Parliaments on the Net 2012. Temas principales

Madrid May 31st– June 1st 2012

Questionnaire for the ECPRD Seminar 'Parliaments on the Net X'.

Mobility, Transparency and open parliament: best practices in

Parliamentary web sites

#ParlNet2012

PARLIAMENTS ON THE NET X

Miguel Ángel Gonzalo (Webmaster)

http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso

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Agenda

1 Data from the questionnaires received

2 The mobility revolution

3 Transparency

4 Open Parliament


1. Data from the questionnaires received

Overview of best practices Qualitative responses, not quantitative Replies from 27 countries:European Parliament; Andorra (Consell General); Austria (Nationalrat and Bundesrat; Bosnia-Herzegovina, Parliamentary Assembly; Canada, Library of Parliament; Croatia, Hrvatski Sabor; Cyprus, House of Representatives; Estonia, Riigikogu; France, Assemblee Nationale; Germany, Bundesrat; Greece; Iceland, althingi; Italy, Camera dei Deputati; Lithuania, Seimas; Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes; Netherlands, Eerte Kamer der Staten Generaal; Norway, Stortinget; Portugal, Assembleia da Republica; Romania, Camera Deputatilor; Russia, Council of the Federation; Serbia, National Assembly; Slovenia, Drzavni Zbor; Spain, Congress and Senate; Sweden, Riksdag; Switzerland, Assemblee Federale; Ukraine, Rada.


1. The mobility revolution

Mps in several parliaments have received tablets or smartphones (for example, iphones) or is a project in the near and medium-term future

Sweden, Riksdag Norway, Stortinget Spain, Congress of Deputies and Senate



New services to be provided by the parliamentary administration: Support mobile

users (laptops or/and smartphone)

Albania Spain



Official website: mobile version accessible on most of the latest mobile phones (iOS, Android, Blackberry :

Francia , Assemblee Nationale: www.assemblee.mobi/

Iceland, Althingi Croatia, Hrvatski Sabor: m.sabor.hr Italy. Camera dei Deputati: mobile.camera.it European Parliament: m.europarl.europa.eu Bosnia-Herzegovina, Parliamentary Assembly

(Interest in developing specific application for mobile users

Russia, Council of the Federation: project on creation of the special version of the website for mobile device

http://www.assemblee.mobi/



Single web window, based on different system and data, enabling a uniform view from different devices:

W3C-WAI specification: tablet devices are fully supported

Slovenia, National Assembly Lithuania, Seimas Greece Cyprus, House of

Representatives (under construction)



Develop mobile application for smartphones and tablet

Promote parliamentarism to the public through allocating a comfortable to use and nonetheless comprenhensive application for all users of mobile devices Austria Spain, Congress: virtualization, links, etc. Spain, Senate: Application that let Senators to begin

parliamentary initiatives with digital sign



App para iPhone, Ipad, etc: Germany, Deutscher Bundestag (Iphone and

Ipad: news, press releases, dates, agenda, etc.)

Italy, Camera dei Deputati. Montecitorio (virtual visit to the building)

Switzerland, Assemblee Federale: Swiss Parl (news, MP’s, Committees, Agenda, etc)

Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes (under construction)

Sweden. Sveriges Riksdag):

Calendar of the activities in the Chamber, pertinent documents


2. Transparency

Web TV, Broadcast parliament; (European

Parliament; Italia, Netherlands; Spain,

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Ukraine,

Contents of the website available in sign

language (Austria, Parliament)

E-parliament: e-petitions and citizen’s initiatives

online (Austria ; Luxembourg; Lithuania: register public legislative

initiatives, submit proposals)

Public consultation section, all bills initiated by MP’s are subject to

public consultation (Romania, Camera

Deputatilor).

E-democracy: interaction between the Parliament and society (Russia, Council of the

Federation)

Detailed information about how MP’s have

voted (Norway, Stortinget; Switzerland, Assemblee Federale;

Spain)


2. Transparency

Main contents: agendas for Plenary and Committee meetings, Committee’s reports, minutes of

meeting (Cyprus, House of Representatives)

Digital development in full public view. Three goals: to create an open and transparent process, to secure

services and functionality, to increase opportunities for participation.

(Sweden, Riksdag)

Improve the access to the information given on the website (France, Assemblee Nationale);

transparency in parliamentary procedures aiming to electronic document distribution and central

archiving, supporting collaboration between parliamentary employees and MP’s (Greece)

Thematic sites “Young People’s Parliament”

(Portugal, Assembleia da Republica)


2. Transparency

Transparency and oversight of public

resources by disclosing financial reports with detailed expenditure

(Canada; publishing the catalog with the financial

statements of MP’s (Greece); MP’s tax

documentation in web site on voluntary basis

(Italy)

RSS channels through which the public can get fresh information:

on the plenary session, on the Speaker, on

MP,s (announcements of and reports on theirs

activities) , (Croatia, Hrvatski Sabor)

Register of Documents: The public has direct access to the vast majority of these

documents in their electronic form.

Electronic access is free and no justification is necessary (European

Parliament)


2. Transparency

Use of Social Networks (Estonia, Riigikogu; Andorra, under examination)

Project of public involvement: interest group

can register to get weekly overview (new drafts laws) from different committees.

(Estonia, Riigikogu)

European documents under scrutiny

(Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes)

Joint Transparency Register for lobbyists, law firms, NGOs and think

tanks, provides citizens with a direct and single access to information about who is

engaged in activities aiming at influencing the EU decision making

process (European Parliament)


3. Open Parliament

• Linked open data (Semantic web paradigm): user can download, explore, develop and use the contents of databases Italy, Sweden

(Images of Linked Open Data cloud diagrams courtesy Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch, http://lod-cloud.net/ Creative Commons BY SA license)


3. Open Parliament

• XML format: data can be used freely by people wanting to develop their own internet services. For example: voting, debates, structure of the Chamber, data regarding MP’s activity, speeches, initiatives, etc. Web services (interface accessible for everybody) European Parliament, Lithuania, Romania,

Croatia, Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland. France, Spain, Estonia, … (in progress)


3. Open Parliament

• Open Government Austria (in progress). Data that could be made

available for automated analysis includes biographies of parliamentarians, news feeds, etc.

• Social Networks, Social Media European Parliament, Andorra

• RSS feeds for new and decision European Parliament, Sweden


3. Open Parliament

• Re-use of informatión Canada. The text from the Chamber and

Committee proceedings, as well as the voting records and bills, are avaliable in electronic format for re-use in open formats.


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