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Open GovernmentHow Transparency, Collaboration and Participation
can Improve Our Lives, Economy and Well-Being
Barry Libert, [email protected]
Rodrigo Becerra, [email protected]
Why We Care!
Agenda
• Portugal Today• Three Principles for Success• How to Get Started and Pitfalls to Avoid• Q&A Session
Part 1: Portugal Today
All Seemed Good, But…
Economy Eroded
Unemployment 10.6%Deficit 9.3% of GDP
20/27 member states currently exceeding EU’s 3% limit on budget deficits
Corruption Increased
Portugal Ranked 32/178 in terms of corruption (1 being extremely corrupt)
Source: Transparency International
Competitiveness Slipped
Portugal 46 out of 139 countries
Bureaucracy #1 Problem
Citizens Became Furious
Part 2: Portugal’s Future
Definition of an Open Nation
• Open (adjective): To render accessible to knowledge, enlightenment, fulfillment
• Nation (noun): A community of persons not constituting a state but bound by common
interests and passions
Tran
spar
ency
Colla
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tion
Parti
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tion
Open Government
• Engage everyone• Seek Feedback• Continually improve
• Crowdsource innovation• Collaborate accros silo‘s• Reward results
• Make data available• Use Rich Media• Enable access
#1: Transparency
Eye on Earth
Benefits
• Develops public confidence in government• Improves the quality of public debate• Builds public participation and buy-in• Provides new insights and perspectives
#2: Collaborative
showusabetterway.com.uk
freeourdata.gov.uk
Benefits
• Creates platform for innovation• Enable others to achieve their goals• Improve efficiency• Yields collective wisdom
#3: Participatory
Miami 311.com…..Hey Gov!
Benefits
• Empowers citizens • Encourage participation and support• Redirects resources to most valued initiatives• Insures alignment with people’s desires
Part 3: How To Get Started
3 Steps to Getting Started
1. People: Start the conversation with your citizens in order to build a vibrant on-line to return to prosperity
2. Process: Run citizen-centric pilot programs where failure is an option and measure the results and impact
3. Technology: Use Web 2.0 technologies to create transparency, collaboration and participation
Step 1: People Start the Conversation and Build a Vibrant on Line Community
Step 2 : ProcessRun citizen-centric pilot programs where failure is an option and measure results
Step 3:TechnologyUse Web 2.0 to Promote Transparency, Collaboration and Participation
Stimulus360 Funds Management
3 Pitfalls
1. Avoid Exclusivity: Allow everyone to be a part of the solution, do not limit to technological elites or create barriers of entry
2. Know Your Goals: Be patient, help people achieve their objectives and remember change doesn’t happen over night
3. Be Flexible and Experiment: Be accepting of failure and embrace experimentation to achieve collaborative solutions
Not Just Leaders!
Pitfall 1: Avoid Exclusivity
Make & Sell Products
Create Communities
Crowd-source Innovation
Build Open Nation
Connectedness
Self Mastery
Full Potential
Basic Needs
Government Evolution Citizen Needs
Pitfall 2: Know Your Citizens Needs
Pitfall 3: Take Risks
Countries Can Achieve Full Potential!
