1.
ReindeR@Rustema.nl
from
with
(national petitioning website)
about
HOW TO MEASURE A TRANSFORMATION OF THE POLICY PROCESS?
Brussels, 15 October 2013, 13:45-13:55
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@rrustema
@petities
@netwerkdem

2.
1. the principle of 'open'
2. history of 'closed'
3. culture of 'open'
'open' should not be measured

3.
the principle of 'open'
• eParticipation versus the traditional policy
process; how to transform the latter?
• key elements of eParticipation: open data,
open agenda, open to all, open ended
• ICT and open; requires a design to be
coded, code should be... open
• participation is open ended
I.

4.
history of 'closed'
• power centres with elites
• elite could 'know it all'
• uneducated, unconnected mass
• tolerance for risk
• less complex technology
• information is power
2.

5.
culture of 'open'
• mutual accountability with open process
• civic duty to participate
• compare with the culture of scientists
• too much information, too complex? (e.g.
financial crisis)
3.

6.
> the open policy process
in a complex society
with participating citizens
requires open data, open
agenda, open source,
open participation and is
open ended.
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