Open Government - Keynote at DrupalCon, Munich 22.August 2012

Anke Domscheit-Berg, 22.08.2012, mailto: [email protected], DrupalCon, Munich

Digital Democracy – How Technology helps Governments and Citizens to Open Up Politics and Public Administration

Anke Domscheit-Berg DrupalCon, München

22.08.2012


Agenda

!  Open Government 1x1

!  Tech enabled top down Open Gov !  Tech enabled bo6om up Open Gov

!  Take away summary


My convic2on: The future of government is transparency.

Its already there. Its just not evenly distributed yet.

(free a'er William Gibson)


Open Government builts on Transparency

Transparency

!   Open Data (raw format) !   Transparent decisions, processes,

consequences (e.g. how laws are made)

Collaboration

!   „Crowdsourcing“ as method for public procurement and innovaIon

! CooperaIon in and across authoriIes, with Civil Society

Participation ! eDemocracy/eParIcipaIon (co-‐decide,

consult, discuss) ! Mobilise ciIzens, improve service


Governments Followed the Trend for More Transparency and Interaction

!   NaIonal Open data portals (2009/2010)

!   Open Government IniIaIves !   Social Media used to listen !   CollaboraIve tools to harness

creaIvity of people


Now, Governments Network with Each Other and NGOs to Speed Up Open Gov

www.opengovpartnership.org

!   55 countries !   NaIonal AcIon Plans

with transparent, measurable commitments

!   NGO and broad public involvement mandatory – Community Public Partnerships

!   Sharing knowledge, experience, tools


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Open Data Portals Pop Up Everywhere It is no longer a primarily anglo american phenomenon.


Data.gov.uk – from Data for Experts to Transparency Portal for Citizens


Official Data.gov.uk Portal Includes Data from NGO Whoislobbying.com


New Open Data Portal Links to Political Goals and Progress Achievement


Who Does What in Government? How Much Are They Paid?

Typical Open Government Plattforms are: •  modular

Mash ups •  Combine

multiple sources

•  Have interactive and community elements


Visualisations Make Complex Content Understandable – Basis for Participation

Built by Open Knowledge Foundation, UK, with published government data

WhereDoesMyMoneyGo.org (UK)


Where is a free rental bike (or rack) in London?

Open Data Unlashes Innovation Potential for New Useful Services


EU: “Open Data – a Driver for Innovation, Growth, and a Transparent Government”

!   EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes esImates potenIal value creaIon by open data in EU at app. 40bn€

!   EU plans to: !  Go live with EU open data portal in 2012 !  Define rules for open data in EU member states !  Fund 100 mio € for new projects and research on open data

!   Announced “rules”: !  Machine readable !  At no cost for users – with few excepIons !  For any use


US and Indian Governments Cooperate For Open Source Open Data Portal


Opengovplatform – Developed on Github


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!  Tech enabled top down Open Gov !  Tech enabled bo<om up Open Gov



Digital Citizens Take Initiative – when They Don’t See Governmental Action

! Leaking missing documents / informaIon ! CreaIng the laws they miss ! Geang rid of laws (or ministers) they dislike ! Monitoring poliIcal accountability ! FighIng corrupIon and abuse of power ! Geang organised to push bo6om up open government ! And they copy what they see somewhere else


Leaking Now A Known Option for Opening Governments Bottom Up

! CorrupIon ! Power abuse ! Human Rights violaIon

! Environmental crimes ! „Secret“ public contracts

! Waste of public budgets


Accountability - How Do German Bundestag MPs Vote? Online TV tells us.

www.parlameter.zdf.de


NGOs Provide Access to Open Data where National Portals Are Lacking

!   www.offenedaten.de German naIonal open data portal subsItute operated by Open Knowledge FoundaIon Germany for naIonal Apps compeIIon

!   Supported by Federal Ministry of Interior


Sometimes Community Takes the Lead in Community Public Partnerships

!   Apps for Germany was organised by 3 NGOs (2011/2012)


Citizens Miss A Law? They Now Write It Themselves!

http://de.hamburgertransparenzgesetz.wikia.com

•  Law to ensure transparency in government incl. publication of lobby impact, contracts

•  Developed via Crowdsourcing in a public wiki! •  Initiative of various NGOs and Pirate Party,

supported by 2 other political parties •  Was to be decided via referendum (08/2012) •  Adopted as law in June 2012 – 11 months

after initiative started


Plagiarism by a Federal Minister – Collected in Public Wiki – Costs His Job


The Case of ACTA ACTA Draft Published @ WikiLeaks in ‘08


FOI Portal Used to Gain Insights into Core of Decision Making Processes

!   German NGO operated FOI portal used to gain insight on ACTA negoIaIon process

!   Response declined “would endanger public safety”

!   7000€ collected for legal defense


Digital Citizens Teach Each Other Whats Going On – Using Viral Techniques


EU Parliament Listens to the People. #NoActa Won.


The 99% of Digital Citizens Fought Back – and Won (Not the War but the Battle)

!   Stop Online Piracy Act (US) killed by Transparency e.g. through SOPA OPERA and mass acIon

!   18.01.2012: Internet Blackout Day !   10 Mio peIIon signatures !   8 Mio calls from Wikipedia tool !   4 Mio emails via 3 websites !   2.2 Mio Imes #sopa @Twi6er 24hrs !   115.000+ sites turned black !   1.000.000.000 people blocked from

websites

Before – After Internet Blackout Day


Money Makes Laws – But Now We Can See How and Take Targetted Action

•  If passed, Prop. 23 would suspend Global Warming Act (cut greenhouse gas emissions in CA to 1990 levels by 2020)

•  Oil & Gas companies paid 10+mioUS$ in CA to MPs to make them vote for Prop. 23


Fighting Corruption in India Via Crowdsourced Transparency

! jhg

I am a Civil Contractor. I got a contract as per giving bribe …The Engineer in charge of the

site asked me to put less cement than the desired and do

a 50/50 of the remaining.


Open Gov Copy Paste: MySociety.org Tools are Open Source – and Replicated

Original: WhatDoTheyKnow.org

Sites based on this page: •  Brazil •  EU •  New Zealand •  Kosovo •  Spain •  Germany


MySociety.org Added Service Tools to Transparency. Again – Open Source

!   Transparency on MPs (plus easy interacIon) !   Helping with FOI requests or peIIons (local and naIonal) !   Helping with issues in municipal infrastructure/public transport


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Summary

1.  Secrecy and corrupIon have harder Imes in digital democracies. Transparency is contagious. Globally.

2.  Ordinary people digitally join forces, become powerful counterparts in policy making.

3.  Governments which don’t open will be made transparent bo6om up. It is WHEN not IF.

4.  Open government likes open source, sharing, collaboraIon.

5.  The Tech Community is a key enabler of this (r)evoluIon. Doing business in open gov means helping our democracies get be6er.


Contact

Anke Domscheit-‐Berg !   Journalist, AcIvist, Entrepreneur, Member of the Pirate Party ! Founder of www.OpenGov.me !   Co-‐founder of Government 2.0 Network Germany ! Twi6er: @anked, @opengovme, @fempowerme ! mailto: [email protected]

Open Government - Keynote at DrupalCon, Munich 22.August 2012

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