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Open data, transparency and citizens’ participation: EU and local projects
7th EuroPCom Conference – Reflecting on Europe
Brussels, 20-21 October 2016
Carlo Amati - Simona De Luca Evaluation Unit – Italian Presidency of the Council of the Ministers OpenCoesione Steering Committee
OpenCoesione School:
communication challenges
from open data and civic engagement
Adaptation of
Open government diagram
by Armel Le Coz and Cyril
Lage released under Creative Commons
Attribution terms
OPEN DATA, DATA JOURNALISM, CIVIC
MONITORING AND COHESION POLICY.
SINCE 2013 IN ITALIAN HIGH-SCHOOLS.
Partnership with EC Representation in Italy
and Europe Direct Information Centres
Collaboration with “ASOC Friends”
(selected civil society organisations)
www.ascuoladiopencoesione.it
OpenCoesione School: the project
OpenCoesione School (ASOC) is an
innovative interdisciplinary educational project
aimed at high school students. By working on
a storytelling research based on cohesion
projects, they experience how cohesion policy
affects their own neighbourhoods.
METHOD
● Online MOOC with support materials and community
● Distance learning for teachers
● Territorial networks of experts on cohesion policy
thematic areas or transversal issues
OBJECTIVES
● Promote the principles of aware citizenship
● Encourage responsible use of ICT, including open
data, and social media
● Foster civic monitoring of public funding
Raising a new generation of civic awareness
~ 120 schools ~ 2500 students
OpenCoesione School 2015/2016
In 2014/2015 ~ 80 schools ~ 2000 students
OpenCoesione School in six steps
plan focus analyse explore tell engage
from the blog of the schools….
High school students as
civic reporters
Students monitor the time
schedule of local trains
Sicily’s regional agency
opens up the transport
data for all!
Local transportation in Palermo:
from citizen monitoring to open data
Readaptation of an old palace
Students collected
information on a project
completed but not in
operation yet
Civic engagement
(meetings with the mayor,
local newspapers articles,
…) yielded the desired
effect: the Municipality of
Locri published a call for
the management of the
new youth center
Locri (RC): from an old building to a youth centre
Digitalization of a movie theater in Isola Liri (FR)
Funds to support #cinevolution
A strong territorial instance
A new open-air Film Festival as
a result of civic engagement
Uni-directional Multi-directional
(processing feedback)
The authority
tells the story
The citizens
tell the story
Selecting
good practices Solving problems
together
Publicity Collaboration. Involving
local communities
Aggregated
facts & figures
Going into the details:
Reinforcing trust
through real openness
Civic engagement and a different communication
www.opencoesione.gov.it
@opencoesione
www.ascuoladiopencoesione.it
@ascuoladioc
www.monithon.it
@monithon
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