Helen Milner on Digital Democracy and Civic Tech
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This keynote presentation was given by Helen Milner OBE from the Tinder Foundation at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 28th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
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Helen Milner on Digital Democracy and Civic Tech
- 1. Helen Milner OBE Chief Executive, Tinder Foundation Commissioner, Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy @helenmilner helen@tinderfoundation.com The Digital Divide: Civic Tech is leaving 4 billion people behind
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- 4. A world where everyone benefits from digital
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- 11. 11 Local + Digital Blend of face-to-face support + online tools
- 12. 5000 local UK partners, 25,000 volunteers A big club with a shared vision
- 14. Play film here
- 16. Open up! Report of the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy Published: 26 Jan 2015
- 17. Open up! Report of the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy Published: 26 Jan 2015
- 18. Open up! Report of the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy Published: 26 Jan 2015
- 19. 30 million35 million UK Facebook Users UK 2015 General Election Turnout
- 20. 30 million35 million UK Facebook Users UK 2015 General Election Turnout 693,800 Membership of political parties (inc 190,000 new Labour members since election)
- 21. Five headline recommendations 1.Educate 2.Interact 3.Engage 4.Online voting 5.Open data
- 22. Five headline recommendations 1. By 2020, the House of Commons should ensure that everyone can understand what it does. 2. By 2020, Parliament should be fully interactive and digital. 3. The 2015 newly elected House of Commons should create immediately a new forum for public participation in the debating function of the House of Commons. 4. By 2020, secure online voting should be an option for all voters. 5. By 2016, all published information and broadcast footage produced by Parliament should be freely available online in formats suitable for reuse. Hansard should be available as open data by the end of 2015.
- 23. Some good news since report » Parliamentary Digital Service set up » E-Petitions new site and clear processes » 100,000 signatures considered for debate in Parliament » Heatmap - petition signatures ‘near you’ » Westminster Hall - “Cyber Chambers” » Transparency: Open Hansard hansard.digiminster.com 23
- 24. 24 BUT …
- 25. 25 Who makes the decisions that affect you?
- 26. 26 Who has the power, and are they willing to share it?
- 27. 27 A digital tool can fix that ….. What’s the problem?
- 28. politically active digitally active digitally not active politically not active ?x
- 29. politically active digitally active digitally not active politically not active ?x Better for the already engaged?
- 31. The reality … » Parliament ≠ Uber/Amazon/Air BnB » Not same incentives or business models » Can’t choose customers: all citizens ‘use’ Parliament » Without systemic change MPs (elected representatives) will get overwhelmed » Need better digital tools to help them » Need to want to do democracy differently 31
- 32. This stuff is hard » Democracy must be about more than elections … real and ongoing engagement » Digital isn’t a silver bullet » Need systems and culture change 32
- 33. It’s about people » Real change happens through co-creation that involves those in power and those with the least power » Digital can help the culture change that’s required » do more out in the open » more collaboration » more co-ownership, co-design, co-fund 33
- 34. 34 » Tinder Foundation experience .. not digital alone, face-to-face important too Local + Digital Blend of face-to-face + online tools
- 35. 35 4,207,692,038
- 36. Thank You helen@tinderfoundation.org @helenmilner on twitter www.tinderfoundation.org www.learnmyway.com
Editor's Notes
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABiuQcfxtc
- Membership of Political Parties 693,800 at August 2015 nb this does include Labour spike Twitter @Number10gov 3.9M followers 13th Nov 2015
- We engaged with a lot of people, we wanted to demonstrate the type of methodologies we were suggesting - openness, online-ness, getting to people who are usually engaged, lowest barriers to participating. Practicing what we were preaching I guess. We opened up channels: Input via email, video, a web survey, and a web comment thread Roundtable discussions Interactions on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn A letter to the vice chancellor of every university in the UK Online student forums We held formal, open (and live-streamed) evidence sessions of the Commission We had informal meetings with a wide range of people. I ran lots of roundtables up and down the country including in a fish and chip shop in Stockport.
- The headline recommendations from the Commission are: By 2020, the House of Commons should ensure that everyone can understand what it does. By 2020, Parliament should be fully interactive and digital. The 2015 newly elected House of Commons should create immediately a new forum for public participation in the debating function of the House of Commons. By 2020, secure online voting should be an option for all voters. By 2016, all published information and broadcast footage produced by Parliament should be freely available online in formats suitable for reuse. Hansard should be available as open data by the end of 2015.