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Danube University KremsCentre for E-Government
Daniel Medimorec:The Austrian E-Democracy Approach
Workshop „Vitalizing Democracy through Participation“
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin, 09.06.2010
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Overview
1. EU 2. Austria3. Southeast Europe4. Outlook
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EU
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EU Ministerial Declaration of Malmö„E-Gov 2010-2015”
“… be more open, flexible and collaborative …Citizens and businesses are empowered by eGovernment … developed in collaboration with third parties, … strengthened transparency and effective means for involvement of stakeholders in the policy process …”
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Austria
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Official E-Government Vision 2020
E-Democracy elements include Establish transparency & strengthen trust (active data protection)
• Insight into processes & data (registries) • Trust and security in services• Facilitate access to information
Participation & interactive information systems• Make available selected public data [focus: content]• Mashups with private services (maps, route planer, fora,…)• Follow & use the innovative developments in society &
business for administrationE-Government and E-Democracy are merging
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Austrian eGovernment Cooperation
Federal Government
Platform Digital Austria
Local and National Governments as well as Business Representatives
Federal ICT Board BLSG Board
Federal Ministries, Provinces, Municipalities, Chamber Organisations
Federal Ministries
WG: Infrastructure & Interoperability
WG: Law & Security
PG: eDemocracy
…
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Austrian E-Democracy Strategy:Building Blocks
1. eDemocracy Strategy2. eDemocracy & eParticipation Tools3. eParticipation Prototype Processes4. eParticipation Modules
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Strengthening and enhancementof democracy by incorporation of citizens and their knowledge to improve processes and results in politics, administration and societythrough the use of interactive media
Austrian E-Democracy Strategy:Main objective
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Austrian E-Democracy Strategy: Aims
1. Increase transparency & traceability2. Improve eParticipation & communication3. More efficient participation projects4. Develop new cooperation models5. Promote social networks
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nParticipation & Collaboration in Administration (Jugend2Help)
• Austrian youth-participation-project • young users were asked to decide on the content
and features of "their" HELP-space themselves.• ~900 contributions• ~2000 votes
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Participation & Collaboration in Policy-Making
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• project allows the citizens to:• Access, view and compare the
political/election programs of different parties• find profiles of candidates & ask questions • read all collected answers
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South East Europe
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UN E-Participation 2010 index “High level e-participation countries (among the first 30 countries in the
world): Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. All countries except Croatia in this group are a EU member states.
Administration: eCroatia Office
Main focus: Infrastructure – digital TV
Project:e.g. “Zelena Patrola“
Varardin County
Croatia
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UN E-Participation 2010 index “Medium level e-participation countries (ranking 31-100 in the world):
Bulgaria, Latvia, Ukraine, Republic of Belarus, Poland, FYR Macedonia“ among others
Administration: Minister of Information Society
Project: E-Government - The National Strategy and Action Plan for Information
One goal: Society Development: Creation of a web-portal allowing for the
participation of citizens in the society building process (E-Democracy);
FYR Macedonia
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UN E-Participation 2010 index “Low level e-participation countries (ranking among least developed
countries in the world): Bosnia – Herzegovina & Serbia“
Administration: Bosnia & Herzegovina: Ministry of Communication and Transport of
BiH (Federal Level)
Serbia: Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society
Main focus for both countries: Public Administration Reform
Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Outlook
Danube University KremsCentre for E-Government
Outlook - Policy recommendation:
Open Government principlesTransparency in politics & administrationInnovation in society - cooperation & coproductionNew mindsets of decision makers & officialsAddress & solve complex political questions -innovative strength of society
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Danube-University [email protected]
www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov
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