Intervención en el Seminario “Parliaments on the Net'. “Movilidad, transparencia y parlamento abierto: buenas prácticas en los sitios web de los parlamentos (31.05.2012) Senado

1. OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN
OPEN PARLIAMENT
Antoni Gutiérrez-Rubí
www.gutierrez-rubi.es
PARLIAMENTS ON THE NET X
Senado
Madrid, May 31 – June 1, 2012

3. 4
Challenges from a
communications
perspective

4. A
The institutional
“competence”
The active role that other parliaments will have in the
configuration of new local services, transparency and
accountability. Parliaments 2.0 as an unstoppable
reality.

5. B
Political and
institutional
legitimacy deficit
In times of crisis, there is a permanent debate about
the role of parliaments and its congressmen.
Politicians as the third major problem in Spain.

6. reputation
Weariness
Vote
abstention
Protest vote
no politics no
politicians
Political parties
ideology
privileges

7. C
Costs and
privileges
Questioning political representation, its privileges, as
well as its operating costs

8. Change in
D relationships
Profound change in the relationships between
representatives and the represented and the
increase of “controlled policy” which in turn, will allow
different initiatives
1. Monitoring
2. Control and supervision
3. Permanent information
4. Visualizations
5. Accountability platforms
6. Activism

9. 1.
Monitoring

10. http://mciiw.info/quicopiequi/

11. http://www.writetothem.com/
Visitor introduces postal code and is informed of whom are his/her
representatives. He/She may write an e-mail or send a fax.

12. http://www.theyworkforyou.com/
The postal code is introduced and the English Parliament representatives appear
with detailed information on each other: laws they have voted for, what
questions have they asked and on how many debates have they intervened.

13. It also works so that english
politicans know:
- that they are being observed
- that what they say is commented
- that often they are contacted
directly because of something they
have said in a debate, an assembly
or parliament.

14. http://www.epvote.eu/
Thanks to very visual graphs, you can get to know all the activities of the
European parliament, including the congressmen assistance.

15. http://parlamento.openpolis.it/
Analysis on the Italian Parliament, specially measuring its members productivity
based on their appearances and initiatives

16. http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/
Monitoring of the laws in the New Zeland Parliament. The public can review and
see links news or blogs.

17. http://www.parlio.org/
Basque parliamentary activity with the most recent initiatives, the most involved
members, and it is labeled by theme

20. 2.
Control and
Supervision

23. http://quehacenlosdiputados.wordpress.com/

25. Good examples of the
administration

28. 3.
Permanent
Information

34. 4.
Visualization

35. http://www.openspending.org/it-regional-accounts

36. http://dondevanmisimpuestos.es

37. Propublica.org: Who’s Making Money From All This Campaign Spending?

38. 5.
Accountability
Platforms

39. http://electos.gobierno20.es/islas-baleares/Entradas.aspx

40. 6.
Activism and Social
pressure

42. E Opportunities
Ideas to change things

43. Broadcast Network: Communication
and interaction
Apps
Public data
Opportunities
Co-creation
Online petitions
Transparency

44. Tucídides
“Any power
tends to go
to the limit
of its
power. The
time for
vigilance
has come”

45. Decalogue

46. 1
Obligation to inform and
be accountable every day
(not every four years
during elections)

47. 2
Parliaments generate a
lot of information. But it
is not theirs, is the
citizens’. It must be
public

48. 3
Citizens must be able to
trace, track and measure
parliamentary processes

49. 4
The public should be
involved and should be
given tools to do so

50. 5
The registration of
activities, meetings and
parliamentary requests
must be open and
accessible to everyone

51. 6
Any citizen should be able
to know the 6w’s: What?
Who? Where? When?
Why? How?

52. 7
Any citizen should be able
to access information 24
hours a day, any day of
the year

53. 8
Multi-platform and multi-
format for all information

54. 9
Parliamentary offices in
the area and online.
Parliamentary group, not
of the party

55. 10
Documentation Center for
the Parliament or General
Courts must be open

56. antoni@gutierrez-rubi.es
@antonigr