open governance india - #okfest #opendev lightening talk
TRANSCRIPT
OKFestival, Helsinki
20 September 2012
www.OpenGovernanceIndia.org
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We live in redefining times Change in Regime
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen
Civil uprisings
Bahrain and Syria
Major protests
Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Sudan
Minor protests
Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti and Western Sahara
http://www.wmf.org.eg/sites/default/files/SPRING.jpg; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
And more protests US Occupy Wall Street India Against Corruption
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/occupylry/bp5.jpg ; http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01028/DE26_PG2_4-COL_ANN_1028635f.jpg
So let us revisit Democracy
http://www.nav-bharat.org
We need to understand it more deeper According to India Today’s opinion poll of people
between the ages of 18 and 25, 72% of the youth surveyed don’t want to join politics.
The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Information_Act
Falling victims of Openness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirmoy_Deyhttps://www.facebook.com/Shehla.Masood.Memorial
Lessons from Pune Participatory Budgeting
27,365 Household (128,115 individuals)in 59 Slums have Completed HHSocio-Economic Surveys and areCompiled in a GIS/
875 Resident Community VolunteersTrained in Community ActionPlanning
59 Slums have Completed ActionPlans with Neighborhood Groups
1,250 Resident Community VolunteersTrained on Health and Hygiene
Current Impact
www.opengovernanceindia.org
Social Change
Policy Options
Engaged and
Empowered Citizens
Data to act as Evidence
Base
> Enable Government Agencies to work with citizens and ensure they are part of Governance> Further the Evidence Based Policy Making Discipline> Data, Policy Hackathons, Citizen Advisory Groups, Policy Analysis and Development
http://latchuart.wordpress.com/tag/albert-uderzo/
Sakala - Karnataka Right to Public Services
http://sakala.kar.nic.in/gsc_rpt
BESCOM – Path to Participatory Governance
Open Government
Portal has been just launched. We are yet to see concrete action on it
Thanks and Open for Questions and Suggestions
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