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What is E-Participation? e-Participation means the use of ICT for enabling and strengthening citizen participation in democratic decision-making processes
increasing the transparency of the political process;
enhancing the direct involvement on participation of citizen;
improving the quality of opinion formation by opening new spaces of information and deliberation
Source: E-Participation Guide (UNDP)
Mechanics of E-Participation Increased government transparency and openness
Real-time public two-way communication and interaction.
Involvement of the service deliverers in design.
Improved efficiency – collaboration of public and private sector
Bidirectional information and communications technologies
Government as provider, convener and enabler
Open data provides new possibilities for finding problems and solutions
Citizen engagement moves beyond political elites
Source: From Government 2.0 to Society 2.0Harvard Kennedy School
Open Data Charter – June 18 2013 The world is witnessing the growth of a global movement facilitated by technology and social media and fuelled by information – one that contains enormous potential to create more accountable, efficient, responsive, and effective governments and businesses, and to spur economic growth.
2) Open data sit at the heart of this global movement.
3) Access to data allows individuals and organisations to develop new insights and innovations that can improve the lives of others and help to improve the flow of information within and between countries. While governments and businesses collect a wide range of data, they do not always share these data in ways that are easily discoverable, useable, or understandable by the public.
Technology as agent of change
Citizen protests
Protest Maptivism in Turkey
Civil Society Online Petitions
Citizen <-> Local Government
Pin Responder
International Organisations
MY World Global Survey - Voting
Survey - Results
Honest Government
Phone and Internet Access
G-Everyone - Crowdsourcing
Transparency
World Bank – Mapping Projects
Criticisms
Limited to Connected - Digital Divide
Skews results to online, educated. Socio-
economic bias
Polarization: undue influence of special interest
groups
Clictivism
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