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Social media for democratic governance: an opportunity for UNDP? 1.Reframing the conversation 2.Focus on data 3.A role for UNDP? Slide 2 Broad, systemic impact Public Social media revolutions Digital samizdat Citizen science/data collection Monitoring and or adding capacity lacking in public institutions Public institutions New dialogue opportunities with citizens (e.g. emergency, police enforcement, crime) Collaborative policy making New services/co-design Training staff on social media Data collection and dissemination Crowdsourcing where there is no capacity Security/privacy (Wikileaks) Civil society Digital activism / slacktivism Facebook as a human right/repression Fostering social innovation Slide 3 The 100% guaranteed easiest way to do governance 2.0 DO NOTHING And then your bright, thoughtful and energetic citizens will do it for you. Trouble is they will do it outside of your sphere of influence, on the world wide web and you will have lost the ability to understand it, influence it, and integrate it into how you do business. Adapted from The ObviousThe Obvious Slide 4 Focusing on good enough data 1.Collection/analysis - Real time, cost of collecting close to 0 thanks to mobiles -Participatory sensing 2. Dissemination/repurposing - Open data - Apps for government Job creation 3. Going (hyper)local Slide 5 Participatory sensing The involvement of citizens and community groups in the process of sensing and documenting where they live, work and play Individual Collective design and investigation (risk) Public contribution (opportunity) Slide 6 1. Data collection Slide 7 Last week in our region http://nuclearanxiety.artisopensource.net/ Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 What if we move from collective to public contribution? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7y3qIQu3G c&feature=player_embedded Slide 12 2. Data release & analysis Transparency Slide 13 Risk Slide 14 Opportunity Slide 15 Risk Slide 16 Opportunity Slide 17 Slide 18 Going hyperlocal Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Opportunity Slide 22 How the public perceives community information systems Those who think local government does well in sharing information are also more likely to be satisfied with other parts of civic life such as the overall quality of their community and the performance of government and other institutions, Social media like Facebook and Twitter are emerging as key parts of the civic landscape and mobile connectivity is beginning to affect peoples interactions with civic life. Some 32% of the internet users across the three communities get local news from social networking site; 19% from blogs; 7% from Twitter. And 32% post updates and local news on their social networking sites. If citizens feel empowered, communities get benefits in both directions. Those who believe they can impact their community are more likely to be engaged in civic activities and are more likely to be satisfied with their towns. Source: Pew Research Slide 23 What could be UNDPs role? 1. Our clients Advise on the risk of doing nothing, opportunity of engaging to: complement missing capacity foster civil society From waterfall to rapid prototyping. Focus on low-cost, high speed pilots in safe areas Educate about participatory sensing at 3 levels (individual, collective, public) Facilitate the dialogue between policy makers, civil society and tekkies Social innovation camp models 2. Our projects Build in social media/open data/participatory sensing approaches in project design (e.g. local government, municipal land) where appropriate Incorporate social media approaches in civil society strategy Slide 24 Want to know more?