Pedro is the founding president of the Asociación Ciudades Kyosei, a civic organization which aims to foster Civic Engagement by means of ICT technologies. The association, founded in 2006, is the oldest Spanish NGO devoted to the promotion of e-Participation. In the last years the association was researching on the field of Civic Engagement and ICT, with a special focus on Latin-America and Europe. Research that combines a critical attitude with an applied, hands-on focus. and has analysed how you can at best promote innovation in the field, as well as the best design practices for e-Participation systems.