20131002 athens e democracy m gonzalez-sancho

Digital Democracy: participation-accountability-economic Development

Athens 2013 October 2

Miguel Gonzalez-SanchoEUROPEAN COMMISSION, DG CONNECT

Presentation overview

• European Commission and e-Gov > eParticipation

• e-participation and the policy cycle

• Reflections from the Digital Agenda for Europe case

Speeding up Public sector innovation (Virtuous circles – Government)

eGovernmentAction Plan

Empowering Citizens and Businesses

Strengthening the Internal Market

Efficiency & Effectiveness

Pre-conditions

User Centric services

Collaborative production

Re-use of information

Transparency

Involvement of Citizens

Organisation process

Administrative burden

Open Specifications and Interoperability

Key enablers

Innovative eGovernment

Green Government

Seamless Services

Personal Mobility

Cross Border Services

eGovernment Action Plan 2011-15

Open Government

European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-15 – Pillar I "User Empowerment":Citizens and businesses should be empowered by eGovernment services designed around users' needs and developed in collaboration with third parties, as well as by increased access to public information, strengthened transparency and effective means for involvement of stakeholders in the policy process.

Source: http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/three-dimensions-of-open-government

Pillar I: Empowering Citizens and Businesses

User-centric services:•Services designed around users’ needs and inclusive services•Flexible and personalised interactions with public administrations

Collaborative production of services:•Engaging third parties in the design and production of public services

Re-use of public sector information:•Maximising the value of re-use of public sector information (PSI)

Improvement of transparency:•Transparency in government decision-making and in its use of personal data (in accordance with the Data Protection Directive)

Involvement of citizens and businesses in policy:•Facilitating businesses and citizens through ICT solutions to participate in public policy consultations, debates and policy-making processes

Open Government House

EU Treaties & Institutions

eParticipation Preparatory Action

eTEN

FP7

FP6FP5

CIPeP

racti

ce Ministerial

Declarations

eGov Action Plans

H2020(tbc)

Building the European Open Government House with a strong element on eParticipation

Presentation overview

• European Commission and e-Gov > eParticipation

• e-participation and the policy cycle

• Learnings from the Digital Agenda for Europe

A VISION: A THIRD WAY OF POLICY MAKING?

+ Emergent+ Open+ Peer2peer+ Unexpected

Direct Democracy

- Social media - Populism- Unstructured discussion- Loudest voice

+ Expert based decisions+ Robust+ Relevant

Technocracy

- Black box- Closed models- Reductionism

Policy-making 2.0:Open and evidence based

COVERING THE FULL POLICY CYCLE: IT’S NOT ABOUT JUST CROWDSOURCING DECISIONS

POLICY DESIGN: SMART CROWDSOURCING

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: APPS FOR BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE

MONITORING AND EVALUATION THROUGH OPEN DATA

Presentation overview

• European Commission and e-Gov > eParticipation

• e-participation and the policy cycle

• Reflections from the Digital Agenda for Europe case

IT’S NOT “TWO-WAY” CONVERSATION Many-to-many drives participation and action

http://daa.ec.europa.eu/group/2/content

IT’S NOT ABOUT DIRECT DEMOCRACY It’s about letting good ideas emerge and bad ideas be

revealed

http://daa.ec.europa.eu/content/special/crowdsourcing

IT’S NOT ABOUT “TOTAL OPENNESS NOW”

A continuous trend: opening up earlier, and at more granular level

http://daa.ec.europa.eu/content/special/towards-european-strategy-web-entrepreneurs

IT’S NOT ABOUT “TOTAL CITIZENS” Not representative but insightful: exploiting the long tail

blogs.ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/

@DigitalAgendaEU

DigitalAgenda

ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!