This document discusses the D-CENT project, which aims to provide digital tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment through decentralized technologies. The project will develop an open, federated, and decentralized social networking platform integrating open-source codebases to enable real-time sharing of open data, democratic decision making, and digital currencies. It brings together technologists and academics with citizen groups across Europe to advance capabilities for decentralized social networking, open democracy and crowd-sourcing, and incentive structures linking civic actions to collaborative economic models, all based on principles of community ownership, privacy, interoperability, and inclusiveness.
Public policy and the information revolution 4.20.12Greg Wass
This document discusses how public policy and the information revolution influence each other. Public policy can help advance the information revolution by promoting broadband access and open government initiatives. The information revolution can improve public policy formation by enabling crowdsourcing of ideas and the creation of civic apps that increase public participation. The document provides three local examples of these interactions: fiber sharing between the CTA and Cook County, a property tax information portal, and an open data website for Chicago metro area.
The multistakeholder model of internet governance has emerged as a more viable option than intergovernmental approaches. It recognizes the roles of all stakeholders but still faces challenges regarding legitimacy, transparency and inclusiveness. The adoption of the multistakeholder statement at NETmundial was significant progress. The European Commission supports multistakeholder internet governance if it ensures representation and prevents corporate capture, and believes global processes could learn from its principles for legitimate multistakeholder conversations.
This document discusses how new internet technologies are changing public service delivery and citizen participation. It notes that the OECD has called for new ways of working that leverage networks and connectivity to involve stakeholders. As citizens' expectations grow to participate in and shape services, the public sector must promote transparency and tap into these social forces. Web 2.0 sites have become very popular among younger generations who have grown up with technology and see the digital world as a normal way of life, communicating, and establishing relationships. This new "Net Generation" prefers interactivity and could provide opportunities for more cost-effective public services through greater citizen involvement and sharing of information online.
Technology And Customer Consultation Kieran Lenihanklenihan
The document discusses citizen participation and customer consultation through new technologies like Web 2.0. It notes that Web 2.0 allows for greater consultation and involvement of citizens through social media sites. Reasons to consider these technologies include their popularity, potential to involve citizens in improving services, and opportunities for cost savings. The document advocates for more transparency and debate to foster trust and societal outcomes.
The main goal of this book chapter is to present a framework for analysis of online participation platforms. Recently, the whole range of various participation platforms emerged and there is a need for a model, which would enable to analyze their specific characteristics. The framework presented in this chapter, the participatory cube, is based on models proposed by Fung (2006) and Ferber et al. (2007). It consists of three axes which include interactive communication, access to space of participation, and decision power. These three categories play a major role in the analysis of the implemented study cases. The study cases were taken from two countries; Germany and Brazil. We concentrated on the selection of a variety of different examples of technologies that support to give voice to citizens either as an actor or as principal interlocutor of civil society organizations, aiming to offer, inform or try new ways and solutions to problems and issues raised by contemporary urban life. The participatory cube served as the model for the comparison of the selected cases. We conclude the article with a discussion about the framewok and further research directions.
This document provides an overview of the Crowd_USG project, which aims to investigate how crowdsourcing can advance participatory governance of urban sustainability. The project will analyze current applications of crowdsourcing for governance, study its use in Ghent through interviews, develop future scenarios, and outline a model for urban sustainability governance incorporating crowdsourcing. It will use methods like actor-network theory to manage the case study and engage the public. The project seeks to determine if and how crowdsourcing can fuel participatory knowledge production and policy-making for urban sustainability issues.
This document discusses the D-CENT project, which aims to provide digital tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment through decentralized technologies. The project will develop an open, federated, and decentralized social networking platform integrating open-source codebases to enable real-time sharing of open data, democratic decision making, and digital currencies. It brings together technologists and academics with citizen groups across Europe to advance capabilities for decentralized social networking, open democracy and crowd-sourcing, and incentive structures linking civic actions to collaborative economic models, all based on principles of community ownership, privacy, interoperability, and inclusiveness.
Public policy and the information revolution 4.20.12Greg Wass
This document discusses how public policy and the information revolution influence each other. Public policy can help advance the information revolution by promoting broadband access and open government initiatives. The information revolution can improve public policy formation by enabling crowdsourcing of ideas and the creation of civic apps that increase public participation. The document provides three local examples of these interactions: fiber sharing between the CTA and Cook County, a property tax information portal, and an open data website for Chicago metro area.
The multistakeholder model of internet governance has emerged as a more viable option than intergovernmental approaches. It recognizes the roles of all stakeholders but still faces challenges regarding legitimacy, transparency and inclusiveness. The adoption of the multistakeholder statement at NETmundial was significant progress. The European Commission supports multistakeholder internet governance if it ensures representation and prevents corporate capture, and believes global processes could learn from its principles for legitimate multistakeholder conversations.
This document discusses how new internet technologies are changing public service delivery and citizen participation. It notes that the OECD has called for new ways of working that leverage networks and connectivity to involve stakeholders. As citizens' expectations grow to participate in and shape services, the public sector must promote transparency and tap into these social forces. Web 2.0 sites have become very popular among younger generations who have grown up with technology and see the digital world as a normal way of life, communicating, and establishing relationships. This new "Net Generation" prefers interactivity and could provide opportunities for more cost-effective public services through greater citizen involvement and sharing of information online.
Technology And Customer Consultation Kieran Lenihanklenihan
The document discusses citizen participation and customer consultation through new technologies like Web 2.0. It notes that Web 2.0 allows for greater consultation and involvement of citizens through social media sites. Reasons to consider these technologies include their popularity, potential to involve citizens in improving services, and opportunities for cost savings. The document advocates for more transparency and debate to foster trust and societal outcomes.
The main goal of this book chapter is to present a framework for analysis of online participation platforms. Recently, the whole range of various participation platforms emerged and there is a need for a model, which would enable to analyze their specific characteristics. The framework presented in this chapter, the participatory cube, is based on models proposed by Fung (2006) and Ferber et al. (2007). It consists of three axes which include interactive communication, access to space of participation, and decision power. These three categories play a major role in the analysis of the implemented study cases. The study cases were taken from two countries; Germany and Brazil. We concentrated on the selection of a variety of different examples of technologies that support to give voice to citizens either as an actor or as principal interlocutor of civil society organizations, aiming to offer, inform or try new ways and solutions to problems and issues raised by contemporary urban life. The participatory cube served as the model for the comparison of the selected cases. We conclude the article with a discussion about the framewok and further research directions.
This document provides an overview of the Crowd_USG project, which aims to investigate how crowdsourcing can advance participatory governance of urban sustainability. The project will analyze current applications of crowdsourcing for governance, study its use in Ghent through interviews, develop future scenarios, and outline a model for urban sustainability governance incorporating crowdsourcing. It will use methods like actor-network theory to manage the case study and engage the public. The project seeks to determine if and how crowdsourcing can fuel participatory knowledge production and policy-making for urban sustainability issues.
Rethinking Governance via Social Networking: The case of direct vs. indirect ...Timo Wandhoefer
This document discusses two approaches to stakeholder engagement in governance via social networking: direct injection, where citizens directly engage with politicians on social media, and indirect injection, where citizens discuss policy issues online and their views indirectly influence politicians. It describes the WeGov project, an EU-funded initiative to build citizen-politician dialogue on existing social networks. Initial prototypes have been created and evaluated, with the goal of developing tools to support policymakers' work by analyzing online discussions.
The document discusses how new technologies like social networking, crowdsourcing, and mobile platforms can change government-citizen interaction by enabling citizens to report issues in their communities and receive real-time updates from local governments. It introduces PublicStuff's platform, which allows residents to connect with their representatives through mobile devices to report issues like potholes or dangerous conditions, and allows governments to notify citizens on request statuses and make data-driven decisions using custom reporting and mapping tools.
IWMW 2003: Community Portals - A False Dawn Over The Field of Dreams?IWMW
Slides for plenary talk on "Community Portals - A False Dawn Over The Field of Dreams?" given by Steve Musgrave at the IWMW 2003 event held at the University of Kent on 11-13 June 2003.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-7
Technology and participation - Harnessing the emerging power of broadband for...Paul Treadwell
This document discusses how broadband can enable civic engagement and participation. Broadband provides always-on internet access through a variety of technologies and is increasingly mobile through phones and tablets. While broadband access is growing, barriers like cost, literacy, and security still exist. Broadband can be viewed both as providing access to information and active participation in online communities. Local governments are using broadband for e-government services and digital literacy training to engage residents.
Co-creation of public services leveraging blockchain: The CO3 projectSamos2019Summit
The CO3 project uses digital disruptive technologies like social networks, augmented reality, blockchain, and gamification to engage citizens in co-creating, co-producing, and co-managing open public services. The 3-year, 3 million euro project involves 5 countries and 10 partners including universities, foundations, and municipalities. It will pilot these technologies in Turin to match donors with those in need and allow civic participation in urban planning, and in Athens to map food distribution and incentivize service production. The goals are to empower citizens, strengthen communities, and align innovation with societal needs.
The document discusses peer production and participation in online communities. It describes how peer production resembles a commons-based model, using volunteers for small tasks. Examples given are Linux, Wikipedia, and SETI@Home. Motivations for participating include altruism, social gains, and intrinsic motivations. Peer production takes advantage of people's spare time, talents, and judgments. It also discusses how the internet enables a networked public sphere that challenges the dominance of mass media and allows for more open conversations.
The Chicago Housing Authority was awarded a $897,993 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to create a system allowing seamless information exchange across organizations to help public housing residents during relocation. The project, TheRightMovesNet, developed an online geographic information system with 3D tours of housing and information on topics like education and transportation. It equipped 10 public housing sites with public access to help residents make informed choices. The system also featured an electronic bulletin board for communication. Additional funding from the MacArthur Foundation was leveraged for this project and future collaborations.
This panel discussion at SXSW 2014 will focus on how big data and sensors are transforming transportation systems in cities. As urban populations grow dramatically, transportation infrastructure must adapt to become more efficient and sustainable. New modes of transportation enabled by data sharing and social media have the potential to revolutionize how people and goods move within cities. However, these changes also raise issues around data ownership, privacy, updating transportation policies, and defining government's role in systems that incorporate shared private resources. The panel will discuss whether transportation is the next major industry to be disrupted by big data, challenges around data control, how policy can evolve beyond a focus on roads, and whether current models for transportation planning need revamping.
Presented at Wisconsin Land Information Association Conference 2011
Madison, WI
Shows how technological innovation, thematic networks and spaces of engagement can improve relations within the food distribution network
From MySpace to MySociety to MyDemocracyKennisland
The medialandscape is changing. In this presentation the emerging role of the civil society media will be outlined against the changing medialandscape.
From MySpace, MySociety to MyDemocracy. Civil Society Media, an overview. Geert Wissink
This document discusses the principles of Web 2.0 and civil society media and how local governments can apply these principles. Web 2.0 is characterized by users collaboratively sharing and remixing content. Civil society media involves peer production of content by citizens to benefit their communities. Local governments should adopt an open and participatory approach by opening their data, considering their services as platforms, and stimulating civil society media through partnership and small funds.
Measuring Social TV: How Social Media Co-Creation is Expanding Participation ...University of Sydney
Co-presented presentation with Richard Huddleston, Supervising Executive Producer, Entertainment, ABC Television, for the 2014 Australian Screen Producers Education and Researchers Association
5B_2_Enhancing environmental awareness using geospatial mobile technologiesGISRUK conference
The document discusses using geospatial mobile technologies to enhance environmental awareness. It describes the EcoTEXT system, which sends text messages to subscribers about local environmental events based on their preferences. Pilot studies found the system increased civic engagement, with most subscribers forming new connections, becoming more aware of events, and participating in activities based on the messages. Further research is needed to expand the types of alerts, work with other organizations, and test different funding models for the mobile service.
Presentation on the Future of Cities project: aims, data, opportunities, challenges, key messages and next steps. Presented by Professor Sir Alan Wilson for the Government Office for Science at the Data-sharing Discovery Day on 26 January in London.
The Future Internet: Pushing the Technology Boundaries: PERSIST/SOCIETIES (Ke...ictseserv
The document discusses two EU-funded research projects, PERSIST and SOCIETIES, that aim to integrate pervasive and social computing. SOCIETIES seeks to develop a solution for pervasive communities and cooperating smart spaces by embracing online social networking. It has four key objectives: finding and connecting people, organizing pervasive communities, providing an enhanced user experience, and designing an open and scalable system for self-orchestrating communities. The projects address challenges around merging social networks with pervasive computing technologies.
Citizens' Journalism-Shashanka Baran Royshashankabroy
`Nagorikkontho' a Citizens' Journalism based initiative in Bangladesh. Project implimented by Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) and supported by UNDP Bangladesh.
Critical actors in urban governance are stakeholders whose resources are irreplaceable and hard to replace. They influence decision making through production means, authority, legitimacy, relations, and media access. Non-critical actors also play important roles that the municipality cannot fulfill alone, such as citizens contributing €20 million to the Delft Railway tunnel project. Conflicting interests between actors like the Dutch railway and local government must be managed throughout the decision making process. The network governance model can be applied in Ghana given its decentralized system where districts generate revenue, obtain funds from the central government, and make infrastructure decisions involving public and private stakeholders.
The Chesterton TIF board is seeking a consultant to design a local fiber optic network that would make Chesterton a magnet for high-tech businesses needing high-speed internet access. The consultant presented a three-phase plan to install approximately 10 miles of conduit and fiber optic cable by December 2017. Phase I involves selecting a design consultant, Phase II a network operator, and Phase III a construction contractor. On Monday, the board issued a request for information to consultants, with a response deadline of February 1. The goal is to have a fully functioning fiber optic network in place by December 2017 to help attract new businesses and support the town's economic growth.
El documento habla brevemente sobre ilusiones ópticas, invitando al lector a observar detenidamente las imágenes presentadas y describir lo que ven, con el fin de entretenerse.
Rethinking Governance via Social Networking: The case of direct vs. indirect ...Timo Wandhoefer
This document discusses two approaches to stakeholder engagement in governance via social networking: direct injection, where citizens directly engage with politicians on social media, and indirect injection, where citizens discuss policy issues online and their views indirectly influence politicians. It describes the WeGov project, an EU-funded initiative to build citizen-politician dialogue on existing social networks. Initial prototypes have been created and evaluated, with the goal of developing tools to support policymakers' work by analyzing online discussions.
The document discusses how new technologies like social networking, crowdsourcing, and mobile platforms can change government-citizen interaction by enabling citizens to report issues in their communities and receive real-time updates from local governments. It introduces PublicStuff's platform, which allows residents to connect with their representatives through mobile devices to report issues like potholes or dangerous conditions, and allows governments to notify citizens on request statuses and make data-driven decisions using custom reporting and mapping tools.
IWMW 2003: Community Portals - A False Dawn Over The Field of Dreams?IWMW
Slides for plenary talk on "Community Portals - A False Dawn Over The Field of Dreams?" given by Steve Musgrave at the IWMW 2003 event held at the University of Kent on 11-13 June 2003.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2003/sessions/#talk-7
Technology and participation - Harnessing the emerging power of broadband for...Paul Treadwell
This document discusses how broadband can enable civic engagement and participation. Broadband provides always-on internet access through a variety of technologies and is increasingly mobile through phones and tablets. While broadband access is growing, barriers like cost, literacy, and security still exist. Broadband can be viewed both as providing access to information and active participation in online communities. Local governments are using broadband for e-government services and digital literacy training to engage residents.
Co-creation of public services leveraging blockchain: The CO3 projectSamos2019Summit
The CO3 project uses digital disruptive technologies like social networks, augmented reality, blockchain, and gamification to engage citizens in co-creating, co-producing, and co-managing open public services. The 3-year, 3 million euro project involves 5 countries and 10 partners including universities, foundations, and municipalities. It will pilot these technologies in Turin to match donors with those in need and allow civic participation in urban planning, and in Athens to map food distribution and incentivize service production. The goals are to empower citizens, strengthen communities, and align innovation with societal needs.
The document discusses peer production and participation in online communities. It describes how peer production resembles a commons-based model, using volunteers for small tasks. Examples given are Linux, Wikipedia, and SETI@Home. Motivations for participating include altruism, social gains, and intrinsic motivations. Peer production takes advantage of people's spare time, talents, and judgments. It also discusses how the internet enables a networked public sphere that challenges the dominance of mass media and allows for more open conversations.
The Chicago Housing Authority was awarded a $897,993 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to create a system allowing seamless information exchange across organizations to help public housing residents during relocation. The project, TheRightMovesNet, developed an online geographic information system with 3D tours of housing and information on topics like education and transportation. It equipped 10 public housing sites with public access to help residents make informed choices. The system also featured an electronic bulletin board for communication. Additional funding from the MacArthur Foundation was leveraged for this project and future collaborations.
This panel discussion at SXSW 2014 will focus on how big data and sensors are transforming transportation systems in cities. As urban populations grow dramatically, transportation infrastructure must adapt to become more efficient and sustainable. New modes of transportation enabled by data sharing and social media have the potential to revolutionize how people and goods move within cities. However, these changes also raise issues around data ownership, privacy, updating transportation policies, and defining government's role in systems that incorporate shared private resources. The panel will discuss whether transportation is the next major industry to be disrupted by big data, challenges around data control, how policy can evolve beyond a focus on roads, and whether current models for transportation planning need revamping.
Presented at Wisconsin Land Information Association Conference 2011
Madison, WI
Shows how technological innovation, thematic networks and spaces of engagement can improve relations within the food distribution network
From MySpace to MySociety to MyDemocracyKennisland
The medialandscape is changing. In this presentation the emerging role of the civil society media will be outlined against the changing medialandscape.
From MySpace, MySociety to MyDemocracy. Civil Society Media, an overview. Geert Wissink
This document discusses the principles of Web 2.0 and civil society media and how local governments can apply these principles. Web 2.0 is characterized by users collaboratively sharing and remixing content. Civil society media involves peer production of content by citizens to benefit their communities. Local governments should adopt an open and participatory approach by opening their data, considering their services as platforms, and stimulating civil society media through partnership and small funds.
Measuring Social TV: How Social Media Co-Creation is Expanding Participation ...University of Sydney
Co-presented presentation with Richard Huddleston, Supervising Executive Producer, Entertainment, ABC Television, for the 2014 Australian Screen Producers Education and Researchers Association
5B_2_Enhancing environmental awareness using geospatial mobile technologiesGISRUK conference
The document discusses using geospatial mobile technologies to enhance environmental awareness. It describes the EcoTEXT system, which sends text messages to subscribers about local environmental events based on their preferences. Pilot studies found the system increased civic engagement, with most subscribers forming new connections, becoming more aware of events, and participating in activities based on the messages. Further research is needed to expand the types of alerts, work with other organizations, and test different funding models for the mobile service.
Presentation on the Future of Cities project: aims, data, opportunities, challenges, key messages and next steps. Presented by Professor Sir Alan Wilson for the Government Office for Science at the Data-sharing Discovery Day on 26 January in London.
The Future Internet: Pushing the Technology Boundaries: PERSIST/SOCIETIES (Ke...ictseserv
The document discusses two EU-funded research projects, PERSIST and SOCIETIES, that aim to integrate pervasive and social computing. SOCIETIES seeks to develop a solution for pervasive communities and cooperating smart spaces by embracing online social networking. It has four key objectives: finding and connecting people, organizing pervasive communities, providing an enhanced user experience, and designing an open and scalable system for self-orchestrating communities. The projects address challenges around merging social networks with pervasive computing technologies.
Citizens' Journalism-Shashanka Baran Royshashankabroy
`Nagorikkontho' a Citizens' Journalism based initiative in Bangladesh. Project implimented by Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) and supported by UNDP Bangladesh.
Critical actors in urban governance are stakeholders whose resources are irreplaceable and hard to replace. They influence decision making through production means, authority, legitimacy, relations, and media access. Non-critical actors also play important roles that the municipality cannot fulfill alone, such as citizens contributing €20 million to the Delft Railway tunnel project. Conflicting interests between actors like the Dutch railway and local government must be managed throughout the decision making process. The network governance model can be applied in Ghana given its decentralized system where districts generate revenue, obtain funds from the central government, and make infrastructure decisions involving public and private stakeholders.
The Chesterton TIF board is seeking a consultant to design a local fiber optic network that would make Chesterton a magnet for high-tech businesses needing high-speed internet access. The consultant presented a three-phase plan to install approximately 10 miles of conduit and fiber optic cable by December 2017. Phase I involves selecting a design consultant, Phase II a network operator, and Phase III a construction contractor. On Monday, the board issued a request for information to consultants, with a response deadline of February 1. The goal is to have a fully functioning fiber optic network in place by December 2017 to help attract new businesses and support the town's economic growth.
El documento habla brevemente sobre ilusiones ópticas, invitando al lector a observar detenidamente las imágenes presentadas y describir lo que ven, con el fin de entretenerse.
Jofre Cerda Greda fue evaluado en Informática el 20 de diciembre de 2011 por el Ing. Carlos Manosalvas para su primer año de Ingeniería Agroindustrial.
Outdoor criado para o trabalho de conclusão da cadeira de Criação Publicitária, em que deveríamos, a partir do briefing, criar um conceito para solucionar o problema de comunicação em questão. O problema era: início da produção do IPad no Brasil, que iria reduzir os custos. Nossa solução: iPad mais acessível, ao seu alcance.
Una felicitación navideña de Susana y Carlos deseando paz, amor, salud y felicidad a los destinatarios en las fiestas de fin de año de 2011, enviada con un beso y una sonrisa.
A empresa oferece serviços de publicidade em painéis esportivos colocados em arenas esportivas, divulgando marcas para milhões de telespectadores. O documento lista clubes esportivos em São Paulo e detalha os pacotes de exposição de marca em painéis simples e duplos durante o campeonato de futebol por valores entre R$350.000 e R$1,9 milhão.
Jofre Cerda Greda fue evaluado en Informática el 20 de diciembre de 2011 por el Ing. Carlos Manosalvas para su primer año de Ingeniería Agroindustrial.
The WeGov project aims to improve engagement between governments and citizens by utilizing popular social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. The project objectives are to develop a software solution that allows policymakers to use social media to engage citizens and understand their opinions to influence policy decisions. The WeGov toolbox includes tools to seed discussions, track opinions, and analyze social network discussions, topics, activities, and user behavior to provide insights for policymakers. The toolbox is intended to provide a flexible solution and enable governments to make better use of existing social media discussions.
The document announces two field trials by the WeGov project to test engaging citizens in political discussions through social media. The trials will use opinion polls in Germany and discussions on consumer policy in Spain and Germany. WeGov is developing tools to access major social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and to analyze opinions. The trials aim to help governments better engage citizens through two-way dialogue as part of policymaking.
Networks for Citizen Consultation and Citizen Sourcing of Expertise: Explor...@cristobalcobo
"New ICTs + New Media = New Democracy? Communications policy and public life in the age of broadband"
Experts’ workshop
New America Foundation, 1899 L St NW, Washington, DC
September 20-22, 2011
www.americanthinktank.net
Cristobal Cobo, Ph.D
Research Fellow
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
Supporting Self-Organization in Politics by the Semantic Web TechnologiesVáclav Belák
The document discusses supporting self-organization in politics through semantic web technologies. It proposes linking existing e-participation systems together using a common ontology, called Ontopolis Schema. This would allow users to benefit from shared knowledge and collaborate across different systems. It also describes developing a proof-of-concept social-semantic web portal called Ontopolis.net to demonstrate these ideas.
The document discusses strategies for government use of technology to engage citizens (known as Gov 2.0 or eParticipation). It analyzes different groups of online users - activists, socializers, connected citizens, and unplugged citizens - and their implications for policymaking. Effective strategies require flexibility to address the high level of social complexity among populations and should explore using new technologies like mobile and reputation/feedback tools.
Web-COSI is a two-year EU-funded project beginning in January 2014 that aims to foster citizen engagement in new measures of societal progress and well-being. The project brings together Istat, OECD, Lunaria, and i-Genius to develop tools for collecting, producing, and visualizing official and non-official statistics using Web 2.0 technologies. Key activities include mapping existing "beyond GDP" initiatives, developing a wiki of progress statistics, and empowering the use of grassroots data through online campaigns and communities.
Social media in Local Government a few examples - and ways aheadIngrid Koehler
This is an incomplete presentation - there are more examples that we know about, but just haven't put in yet. Feel free to drop some in the comments though.
National e-participation environment presentation by Niklas Wilhelmsson, Ministry of Justice, Finland - Unit for Democracy, Language Affairs and Fundamental Rights. Steven Clit's slides from the same event here: https://db.tt/BOhhQ0Ex
This document provides guidance for civil servants on engaging with social media. It defines social media and outlines its benefits, including increasing access to audiences, enabling two-way communication, and improving the speed of feedback. It provides general guidance on social media engagement, as well as specific guidance for press officers, marketers, internal communicators, and policy officials. It also describes expertise available within the government on digital engagement and examples of social media initiatives civil servants can use to connect with each other.
Beyond Theory: e-Participatory Budgeting and its Promises for eParticipationePractice.eu
Author: Tiago Peixoto.
This paper concerns the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a strategy for reinforcing democratic processes.
WeGov presentation at eChallenges Conference 2010WeGov project
WeGov project was presented within a specific session of the eChallenges 2010 Conference, on the 27th-29th of October 2010, in Warsaw, Poland. The goal of e-2010 was to stimulate rapid take-up of Research and Technology Development (RTD) results by industry and in particular SMEs, and help open up the European Research Area (ERA) to the rest of the world. At the Conference’s Session with the title “Session 8b: eDemocracy & eParticipation”, GFI made a presentation regarding the WeGov project.
This paper discusses hyperlocal social media and its value for local communities. Hyperlocal social media refers to applications and services specifically designed to facilitate communication, collaboration, and connections among residents at the neighborhood level. The paper provides an overview of the rise of hyperlocal social media, analyzing key features and functions through several leading examples of hyperlocal apps. It also addresses the challenges faced by hyperlocal platforms in achieving widespread adoption. Overall, the paper aims to illustrate how technological innovation empowers grassroots civic engagement and revitalizes the concept of the village square in the digital era.
Keywords: hyperlocal social media, local communities, hyperlocal apps, civic participation, technological innovation
Is Offline Consultation Dead? Catherine Howe at PEP-NET SummitPEP-NET
The document discusses the rise of online communication and social media, and how local governments can harness social media to better engage with communities. It introduces Citizenscape, a tool created by Public-i to bring together online conversations from social media and connect them to democratic processes, allowing governments to better represent virtual communities and integrate online and offline engagement.
Open data engagement: ideas for open data 2.0Leah Lockhart
As a community of interest we understand why open data, smart cities and IoT will create enormous economic, environmental and social benefits and opportunities. But how well do citizens understand these ideas and concepts? What responsibilities do we have to foster understanding and to bridge technical and non-technical communities in the development of open, smart and IoT agendas? We'll look at research and case studies to frame a discussion about the importance of meaningful citizen engagement and involvement in the development of technologies and services that will eventually impact nearly everything in their lives.
The WeGov project aims to improve engagement between government policy-makers and citizens by utilizing popular social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. The WeGov toolbox is a web application with tools to help policy-makers analyze social networks and discussions to better understand public opinions. It includes search, topic analysis, discussion activity analysis, and user behavior analysis functions. The goal is to provide a flexible solution that takes advantage of existing social media discussions to help policy-makers engage citizens and incorporate their views.
Social media is changing how cities function by generating wealth of information that can help cities understand themselves better and become smarter. It provides new ways for governments to engage citizens, be transparent, and deliver services in real-time. While it allows for citizen involvement and collaboration, social media also respects privacy and uses technology to enhance security.
This document discusses how social media is changing how cities function and how citizen interaction can help create smarter cities. Some key points:
- Social media provides new ways for citizens to engage with their local governments through channels like Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare. This interaction can provide real-time feedback.
- Cities like Coventry are using social media and tools like IBM's "jam" technology to gather ideas from citizens on how to make their city smarter. These kinds of collaborations can generate thousands of ideas.
- For local governments, social media allows more transparent and nimble communication with citizens as well as new ways to understand public sentiment and gather input on policies and services.
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conversation. Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn, foursquare – we no longer
just communicate; we interact. In
the process, how can the wealth
of information being generated
by social media help us better
understand how our cities function
and create smarter cities in the process?
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UPDATED USER GUIDE for the Final WeGov Toolbox 3.0: “Was ist WeGov?”(in German)WeGov project
This document consists the updated WeGov User Guide for the Final WeGov Toolbox 3.0 (Version 2.10.2012). The present user guide is in the German language.
WeGov is a toolbox that provides governments with tools to analyze social media discussions and citizens' opinions on policy topics. It allows governments to search social networks for discussions, analyze discussion themes and sentiments, identify hot topics and influential users. WeGov is being tested and evaluated through collaborations with governments in Germany and committees in the European Parliament.
The WeGov project aims to improve engagement between governments and citizens using social networking sites. The WeGov toolbox allows policymakers to use social media to understand public opinions, highlight influential opinions, and improve the policymaking process. It includes tools to search social media, analyze topics and discussions, and identify influential users. The WeGov project is testing the toolbox through trials with governments and organizations in Europe.
“What is WeGov” - User Guide for the Phase 2 Evaluation (in English)WeGov project
The WeGov project analyzes social media like Twitter and Facebook to indirectly feed citizen opinions into policymaking. It develops tools to help policymakers analyze social networks. WeGov's analyses include topic analysis to group discussions, analysis of user influence and post popularity, and classification of user roles like "information source." The tools aim to identify influential users and popular posts for policymakers to consider in their work.
This document provides an overview of the WeGov project, which aims to help policymakers better engage with citizens using social media. It discusses the need to bridge the gap between what citizens use (social networks) and what policymakers currently use. The project involves building a toolbox of tools to analyze discussions on social networks, extract and inject information, and help policymakers participate in online discussions while respecting privacy and encouraging trust. It outlines the current status of the project and plans for further developing and evaluating the toolbox tools.
The document summarizes the EU WeGov project which aims to enrich two-way dialogue between citizens and politics through social networking sites. The project runs from 2010-2012 and involves extracting functionality from social networks to build a prototype toolbox to support policymaker workflows. An initial prototype was presented to the German parliament and future work includes workshops, a final toolbox evaluation, and expanding scenarios like 'citations' to engage citizens and collect opinions.
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10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2011), Bonn, Germany
(http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/)
In this event, the OU team presented their work towards modelling and
analysing user behaviour in online communities. The goal of this work
is to monitor and capture member activities and to analyse emerging
behaviour over time. This provides the policy maker the ability to
focus on smaller and more manageable groups of users.
8th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2011), Heraklion, Greece
In this event, the OU team presented their work towards predicting
discussions on the Social Semantic Web, by (a) identifying seed
posts, then (b) making predictions
on the level of discussion that such posts will generate. This
analysis helps policy makers to predict which discussions and users
will generate higher level of attention within the community.
IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, Boston, USA
(http://www.iisocialcom.org/conference/socialcom2011/)
In this event, the OU team presented their work for anticipating
discussion activity on community forums. This work tried to address
two main research questions: which features are key to stimulating
discussions? And, how do these features influence discussion length?
This analysis offers policy makers the opportunity to focus on posts
that are bound to generate a higher attention from the public.
1st WeGov Workshop within eChallenges e-2011, in October 2011WeGov project
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Enriching dialogue by harnessing the dynamic potential of Social Networking Sites
1. Closing the loop between policy makers and citizens
Enriching dialogue by harnessing the dynamic potential of
Social Networking Sites
Athens, 05.11.2010
WeGov project aims to enable policy makers to move away from limitations involved in the
current practice of government hosted websites and instead to take advantage of the wide
range of existing and well established social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, etc.).
Social networking technology provides major opportunities for policy makers (eGovernment) to
engage with the community (eSociety) due to their popularity and innovative nature regarding
participation. Making use of the high levels of participation and rich discussions that already
take place in existing social networking communities, WeGov will provide a toolset to policy
makers that will enable them to engage citizens in two-way dialogues as part of governance and
policy-making process. In this way, WeGov will develop the tools and techniques for closing the
loop between policy makers and the citizens.
How can you reach us?
We are very interested in your opinion and would like to include your involvement in the project.
For more information please visit: http://www.wegov-project.eu/
Email: somya@gov2u.org and evika@gov2u.org
Tel: +30-210-6121340
Fax: +30-210-6147206