openness - repairing the government - citizen divide

Openness- repairing the Government – Citizen Divide

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

Vancouver, British ColumbiaDecember 4, 2013.

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Let’s talk open …

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Open …

Government …?

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The Times …

AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN!

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Open Government- the journey begins

Freedom of Information as the start-up

• Stockholm, Sweden December 1766

• Grew … U.S. (1966), Canada Access to Info (1983)

• Balance – access with privacy

• Federal -> Province (FOIPPA) -> Municipalities

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Open Government- journey gains momentum

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and AgenciesSUBJECT: Transparency and Open GovernmentJanuary 21, 2009.

One watershed moment …Se

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0, 2

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Another watershed moment …

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Open Government- pervasive and growing

Open Government Partnership

Open Data Portals

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Open Government- related NGO community

Open Knowledge Foundation Open Data Institute World Wide Web Foundation

Sunlight Foundation The Open Institute

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Re-thinking government

Circa 2004

Can we all govern?

2008

“There are more knowledgeable people outside your organization than inside”

Governance

Crowdsourcing

Innovation

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Our Common goal Does not Change- Personal to Global Wellbeing

Source: Health and Wellbeing UK Source: Wellbeing Toronto

Personal Community Global

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Futures Where are we headed?

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Futures - City 2.0“The City 2.0 is the city of the future… a future in which more than ten billion people on planet Earth must somehow live sustainably…

a real-world upgrade tapping into humanity’s collective wisdom.

The City 2.0 promotes innovation, education, culture, and economic opportunity…

eases the environmental pressure on the world’s rural areas… The City 2.0 is the city that works.”

TED 2012 Winner- Not to an individual, but to an idea

“The City 2.0 is a place of beauty, wonder, excitement, inclusion, diversity, life.”

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Futures- Smart/Intelligent Communities

Source: IDC Whitepaper on “Delivering NextGeneration Citizen Services”

Smart + Connected Communities

City of the Future

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Futures - Our “Connected Planet”

Source: Don Tapscott - 2013 talk, the Tapscott Group

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Source: NASA

Futures- real time Mobile World

Global SensorFeeds

Source: AutoGuide.com 15Source: Shore-Designs.com

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Futures- Open Government Framework

“Open Government leads to better governance and community engagement”

Mayor Carl Zehr, City of Kitchener

“This initiative provides the framework to allow staff to better serve and work with citizens”

Dan Chapman, Deputy CAO & Open Government Lead, City of Kitchener

City of KitchenerDRAFT – For Community Discussion

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Open Government

- How to get there?

Actions

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Open Government Framework- Transparency

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G8 Open Data Charter

“Open by Default”

Open Data is foundationalTo Open Government

ACTION: Enhanced Policies

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Open Government Framework- Accountability

Some Considerations

Citizen Dashboard, City of Edmonton

Open Decisions- Processes with community participation points defined

ACTION: New Processes & Reporting

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Open Government Framework- Participation

ACTION: Institutionalize Citizen Engagement

Multiple Channels

Strategy/Model

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Moving Open Government forward - some key factors

Leadership … an imperative

Resources … focus on priorities

Collaboration … working together

Innovation … leveraging technology

Accessibility … inclusiveness

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Leadership … a small sampling

Social ChangeBusiness

Peace

Comm

unications

Independence

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Leadership … some civic examplesUrban Renewal

Innovation“Citizenville”

Tran

spar

ency

VisionN

YC Digital Leadership

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Leadership … a community approach

Hierarchy approach not effective

Different roles – ALL important, ALL needed

Like twitter – we’re all equal in the discussion

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Open Government- a shift in resources

More Community … less government

… more collaboration & partnering

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The Collaboration Continuum

Source: New Zealand Engagement Guide

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The Collaboration Continuum- another Perspective

Variables

• Themes

• Scope

• Geography

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Innovation- needs culture shift

It’s OK to fail & learn … before we succeed

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Innovation- leveraging technology

etc, etc, etc …

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Accessibility- Inclusiveness is key

Address the diversity of the community …

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Open Government Framework- your current state?

Governance Policies Standards Processes Metrics Resources (people,

tech & funding) Community

engagement

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Open Government Opportunities- Integrated Service Delivery

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Open Government Opportunities-One Stop Open Data

OpenData.EARTH

OpenData.EARTH

Academia, Non-Profits,

Community Groups

OpenStreetMapCommunity

Updates

External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)

OpenData.CA

Provincial

Municipal

Federal

Public Service Find the dataShare the data

USE the data

Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jkonga

Evolved from Data Infra-structure model circa 1994

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Open Government … the bottom-line- it’s about citizens, quality of life and community

Reused with permissionMunicipality of Chatham-Kent

Tomorrow’s Open Government… making the world a better place

jkonga@sympatico.ca @jkonga www.slideshare.net/jurykonga