:43] [10:43] Europe as you think a lot we are a kind [10:46] [10:46] of a hot spot in both positive and [10:50] [10:50] problematic way I mean there are some [10:53] [10:53] studies from European Union also [10:54] [10:54] mentioning that we are one of the [10:57] [10:57] countries with more activity from the [10:58] [10:58] users or like I think it was six percent [11:00] [11:00] of the users according to this study [11:02] [11:02] have offered either as a room or a car [11:06] [11:06] or something on piona like bathroom like [11:10] [11:10] volleyball or participated on a [11:12] [11:12] crowdfunding so we're quite active and [11:14] [11:14] the number of platforms in Spain is [11:16] [11:16] pretty large and the adoption is is also [11:19] [11:19] quite massive I think you can ask around [11:20] [11:20] so from terms of platforms and activity [11:23] [11:23] we are quite well right i would say [11:25] [11:25] between France UK in Spain we are the [11:28] [11:28] top three countries probably at frans a [11:30] [11:30] little bit ahead yeah and we're probably [11:33] [11:33] the number one in in conflicts yeah [11:36] [11:36] I don't know I mean we should ask what's [11:40] [11:40] the current regulation scheme that Gemma [11:42] [11:42] was explaining especially at national [11:45] [11:45] and local level there are some things [11:48] [11:48] that are not about legal debate or [11:51] [11:51] economic debate its political debate as [11:53] [11:53] Lucy also hinted so I think its a mix [11:56] [11:56] and and the power of some of the lobbies [11:58] [11:58] that we have for example out of the [12:00] [12:00] sharing economy we have the energy lobby [12:02] [12:02] which is a very famous in postal soul [12:04] [12:04] which is very unique around the wall and [12:07] [12:07] this is because we have certain types of [12:10] [12:10] schemas here and maybe not the sectors [12:12] [12:12] that are heavily regulated right the [12:15] [12:15] same is happening but I think the level [12:18] [12:18] of adoption from the users also will [12:19] [12:19] will have some pressure on that under [12:22] [12:22] respect and I would say we are little [12:24] [12:24] bit slow on innovation on the regulation [12:27] [12:27] using technology to for example what am [12:31] [12:31] I was a no measure what is the level [12:33] [12:33] activity of these these companies of [12:35] [12:35] there and maybe the city has a cannon [12:38] [12:38] can set a cap a limit to some of this [12:40] [12:40] activity but maybe not by last by [12:42] [12:42] license but by capping the number of [12:44] [12:44] activity as a whole so there are other [12:47] [12:47] approaches for example one of the ones I [12:49] [12:49] like a larceny was in Sao Paulo in [12:51] [12:51] Brazil they actually created a kind of a [12:55] [12:55] schema where the peer-to-peer [12:58] [12:58] ride-sharing companies or the uber type [13:00] [13:00] of thing that basically you were there [13:02] [13:02] they need to buy kilometers so there is [13:05] [13:05] a sub also is a stock yeah let's say of [13:08] [13:08] kilometers and in order to operate and [13:11] [13:11] there is a limit they need they need to [13:13] [13:13] buy kilometres there's a bit an [13:15] [13:15] interesting way so and and the thing is [13:18] [13:18] not so much how to regulate that I think [13:20] [13:20] we have examples on how to regulate but [13:22] [13:22] how to monitor how to enforce how to use [13:24] [13:24] technology in a smart way to actually [13:26] [13:26] keep control that the regulation is [13:28] [13:28] applied and I think we have we have some [13:30] [13:30] opportunity there and neither in Spain i [13:33] [13:34] would say nor in almost anywhere else [13:35] [13:35] have been used that opportunity yet well [13:38] [13:38] you're on transportation german what [13:40] [13:40] what do you think of this this kind of [13:41] [13:41] solutions well i think it's necessary to [13:44] [13:44] define the limits and the well basically [13:50] [13:50] to define the differences between the [13:54] [13:54] professional services and also this [13:57] [13:57] sharing economy or basically sharing [14:02] [14:02] costs models and at the end this depends [14:05] [14:05] on each of these areas some countries [14:09] [14:09] are approaching this as a whole like [14:11] [14:11] they defined that there is a an amount [14:15] [14:15] for any train economy related activity [14:19] [14:19] for a user but some other countries are [14:21] [14:21] trying to be specific on its superior I [14:24] [14:24] think it's better to approach on the [14:27] [14:27] latest so to be specific on its sub area [14:30] [14:30] but this requires quite a lot of [14:32] [14:32] technical legislative work to understand [14:38] [14:38] models to understand the costs and [14:40] [14:40] different systems to analyze this and as [14:45] [14:45] an example this kind of solutions I [14:47] [14:47] think it's quite smart to find this [14:49] [14:49] solution like a pool of kilometers or a [14:53] [14:53] pool of days per year and I heard that [14:57] [14:57] some countries like Belgium for example [14:59] [14:59] they have defined our same activity in a [15:03] [15:03] very specific way and you can earn [15:05] [15:05] maximum of an X amount per year you can [15:09] [15:09] rent a car maximum 60 days per year in a [15:13] [15:13] way of sharing costs then if you surpass [15:16] [15:16] this limit you are a professional doing [15:19] [15:19] this activity so understanding these [15:22] [15:22] barriers or this lines more than mark [15:25] [15:25] these lines is important because then [15:28] [15:28] the the traditional companies can feel [15:31] [15:31] more comfortable otherwise they feel [15:33] [15:33] that you are playing with different [15:36] [15:36] roles and they have very strict rules [15:38] [15:38] international company so that's why they [15:40] [15:40] put pressure and they love it to change [15:43] [15:43] the regulations or do for bit on this [15:47] [15:47] ends I think at the end we all want the [15:50] [15:50] same which is we want a clear [15:53] [15:53] understanding of what's fair for the [15:58] [15:58] platform for the users and [16:00] [16:00] also a traditional company yeah but [16:02] [16:02] Disney's we defined by the [16:04] [16:04] administration and it's not easy hmm i [16:06] [16:06] think the other approach that also it's [16:09] [16:09] an innovation its try a trial and error [16:11] [16:11] or knows where the startup world he [16:13] [16:13] exactly so startups always make a lot of [16:16] [16:16] mistakes but learn on the way so [16:18] [16:18] regulators try to make it perfect from [16:21] [16:21] looking at it during three years and [16:22] [16:22] it's not going to happen no you need to [16:24] [16:24] try maybe set a threshold of something [16:26] [16:26] and maybe move this threshold up or down [16:28] [16:28] depending on what's going on and what [16:30] [16:30] you measure now in France for example [16:32] [16:32] they personally approved a law where [16:35] [16:35] specifically if you are renting your car [16:37] [16:37] and it's above 7600 or something like [16:40] [16:40] that eros then you need to become a [16:42] [16:42] freelance it's super specific the same [16:45] [16:45] with an and in the same regulation in [16:47] [16:47] hamster they start with I think 90 days [16:50] [16:50] and now it's becoming 60 days and they [16:52] [16:52] are have an agreement a technical [16:54] [16:54] agreement with Airbnb to share some data [16:55] [16:55] and twin forties regulation and they [16:58] [16:58] will block the so the first very and [17:00] [17:00] actually this agreement that they sign [17:02] [17:02] has a duration of two years they agreed [17:04] [17:04] to review the agreement in two years [17:06] [17:06] because this is going so fast that is [17:08] [17:08] impossible to forecast what's going to [17:10] [17:10] happen so it's a start do something in a [17:12] [17:12] kind of a lean approach also with [17:15] [17:15] regulation and we are and here we are [17:16] [17:16] more like a paralysis analysis yeah a [17:19] [17:19] bad thing I was about to say Lucy are [17:23] [17:23] you you're you're in the government [17:24] [17:24] working with them are you afraid to fail [17:27] [17:27] yes externally is like I don't know how [17:31] [17:31] to start it she said them that the [17:33] [17:33] person one of the person i mean i'm [17:36] [17:36] working with a generator catalonia i [17:40] [17:40] even know how to star but it start with [17:42] [17:42] something i don't know you have [17:44] [17:44] reference now you have found seven you [17:46] [17:46] have london you have new orleans in New [17:48] [17:48] York there is some room [17:50] [17:50] that is call it one host one home yeah [17:54] [17:54] right right exactly then at the end I [17:58] [17:58] think that is very very you can you can [18:00] [18:00] be very specific in every city then [18:03] [18:03] start with something and you can revise [18:06] [18:06] insist moans one month I don't know but [18:08] [18:08] it but you have to start because [18:10] [18:10] citizens are demanding are demanding [18:12] [18:12] rules and undemanding are demanding [18:14] [18:14] limits and are demanding agreements [18:17] [18:17] right and I thought about saying that [18:19] [18:19] the adoption of these platforms are a [18:20] [18:20] huge in Spain in general people are [18:22] [18:22] using this platform son and in spite of [18:25] [18:25] people using a lot I feel like there's [18:27] [18:27] the people that are seeing these [18:29] [18:29] platforms as a problem are screaming the [18:30] [18:30] loudest loudest sand the people that are [18:32] [18:32] seeing it as a solution you know they're [18:34] [18:34] they're a bit quiet because you know [18:36] [18:36] it's still you know in a gray zone do [18:38] [18:38] you feel like that you know the people [18:40] [18:40] that are seeing this is a problems there [18:41] [18:41] screaming in loudness and that's why the [18:43] [18:43] politicians are on their side or what do [18:45] [18:45] you think i think that the tension that [18:48] [18:48] the city hall or the generator de [18:50] [18:50] catalunya is half with a B&B Oh with [18:53] [18:53] with these platforms are translating to [18:56] [18:56] the to the people known in the industry [18:58] [18:58] and I think that this is a very big [19:02] [19:02] mistake because people effectively they [19:05] [19:05] they don't they don't know how to how to [19:09] [19:09] how to work with with that they they are [19:11] [19:11] I am they they don't want to fall in one [19:17] [19:17] hand to put their apartments into the [19:19] [19:19] platform but the more of the people most [19:22] [19:22] of the people need the money to arrive [19:24] [19:24] to the end of the month to survive now [19:26] [19:26] then it's a good way also to to have an [19:29] [19:29] income and and a lot of people that they [19:33] [19:33] need yeah and one of interesting things [19:35] [19:35] that is happening wrestling and I'm [19:36] [19:36] really excited for that for next year [19:38] [19:38] yeah is the kind of the user guild a [19:41] [19:41] user producers people who are offering [19:43] [19:43] their car or in their home or they are [19:45] [19:45] active in different platforms or they [19:47] [19:47] are drivers in some of these platforms [19:48] [19:48] there's thing to organize themselves as [19:51] [19:51] a collective we have a good example here [19:53] [19:53] in Barcelona with a subset of the Airbnb [19:56] [19:56] users and not only our B&B other persons [19:58] [19:58] to people who are renting either [20:01] [20:01] room in their house or their full house [20:04] [20:04] when they are not there so there's a [20:05] [20:06] subset of the activity function at home [20:08] [20:08] sharing activity and and they grouped [20:11] [20:11] themselves something called by indie mp3 [20:13] [20:13] on Taylor salona and they are loving for [20:16] [20:16] their own interest both in front of the [20:20] [20:20] government and in front of the platform [20:21] [20:21] okay so it's a third actor and I think [20:24] [20:24] we are going to see more and more of [20:25] [20:25] these kind of gills appearing the [20:29] [20:29] probably next year because people will [20:32] [20:32] will will have this need of defend [20:34] [20:34] around rights and it's not about [20:36] [20:36] confrontational but it's very often it's [20:37] [20:37] very positive so it's not like trying to [20:40] [20:40] forbid something it's just we leave the [20:42] [20:42] bottle and so on it's very creative but [20:43] [20:43] its necessary to do have this protection [20:45] [20:45] what do you think these platforms are [20:49] [20:49] they protecting their you know their [20:51] [20:51] evangelist and our sales agents like the [20:53] [20:53] people that are on these platforms [20:56] [20:56] how necessary is it for for everyone to [20:59] [20:59] you know join a kind of organization [21:00] [21:00] because I guess a lot of people that are [21:02] [21:02] listening and seeing this they have [21:04] [21:04] rented their car maybe they have you [21:06] [21:06] know rented their house or apartment or [21:07] [21:07] a room how necessary is it to you know [21:10] [21:10] become a member of some kind of guilt [21:12] [21:12] like this what do you think with you [21:13] [21:13] know I think that is necessary people [21:15] [21:15] wants to participate wants to [21:17] [21:17] participate in the production of value [21:18] [21:18] but wants to participate in taking [21:20] [21:20] decisions or with all the technicians in [21:24] [21:24] the relationship that has with platforms [21:26] [21:26] and with public administrations and in [21:28] [21:28] the in the sense that they want to to [21:31] [21:31] know to to be part of the decisions of [21:34] [21:34] the product or service that they want to [21:36] [21:36] consume or they they want to develop [21:38] [21:38] then people wants to participate and [21:41] [21:41] people is empowered now and very [21:43] [21:43] connected then is that whether that is [21:45] [21:45] going on and is very liquid nice [21:48] [21:48] developing in an organic way and very [21:51] [21:51] very important that because we are [21:54] [21:54] worried and now about the platform that [21:56] [21:56] we know now but innovation is going on [21:59] [21:59] and is going alone then I think that [22:03] [22:03] it's very important the power of the [22:05] [22:05] innovation on regulation that's [22:06] [22:06] important and jemmye you you have a lot [22:09] [22:09] of people you know using your platform [22:11] [22:11] how are you protecting you know your [22:13] [22:13] people not long ago two weeks ago we did [22:16] [22:16] the first meeting for users in Barcelona [22:20] [22:20] and it went quite well because we had 20 [22:23] [22:23] power owners the owners that love us and [22:26] [22:26] that they met the exchanges information [22:29] [22:29] how they are doing what works for them [22:31] [22:31] the prices that they said on how they do [22:33] [22:33] so this kind of meetings that we started [22:36] [22:36] to have them in France a few years ago [22:39] [22:39] they work quite well because people meet [22:42] [22:42] each other they can exchange all around [22:45] [22:45] the tips and tricks on how they use the [22:47] [22:47] platform and so and it's a way to to [22:50] [22:50] give this sense of community of these [22:53] [22:53] users who are using our platform and at [22:57] [22:57] the end this could happen also on the [22:59] [22:59] other side which is the the people who [23:01] [23:01] rent cars as well so we did it for the [23:04] [23:04] owners so car owners but [23:07] [23:07] could happen on the other side see I [23:09] [23:09] think that that platforms in the [23:12] [23:12] collaborative economy done don't don't [23:17] [23:17] one develop well if they have if they [23:20] [23:20] not have a community this is very very [23:23] [23:23] important for me is very important the [23:26] [23:26] sense of community because at the end if [23:28] [23:28] notice if the platform has not a [23:31] [23:31] community is a digital platform it's not [23:33] [23:33] a sharing economy platfor is not another [23:35] [23:35] type of or on-demand platform know in [23:39] [23:39] the in the collaborative economy that I [23:40] [23:40] think that the point of that to have a [23:42] [23:42] community who shared values and it's [23:45] [23:45] very very important but how do you feel [23:48] [23:48] platforms like Airbnb uber the biggest [23:50] [23:50] on blah blah car how are they doing this [23:52] [23:52] a B&B matin even one month on ago ago in [23:58] [23:58] Los Angeles ill open air BnB I was there [24:01] [24:01] and it was like immunity berry [24:05] [24:05] engagement with the company and it's [24:08] [24:08] like a mental sense of our sensitive [24:12] [24:12] sense of of I I belong to a community [24:16] [24:16] very cool now and that's it's like one [24:19] [24:19] it's very it's incredible a B&B has a [24:24] [24:24] community very engagement with them okay [24:27] [24:27] the bony session home so these companies [24:31] [24:31] as I mentioned that they had like a kind [24:34] [24:34] of like a difficult track record the [24:36] [24:36] last two years of dealing with the [24:37] [24:37] government but lets you know picture [24:40] [24:40] like a scenario where Airbnb and uber [24:42] [24:42] would enter Barcelona for the first time [24:45] [24:45] tomorrow oh but what about you think how [24:48] [24:48] should they do it differently this time [24:50] [24:50] 22 you know nuts you know clinch with [24:54] [24:54] the government what about is your advice [24:56] [24:56] no I think it's a complicated one but [25:02] [25:02] probably if you would the first thing is [25:05] [25:05] to have also on the site of the regional [25:08] [25:08] and local governments people who are [25:09] [25:09] expert and who can deal with that [25:10] [25:10] because also in public comm friends [25:12] [25:12] we've heard we were we were sitting in [25:15] [25:15] front of some of these companies [25:19] [25:19] we had not no idea what they were doing [25:21] [25:21] how to deal with them and that has been [25:24] [25:25] set by government officials in public [25:27] [25:27] public events and I think that but it [25:29] [25:29] was good to recognize this position but [25:32] [25:32] it's also important that the government [25:34] [25:34] gets ready for that on one side and on [25:37] [25:37] the site of the companies also really [25:39] [25:39] understand the local regulations and [25:41] [25:41] especially over had recognized that the [25:43] [25:43] way they started to operate in many many [25:45] [25:45] cities in the past was incorrect they [25:47] [25:47] also said that in public and now they [25:50] [25:50] are trying to be a little a little [25:51] [25:51] softer and to understand what the [25:52] [25:52] situation and to have dialogues and [25:54] [25:54] tables with the with the cities mmm and [25:58] [25:58] an onion and try to help and be proposed [26:01] [26:01] ative on on the waist to regulate know [26:03] [26:03] every bee they just really release [26:06] [26:06] something called regulation let's do the [26:10] [26:10] tool chest which is a 20 pages document [26:12] [26:12] with some ideas on how to regulate their [26:14] [26:14] BMP ok so we propose something and then [26:16] [26:16] so being being positive on finding [26:19] [26:19] solutions know for example for the [26:21] [26:21] future of work but it's also a big topic [26:23] [26:23] with people organizing all this income [26:25] [26:25] as their main source of income as an [26:28] [26:28] aggregated generated some mmm there are [26:31] [26:31] a proposal from etsy etsy is an american [26:34] [26:34] company kind of ebay for handmade stuff [26:37] [26:37] and vintage people are making some of [26:40] [26:40] them are artisans and making a lot of [26:41] [26:41] money through etsy so they are making [26:43] [26:43] some proposal how to reinvent social [26:45] [26:45] security and an income stability and [26:48] [26:48] it's a proposal from the public policy [26:50] [26:50] department of HC which is very [26:52] [26:52] interesting so these companies also need [26:54] [26:54] to help to innovate and make proposals [26:56] [26:56] not just try to and and try to find a [26:59] [26:59] middle ground yeah we're talking about [27:03] [27:03] different terms there and it's a bit [27:05] [27:05] something else but it's still very [27:06] [27:06] connected because we're talking about [27:08] [27:08] the sharing economy the collaborative [27:09] [27:09] economy [27:10] [27:10] the other day I heard have to let some [27:13] [27:13] cross-dressing you know if there are so [27:16] [27:16] many terms and people are using them you [27:18] [27:18] know differently and you're you're like [27:20] [27:20] the expert so I think I guess you have a [27:22] [27:22] very you know clear mind of what to use [27:24] [27:24] when but for people in general it's like [27:26] [27:26] a bunch of words alyssia should we leave [27:30] [27:30] sharing economy behind is this word that [27:32] [27:32] we should use or what what should we say [27:35] [27:35] no I don't think so because sharing [27:37] [27:37] economy is not only a term is a movement [27:41] [27:41] it's another way of doing things it's [27:44] [27:44] more sustainable and cheering economy [27:47] [27:47] put the tools the burn and and to do [27:51] [27:51] what they need in each moment then it's [27:54] [27:54] not all about a collaborative [27:56] [27:56] consumption platforms is about is about [27:59] [27:59] governance is of a participation is [28:02] [28:02] about a lot of things and I think that [28:04] [28:04] the sharing economy tear or [28:05] [28:05] collaborative column we prefer [28:07] [28:07] collaborative economy because it's the [28:09] [28:09] translation that we made in at the [28:12] [28:12] beginning from the sharing economy term [28:14] [28:14] and I think that this is a movement and [28:18] [28:18] as a movement I think that is good the [28:22] [28:22] term Robert if economy right what yeah [28:25] [28:25] what would the way I'm explaining [28:26] [28:26] recently also after listening I don't [28:29] [28:29] under I Jen with a professor at New York [28:31] [28:31] University and I recommend to follow his [28:33] [28:33] work because his he's quite interesting [28:35] [28:35] on the terminology for example he he [28:38] [28:38] wrote a book recently and the hitter [28:40] [28:40] forced him to you to have the sharing [28:42] [28:42] economy as title because it's the most [28:45] [28:45] popular term and people would not [28:46] [28:46] understand what you're talking about if [28:48] [28:48] you are trying to push for another term [28:50] [28:50] then in then in the subtitle it's [28:53] [28:53] understanding or the effects of work and [28:56] [28:56] the feet of work in the cloud capitalism [28:57] [28:57] if you are not changing the general [28:59] [28:59] schema of selling renting like monetary [29:02] [29:02] exchange I think that I'm kind of [29:04] [29:04] capitalism is quite interesting and [29:06] [29:06] quite quite precise for that and it's a [29:09] [29:09] subset of that of the companies that we [29:11] [29:11] see where people are renting selling or [29:14] [29:14] using their time and selling their time [29:15] [29:15] for for for some money and then so these [29:18] [29:18] companies are competing inside the [29:20] [29:20] capitalist system with the tradition [29:22] [29:22] version that one that one thing and then [29:25] [29:25] inside this quality economy big broad [29:27] [29:27] term you also see companies who are [29:29] [29:29] trying to have exchanges sharing the [29:32] [29:32] cost or giving something for free or [29:35] [29:35] using alternative currencies so or [29:38] [29:38] creating Commons so who are trying to [29:41] [29:41] compete with the system no not not not [29:44] [29:44] inside the system and that's why [29:46] [29:46] confusing and some people complain that [29:48] [29:48] this isn't it is not precise now this is [29:51] [29:51] the way I'm trying to explain it [29:52] [29:52] rationally and I think it helped the [29:55] [29:55] obvious stuff but everything changed [29:57] [29:57] very fast because because I think that [29:59] [29:59] that that then next is the platforms of [30:02] [30:02] the collaborative economy integrating [30:04] [30:04] the traditional model right right yeah [30:06] [30:06] yeah exactly how are you facing yourself [30:08] [30:08] yeah yeah and I think one of the keys is [30:11] [30:11] whatever said the term sharing economy [30:13] [30:13] it's not very precise and I think it's [30:16] [30:16] more like a label and it can be used on [30:19] [30:19] many levels so there are the most pure [30:22] [30:22] sharing economy level I don't think a [30:24] [30:24] platform like diving could be applied to [30:26] [30:26] a pure sharing economy because we are a [30:29] [30:29] company and as a platform we want to [30:31] [30:31] make our technology better and better [30:33] [30:33] and make money as well so at the end we [30:36] [30:36] have this attack but it could be a [30:38] [30:38] different one because our main focus as [30:42] [30:42] a platform is to explode this [30:44] [30:44] opportunity that is the new technology [30:48] [30:48] and the revolution that we are in which [30:50] [30:50] is not only the mobility revolution how [30:53] [30:53] cars will be in the next five years we [30:55] [30:55] don't know but we know that cars are [30:57] [30:57] changing a lot how people share their [30:59] [30:59] assets and specially cars will change a [31:02] [31:02] lot and at the same time the on-demand [31:05] [31:05] economy is something very new we could [31:08] [31:08] also be considered on the man as well so [31:11] [31:11] it's tags that you apply and retain [31:14] [31:14] platforms are more pure on a specific [31:17] [31:17] tag and others less and especially there [31:21] [31:21] are some companies or platforms trying [31:24] [31:24] to benefit from these tags in a way that [31:27] [31:27] it's maybe not the purest term but I I [31:31] [31:31] think that as a blah [31:33] [31:33] form our main focus is to have a product [31:37] [31:37] or have a service that is the best for [31:40] [31:40] the user that creates value in a way [31:42] [31:42] that it's super easy and this technology [31:45] [31:45] that we are developing that we are [31:48] [31:48] creating and for example on dr e now [31:51] [31:51] apart from our absence oh you can [31:54] [31:54] install a device in your car so you can [31:58] [31:58] as a sum owner enable rentals without [32:03] [32:03] physically meet and by activating the [32:07] [32:07] car and then the person renting opens [32:09] [32:09] the car with a smartphone so this we [32:11] [32:11] call it drive you open all this [32:13] [32:13] technology facilitates the way of doing [32:17] [32:17] this kind of new interactions and this [32:20] [32:20] is creating a new new service that that [32:26] [32:26] we are trying to offer that is more on [32:28] [32:28] the on demand side you want a car you [32:31] [32:31] click tap on on the smartphone and you [32:34] [32:34] have one so we are all on many ways of [32:39] [32:39] the spectrum but some companies are more [32:41] [32:41] on one side so on the other side and [32:43] [32:43] unshrink economies just attack there is [32:46] [32:46] there's an interesting work from another [32:48] [32:48] American professor called Boyd coil what [32:50] [32:50] probably lives in Barcelona he created a [32:52] [32:52] comp ask in a circle with six axis a [32:55] [32:55] little bit what am I was saying so d and [32:58] [32:58] what you do is you characterize the [33:00] [33:00] company that is you apply that the label [33:03] [33:03] sharing economy but then you analyze our [33:05] [33:05] their market oriented so they are have [33:07] [33:07] monetary exchange they are sharing [33:09] [33:09] sharing costs or they are doing [33:11] [33:11] something for free or alternative [33:12] [33:12] currencies and tentative value exchange [33:14] [33:14] are they're using private technology [33:16] [33:16] something into him or something [33:18] [33:18] something in between or open [33:20] [33:20] technologies do they have a traditional [33:22] [33:22] approach for companies centrally stick [33:25] [33:25] with shareholders or they are closer to [33:27] [33:27] a cooperative model and a half six axis [33:30] [33:30] and you actually what you do is [33:31] [33:31] characterized the the company and we [33:33] [33:33] will see the coexistence of different [33:35] [33:35] types of companies and approach in the [33:37] [33:37] sector so for example in tourism Airbnb [33:41] [33:41] stem always known [33:42] [33:42] well known one which we the more [33:44] [33:44] traditional in terms of company and in [33:46] [33:46] terms of monetary exchange is very [33:47] [33:47] traditional although they organized they [33:49] [33:49] offer end of the man in a different way [33:50] [33:50] they optimize that but then you have [33:53] [33:53] home exchange where the value is not [33:55] [33:55] change in a different way or you have [33:58] [33:58] cultural thing that calls for free and [33:59] [33:59] it's a social exchange so we will see [34:02] [34:02] that also in mobility and other sectors [34:04] [34:04] diff different different types and [34:06] [34:06] people will choose and we'll have an [34:07] [34:07] ecosystem of different options that's it [34:10] [34:10] and two to run yourself we could be [34:12] [34:12] talking for hours but its way we gotta [34:15] [34:15] wrap it up somehow and that's the last [34:17] [34:17] question 2016 has been quite a year with [34:22] [34:22] a lot of conflicts but you know the year [34:24] [34:24] is ending soon and we're going into a [34:26] [34:26] new year yeah you're involved with [34:29] [34:29] Barcelona Activa and and you know [34:31] [34:31] government and everything what do you [34:34] [34:34] think of the next year it's gonna be [34:35] [34:35] another year with conflicts what do you [34:37] [34:37] think no i don't think so i think that [34:39] [34:39] we are going on if it will be the year [34:43] [34:43] of the a of the agreements of the [34:45] [34:45] agreements of the rebooting limits on [34:48] [34:48] the manage manage in terms of Tiryns is [34:52] [34:52] basic know that it's very important to [34:54] [34:54] manage not only to to complain you know [34:57] [34:57] not only to to be what is grown but also [35:01] [35:01] to to develop a good a strategic plan [35:04] [35:04] for a half alone or long-term not for [35:08] [35:08] the next year alone half over long-term [35:11] [35:11] yeah and in that case i think that they [35:15] [35:15] are very they are ready to do it after [35:18] [35:18] this year that is still being hard yeah [35:21] [35:21] i'll tell you optimistic as well for the [35:24] [35:24] next year I'm an optimistic person in [35:26] [35:26] general yeah i think i think i have [35:28] [35:28] things will evolve and and i think also [35:31] [35:31] what type of not only locally but [35:33] [35:33] globally so we are we are getting a [35:35] [35:35] global knowledge on it on this topic [35:37] [35:37] that we can and we can tap into and i [35:42] [35:42] think more of this knowledge is being [35:43] [35:43] shared among cities and they are [35:45] [35:45] coordinating better and better and i [35:47] [35:47] think it will be at the year also of the [35:49] [35:49] of the cities and the sharing economy [35:50] [35:50] and we shall fest in in Paris is going [35:53] [35:53] to be devoted to the cities because it [35:55] [35:55] is [35:56] [35:56] space 9 I think we'll see more of this [35:58] [35:58] regulation coming to coming to the [36:00] [36:00] cities and Richard Richard debate and [36:02] [36:02] sharing and sharing best practices [36:05] [36:05] [Music]
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welcome to the ethnic podcasts my name is Sandra whole plant today we have a topic that's very tense in the media these days will there ever be a happy ending for the collaborative economy in in Spain and with me to discuss this topic we have three smart people as always and this week in this month we have first of all Albert connect rural innovation strategists founder of consumer collaborative oh we sure Barcelona connector and so on is that a good presentation that's a good presentation yeah okay second of all we have Lucy Hernandez expert on a collaborative economy you're currently working with local government you're working with Barcelona Activa also consumer collaborative oh and your your focus is on the tourism part right yes right yes and last but not least we also have Jamison y'all you're the country manager for dr e in spain and for those of you that don't know dr e is Europe's largest peer-to-peer car rental companies all right yeah platform a market place a marker place right so thank you all for being here I really appreciate you coming thank you every week there's something new from the battle between authorities and the sharing economy our collaborative economy like Airbnb uber blah blah car once once a week the government wins the battle the other week you know it's the platforms that that wins he the last one was this week actually when the Superior Court of Catalunya has an old define of thirty thousand euros imposed by the government two years ago by offering tours departments illegally and also possibly making mayor other Klaus very newly fine of six hundred thousand euros last month not not binding making a precedence Albert you've been writing and talking about these things for years now this these fines that we're seeing in the paper and which is very relevant these days it's just populism or politics or or this is a good way of dealing with these issues what do you think no usually and it's not only my opinion but also European Union opinion that find and for binding things lead and boom it's not it's not the best way to operate dialogue is always that the best approach and in the specific case of tourism and we'll see I can explain it more in more detail there there are a lot of cities that have dealt with that more with dialogue and separating different type of activities that in Barcelona which we still have like bundle and the same umbrella of Elohim enters critical where there are different activities inside there that need to be separated and yeah but the thing is we are in a new territory so it also i would say normal that we have this kind of moment and behavior so people are trying to understand what's going on both and anything or just important to separate the behavior of the platform themselves or the marketplaces and end-users and we see there there will be responsibilities and rights and duties for all this part and we are still making them up so it's normal that we are a little bit lost and and jam yeah you your present to drive you here today and we're not reading about driving every day in the news neither in Spain nor in France at least not in a negative way seems like you find a way to to dealing with let the government or authorities in a good way can you tell how are you how are you doing this well it's a bit different regulations for each of the areas or the soup areas and in our case what we do basically we have a platform where we connect people who have cars and they don't use it or they don't use it very often and people who need a car for a weekend or or or holidays so this the users who are renting their cars to other users this is considered renting without a driver so in Spain for example this activity doesn't require a license and I think most of the problems that are surfacing right now with platforms or so are related with licenses or tourism licenses for certain things or taxi licences for other platforms so at the end in our sub area maybe that's the reason why we are not on on the on the run on the regulation part but it's because of this population however I think that all these platforms shares certain things in common and the fact that the users are becoming not only consumers but also producers so the prosumer rolled at Alberton and Lucy I can explain much better and this is all so new and this creates tension so all the old companies or the traditional models so at the end and being very aware of all these changes and trying to adapt the regulation in a first way is key otherwise we will see these kind of fines and problems and tensions hmmm and Lucia you're the expert here because we're talking about for example Airbnb which is very connected with tourism what are your thoughts of the latest you know articles in newspapers well I think that a we omit the brown with your vm being Barcelona is about political issue I think that the best way to address this this problem is to how Albert set is to talk about it and to make agreements on what is the the best the best way to to deal with this with these technologies no I BMB I think that is it has a scare in a big way and it's normal that traditional sector is worried about how they they they understand that this thing no but I think that they they need to understand that a vm b is a representative business mobile it's a platform model and is that users wants and they have to to integrate or 2010 first and integrate is this type of models into debt ratio models and it was thrown anything that they have to dialogue and try to define an agreement know as add other cities in europe headstone so think maybe you can elaborate a little bit more on the other cities with nothing there are some examples which are generally go Dustin maybe not perfect but at least our reference know if it's sure a reference in I'm sorry me is the most proactive on this way by the way they do the first Home Sharing regulation in Europe and now has sinus had just signed an agreement with a BM be putting limits for example in how many days the host could run their rooms or apartments there are 60 days per year but is the same that London has done and your limbs right is 90 days per year and I don't know in New Orleans there are into the agreement in the agreement a little part that talk about to eliminate all the listings in the center in the in the in the center in the downtown of the city I think that every city has to deal with that about having and work on his car David characteristics but it because it's very different from one city to another yeah but are we doing enough in Barcelona do you think is this what was what kind of say this is the cities that are references all over the all over Europe are Barcelona creating you know connections with these cities are they trying to solve this problem last year and on their individual face Barcelona that is an event that we share organized here and we put in contact with the person in Amsterdam that that major the relation the revelation that they are in contact but you know that in in Spain in general all the tourism issues are delegated to the one of the rent in issue is delegated to the city halls and generally taught or other statements like this has another role in this in the situation that is it's like it's like in difficult to arrive between them into a a solution right right it's true that you say you you said it earlier as well both you're talking about how you know big companies are scaling and then dedicating I want to grow fast do you feel that you know governments can they ever can ever you know support the kind of growth that you are wishing for yourself mmm wow it's a difficult question because at the end first on a European level there is that there are some guidelines that they presented in engine that support the sharing economy and also basically they try to present a guide for countries to regulate the sharing economy but then what happens is that there are many levels on on regulations so there is the European Commission and there is each country's regulation some local regulations as well and even city regulations so at the end these effects too many levels and some companies are affected by a lot of levels some more countries that are faster than others to define this blu-ray limits between citizens and professionals and when an addean it's all about defining these limits and very clearly establishing some rules that make the traditional companies and the new economy or the new collaborative economy compatible in a way that it's fair for everybody yeah exactly and about your traveling all over the world and Europe in general and you're seeing all these different cities and how they are adapting to this kind of new economy how is pain compared with the rest of Europe as you think a lot we are a kind of a hot spot in both positive and problematic way I mean there are some studies from European Union also mentioning that we are one of the countries with more activity from the users or like I think it was six percent of the users according to this study have offered either as a room or a car or something on piona like bathroom like volleyball or participated on a crowdfunding so we're quite active and the number of platforms in Spain is pretty large and the adoption is is also quite massive I think you can ask around so from terms of platforms and activity we are quite well right i would say between France UK in Spain we are the top three countries probably at frans a little bit ahead yeah and we're probably the number one in in conflicts yeah I don't know I mean we should ask what's the current regulation scheme that Gemma was explaining especially at national and local level there are some things that are not about legal debate or economic debate its political debate as Lucy also hinted so I think its a mix and and the power of some of the lobbies that we have for example out of the sharing economy we have the energy lobby which is a very famous in postal soul which is very unique around the wall and this is because we have certain types of schemas here and maybe not the sectors that are heavily regulated right the same is happening but I think the level of adoption from the users also will will have some pressure on that under respect and I would say we are little bit slow on innovation on the regulation using technology to for example what am I was a no measure what is the level activity of these these companies of there and maybe the city has a cannon can set a cap a limit to some of this activity but maybe not by last by license but by capping the number of activity as a whole so there are other approaches for example one of the ones I like a larceny was in Sao Paulo in Brazil they actually created a kind of a schema where the peer-to-peer ride-sharing companies or the uber type of thing that basically you were there they need to buy kilometers so there is a sub also is a stock yeah let's say of kilometers and in order to operate and there is a limit they need they need to buy kilometres there's a bit an interesting way so and and the thing is not so much how to regulate that I think we have examples on how to regulate but how to monitor how to enforce how to use technology in a smart way to actually keep control that the regulation is applied and I think we have we have some opportunity there and neither in Spain i would say nor in almost anywhere else have been used that opportunity yet well you're on transportation german what what do you think of this this kind of solutions well i think it's necessary to define the limits and the well basically to define the differences between the professional services and also this sharing economy or basically sharing costs models and at the end this depends on each of these areas some countries are approaching this as a whole like they defined that there is a an amount for any train economy related activity for a user but some other countries are trying to be specific on its superior I think it's better to approach on the latest so to be specific on its sub area but this requires quite a lot of technical legislative work to understand models to understand the costs and different systems to analyze this and as an example this kind of solutions I think it's quite smart to find this solution like a pool of kilometers or a pool of days per year and I heard that some countries like Belgium for example they have defined our same activity in a very specific way and you can earn maximum of an X amount per year you can rent a car maximum 60 days per year in a way of sharing costs then if you surpass this limit you are a professional doing this activity so understanding these barriers or this lines more than mark these lines is important because then the the traditional companies can feel more comfortable otherwise they feel that you are playing with different roles and they have very strict rules international company so that's why they put pressure and they love it to change the regulations or do for bit on this ends I think at the end we all want the same which is we want a clear understanding of what's fair for the platform for the users and also a traditional company yeah but Disney's we defined by the administration and it's not easy hmm i think the other approach that also it's an innovation its try a trial and error or knows where the startup world he exactly so startups always make a lot of mistakes but learn on the way so regulators try to make it perfect from looking at it during three years and it's not going to happen no you need to try maybe set a threshold of something and maybe move this threshold up or down depending on what's going on and what you measure now in France for example they personally approved a law where specifically if you are renting your car and it's above 7600 or something like that eros then you need to become a freelance it's super specific the same with an and in the same regulation in hamster they start with I think 90 days and now it's becoming 60 days and they are have an agreement a technical agreement with Airbnb to share some data and twin forties regulation and they will block the so the first very and actually this agreement that they sign has a duration of two years they agreed to review the agreement in two years because this is going so fast that is impossible to forecast what's going to happen so it's a start do something in a kind of a lean approach also with regulation and we are and here we are more like a paralysis analysis yeah a bad thing I was about to say Lucy are you you're you're in the government working with them are you afraid to fail yes externally is like I don't know how to start it she said them that the person one of the person i mean i'm working with a generator catalonia i even know how to star but it start with something i don't know you have reference now you have found seven you have london you have new orleans in New York there is some room that is call it one host one home yeah right right exactly then at the end I think that is very very you can you can be very specific in every city then start with something and you can revise insist moans one month I don't know but it but you have to start because citizens are demanding are demanding rules and undemanding are demanding limits and are demanding agreements right and I thought about saying that the adoption of these platforms are a huge in Spain in general people are using this platform son and in spite of people using a lot I feel like there's the people that are seeing these platforms as a problem are screaming the loudest loudest sand the people that are seeing it as a solution you know they're they're a bit quiet because you know it's still you know in a gray zone do you feel like that you know the people that are seeing this is a problems there screaming in loudness and that's why the politicians are on their side or what do you think i think that the tension that the city hall or the generator de catalunya is half with a B&B Oh with with these platforms are translating to the to the people known in the industry and I think that this is a very big mistake because people effectively they they don't they don't know how to how to how to work with with that they they are I am they they don't want to fall in one hand to put their apartments into the platform but the more of the people most of the people need the money to arrive to the end of the month to survive now then it's a good way also to to have an income and and a lot of people that they need yeah and one of interesting things that is happening wrestling and I'm really excited for that for next year yeah is the kind of the user guild a user producers people who are offering their car or in their home or they are active in different platforms or they are drivers in some of these platforms there's thing to organize themselves as a collective we have a good example here in Barcelona with a subset of the Airbnb users and not only our B&B other persons to people who are renting either room in their house or their full house when they are not there so there's a subset of the activity function at home sharing activity and and they grouped themselves something called by indie mp3 on Taylor salona and they are loving for their own interest both in front of the government and in front of the platform okay so it's a third actor and I think we are going to see more and more of these kind of gills appearing the probably next year because people will will will have this need of defend around rights and it's not about confrontational but it's very often it's very positive so it's not like trying to forbid something it's just we leave the bottle and so on it's very creative but its necessary to do have this protection what do you think these platforms are they protecting their you know their evangelist and our sales agents like the people that are on these platforms how necessary is it for for everyone to you know join a kind of organization because I guess a lot of people that are listening and seeing this they have rented their car maybe they have you know rented their house or apartment or a room how necessary is it to you know become a member of some kind of guilt like this what do you think with you know I think that is necessary people wants to participate wants to participate in the production of value but wants to participate in taking decisions or with all the technicians in the relationship that has with platforms and with public administrations and in the in the sense that they want to to know to to be part of the decisions of the product or service that they want to consume or they they want to develop then people wants to participate and people is empowered now and very connected then is that whether that is going on and is very liquid nice developing in an organic way and very very important that because we are worried and now about the platform that we know now but innovation is going on and is going alone then I think that it's very important the power of the innovation on regulation that's important and jemmye you you have a lot of people you know using your platform how are you protecting you know your people not long ago two weeks ago we did the first meeting for users in Barcelona and it went quite well because we had 20 power owners the owners that love us and that they met the exchanges information how they are doing what works for them the prices that they said on how they do so this kind of meetings that we started to have them in France a few years ago they work quite well because people meet each other they can exchange all around the tips and tricks on how they use the platform and so and it's a way to to give this sense of community of these users who are using our platform and at the end this could happen also on the other side which is the the people who rent cars as well so we did it for the owners so car owners but could happen on the other side see I think that that platforms in the collaborative economy done don't don't one develop well if they have if they not have a community this is very very important for me is very important the sense of community because at the end if notice if the platform has not a community is a digital platform it's not a sharing economy platfor is not another type of or on-demand platform know in the in the collaborative economy that I think that the point of that to have a community who shared values and it's very very important but how do you feel platforms like Airbnb uber the biggest on blah blah car how are they doing this a B&B matin even one month on ago ago in Los Angeles ill open air BnB I was there and it was like immunity berry engagement with the company and it's like a mental sense of our sensitive sense of of I I belong to a community very cool now and that's it's like one it's very it's incredible a B&B has a community very engagement with them okay the bony session home so these companies as I mentioned that they had like a kind of like a difficult track record the last two years of dealing with the government but lets you know picture like a scenario where Airbnb and uber would enter Barcelona for the first time tomorrow oh but what about you think how should they do it differently this time 22 you know nuts you know clinch with the government what about is your advice no I think it's a complicated one but probably if you would the first thing is to have also on the site of the regional and local governments people who are expert and who can deal with that because also in public comm friends we've heard we were we were sitting in front of some of these companies we had not no idea what they were doing how to deal with them and that has been set by government officials in public public events and I think that but it was good to recognize this position but it's also important that the government gets ready for that on one side and on the site of the companies also really understand the local regulations and especially over had recognized that the way they started to operate in many many cities in the past was incorrect they also said that in public and now they are trying to be a little a little softer and to understand what the situation and to have dialogues and tables with the with the cities mmm and an onion and try to help and be proposed ative on on the waist to regulate know every bee they just really release something called regulation let's do the tool chest which is a 20 pages document with some ideas on how to regulate their BMP ok so we propose something and then so being being positive on finding solutions know for example for the future of work but it's also a big topic with people organizing all this income as their main source of income as an aggregated generated some mmm there are a proposal from etsy etsy is an american company kind of ebay for handmade stuff and vintage people are making some of them are artisans and making a lot of money through etsy so they are making some proposal how to reinvent social security and an income stability and it's a proposal from the public policy department of HC which is very interesting so these companies also need to help to innovate and make proposals not just try to and and try to find a middle ground yeah we're talking about different terms there and it's a bit something else but it's still very connected because we're talking about the sharing economy the collaborative economy the other day I heard have to let some cross-dressing you know if there are so many terms and people are using them you know differently and you're you're like the expert so I think I guess you have a very you know clear mind of what to use when but for people in general it's like a bunch of words alyssia should we leave sharing economy behind is this word that we should use or what what should we say no I don't think so because sharing economy is not only a term is a movement it's another way of doing things it's more sustainable and cheering economy put the tools the burn and and to do what they need in each moment then it's not all about a collaborative consumption platforms is about is about governance is of a participation is about a lot of things and I think that the sharing economy tear or collaborative column we prefer collaborative economy because it's the translation that we made in at the beginning from the sharing economy term and I think that this is a movement and as a movement I think that is good the term Robert if economy right what yeah what would the way I'm explaining recently also after listening I don't under I Jen with a professor at New York University and I recommend to follow his work because his he's quite interesting on the terminology for example he he wrote a book recently and the hitter forced him to you to have the sharing economy as title because it's the most popular term and people would not understand what you're talking about if you are trying to push for another term then in then in the subtitle it's understanding or the effects of work and the feet of work in the cloud capitalism if you are not changing the general schema of selling renting like monetary exchange I think that I'm kind of capitalism is quite interesting and quite quite precise for that and it's a subset of that of the companies that we see where people are renting selling or using their time and selling their time for for for some money and then so these companies are competing inside the capitalist system with the tradition version that one that one thing and then inside this quality economy big broad term you also see companies who are trying to have exchanges sharing the cost or giving something for free or using alternative currencies so or creating Commons so who are trying to compete with the system no not not not inside the system and that's why confusing and some people complain that this isn't it is not precise now this is the way I'm trying to explain it rationally and I think it helped the obvious stuff but everything changed very fast because because I think that that that then next is the platforms of the collaborative economy integrating the traditional model right right yeah yeah exactly how are you facing yourself yeah yeah and I think one of the keys is whatever said the term sharing economy it's not very precise and I think it's more like a label and it can be used on many levels so there are the most pure sharing economy level I don't think a platform like diving could be applied to a pure sharing economy because we are a company and as a platform we want to make our technology better and better and make money as well so at the end we have this attack but it could be a different one because our main focus as a platform is to explode this opportunity that is the new technology and the revolution that we are in which is not only the mobility revolution how cars will be in the next five years we don't know but we know that cars are changing a lot how people share their assets and specially cars will change a lot and at the same time the on-demand economy is something very new we could also be considered on the man as well so it's tags that you apply and retain platforms are more pure on a specific tag and others less and especially there are some companies or platforms trying to benefit from these tags in a way that it's maybe not the purest term but I I think that as a blah form our main focus is to have a product or have a service that is the best for the user that creates value in a way that it's super easy and this technology that we are developing that we are creating and for example on dr e now apart from our absence oh you can install a device in your car so you can as a sum owner enable rentals without physically meet and by activating the car and then the person renting opens the car with a smartphone so this we call it drive you open all this technology facilitates the way of doing this kind of new interactions and this is creating a new new service that that we are trying to offer that is more on the on demand side you want a car you click tap on on the smartphone and you have one so we are all on many ways of the spectrum but some companies are more on one side so on the other side and unshrink economies just attack there is there's an interesting work from another American professor called Boyd coil what probably lives in Barcelona he created a comp ask in a circle with six axis a little bit what am I was saying so d and what you do is you characterize the company that is you apply that the label sharing economy but then you analyze our their market oriented so they are have monetary exchange they are sharing sharing costs or they are doing something for free or alternative currencies and tentative value exchange are they're using private technology something into him or something something in between or open technologies do they have a traditional approach for companies centrally stick with shareholders or they are closer to a cooperative model and a half six axis and you actually what you do is characterized the the company and we will see the coexistence of different types of companies and approach in the sector so for example in tourism Airbnb stem always known well known one which we the more traditional in terms of company and in terms of monetary exchange is very traditional although they organized they offer end of the man in a different way they optimize that but then you have home exchange where the value is not change in a different way or you have cultural thing that calls for free and it's a social exchange so we will see that also in mobility and other sectors diff different different types and people will choose and we'll have an ecosystem of different options that's it and two to run yourself we could be talking for hours but its way we gotta wrap it up somehow and that's the last question 2016 has been quite a year with a lot of conflicts but you know the year is ending soon and we're going into a new year yeah you're involved with Barcelona Activa and and you know government and everything what do you think of the next year it's gonna be another year with conflicts what do you think no i don't think so i think that we are going on if it will be the year of the a of the agreements of the agreements of the rebooting limits on the manage manage in terms of Tiryns is basic know that it's very important to manage not only to to complain you know not only to to be what is grown but also to to develop a good a strategic plan for a half alone or long-term not for the next year alone half over long-term yeah and in that case i think that they are very they are ready to do it after this year that is still being hard yeah i'll tell you optimistic as well for the next year I'm an optimistic person in general yeah i think i think i have things will evolve and and i think also what type of not only locally but globally so we are we are getting a global knowledge on it on this topic that we can and we can tap into and i think more of this knowledge is being shared among cities and they are coordinating better and better and i think it will be at the year also of the of the cities and the sharing economy and we shall fest in in Paris is going to be devoted to the cities because it is space 9 I think we'll see more of this regulation coming to coming to the cities and Richard Richard debate and sharing and sharing best practices [Music]