Austrian E Democracy Strategy

Danube University KremsCentre for E-Government, Peter Parycek

Danube-University KremsPeter Parycekwww.donau-uni.ac.at/egov

eParticipation & eDemocracy in Austria:

Projects and Tenets for an eDemocracy Strategy

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Agenda

1. Terms & Definitions2. Austrian eDemocracy

strategy 3. Future of …

1. Austrian e-democracy strategy2. Youth2Help3. MyParliament4. Outlook

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1. Austrian e-democracy strategy

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Austrian eGovernment Cooperation

Federal Government

Platform Digital Austria

Local and National Governments as well as Business Representatives

Federal ICT Board BLSG Board

Federal Ministries, Provinces, Municipalities, Chamber Organisations

Federal Ministries

WG: Infrastructure & Interoperability

WG: Law & Security

PG: eDemocracy

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Austrian e-democracy strategyBuilding Blocks & Roadmap

1. eDemocracy Strategy

2. eDemocracy & eParticipation Tools

3. eParticipation Prototype Processes

4. eParticipation Modules

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1. eDemocracy Strategy – Main objective

Strengthening and enhancement of democracy

by incorporation of citizens and their knowledge

to improve processes and results in politics, administration and society through the use of interactive media

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1. eDemocracy Strategy - Aims

1. Increase transparency & traceability2. Improve eParticipation & communication3. More efficient participation projects4. Develop new cooperation models5. Promote social networks

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Overview of instruments & projects & tools Linked to CAHDE Tool Box (Council of

Europe) Structured:

Top Down (Politics, administration, legislation)

Bottom Up

2. eDemocracy & eParticipation Tools

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Guide lines for eParticipation processes

First prototype process design till 2009

Processes for different sectors:eServices & ePolitics

Development of a prototype eParticipation tool (2010)

3. eParticipation Prototype Processes

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e.g.: registration, identification, privacy, chats, forums, voting,…

Information will be published via WIKI for the administration.

4. eParticipation Modules

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2. Youth2Help

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Participation & Collaboration in Administration (Jugend2Help)

• Austrian youth-participation-project • young users were asked to decide on the content

and features of "their" HELP-space themselves.• ~900 contributions• ~2000 votes

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Entry

Phase 1“Discussion

or Comments”

Online

Phase 3“Rating”

OnlinePhase 2

“Elaboration”

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Offline

Exportdata

Importdata

AdministrationAdministration

Phase 4Results Publication

Procedure - Processes

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Lessons Learned

Web accessibility is precondition Moderation is essential PR is one of the most crucial success factors PR with social media – like facebook, myspace –

especially for younger target groups Context of eParticipation processes Schools are still most trusted institutions

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3. MyParliament

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Participation & Collaboration in Policy-Making

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Start: meinparlament.at

Online 22nd of August 2008

Media-Cooperation with 8 Austrian Newspapers

2700 Questions until Election Day Sept. 28

Patronage: all three Presidents of the Austrian Parliament

Partnerships with www.abgeordnetenwatch.de

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meinparlament.at (Campaign Period)

Voters can put questions to all candidates, Access election programmes of all parties, Access profiles of politicians online. Candidates can answer questions and refer to other

answers. Voters see what questions have already been asked.

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meinparlament.at (Legislative Period)

MPs can be asked in public

Citizens can access profiles of politicians

Citizens can observe the work of parliamentary committees

Unfiltered, direct access to texts from the parliamentary

editorial department (e.g. committees, parliamentary sessions

and sittings)

Structured: regionally, thematically and by parties

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unique visits & questions

unique visits / day

questions / month

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Documentation of MP‘s work

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MP‘s profile

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Moderation system

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Service for journalists

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4. Outlook

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First media revolution Second media revolution

Third media revolution Fourth media revolution

One2ManyOne2Many

„One2Many“„One2Many“ One2ManyOne2Many

One2OneOne2OneFifth media revolution

Digitization ConvergenceMany2Many

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EnhancingTendencies of Progress …

1.enhanced Usability2.growing Usage and Spread

of Internet 3.new Generation


Communication is changing …

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One2Many

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Many2Many


New organization models& Power is shifting

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Hierarchy vs. Network

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BLOGsBLOGs

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HOW?

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Government as a plattform

„We, the people, are the government“

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Open Innovation Principles

Open = default (access, standards, …)

Design for cooperation = always simple

Learn from your users & hackers

Stimulate experimentation & partnership

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Open Innovation Tools (Obama Admin.)

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Dr. Peter Parycek, MScCentre for eGovernment, Danube-University [email protected]+43 2732 893-2312

http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/egovhttp://pep-net.eu http://linkedin.com/parycekhttp://www.slideshare.net/parycek

Thanks for your attention!Thanks for your attention!

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References: Books & Articles:

The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson, Harper Collins, 2008

Wikinomics, Don Tapscott, D. Williams, 2007 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell, Little,

Brown, 2001 Linked: The New Science of Networks, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, 2001 The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, Yochai

Benkler, 2007 Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, Clay Shirky, 2008 Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You? by Gary P. Pisano, Roberto Verganti, HBR 12/08 Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage Through Collaborative Innovation Networks, Peter A.

Gloor, 2006 Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business, Jeff Howe, 2008 Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom, How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life,

Work and World, Matthew Fraser, Soumitra Dutta, 2008 Blogs:

Dion Hinchcliffe‘s Web 2.0 Blog: http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/ Longtail Blog: http://www.thelongtail.com/ Wikinomics Blog: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/

Examples: http://www.jugend2help.gv.at/ http://www.meinparlament.at/

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