Seminar"Open Government in

the Making"Brussels, 4 October 2012

Andrea HalmosEuropean Commission, DG CONNECT

Unit H3 Public Services

Open Government

European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-15 - Priority "User Empowerment":Citizens and businesses should be empowered by eGovernment services designed around users' needs and developed in collaboration with third parties, as well as by increased access to public information, strengthened transparency and effective means for involvement of stakeholders in the policy process.

Government open to the contribution of citizens and society to co-create public value and engaged to respect three main principles: •ensure full transparency of its actions, its processes and its data, •enable participation of citizens to its decisions and processes, •promote and accept the collaboration of citizens to the production of its services

(OECD, 2010)

eGovernmentAction Plan

Empowering Citizens and Businesses

Strengthening the Internal

Market

Efficiency & Effectiveness

Pre-conditions

User Centric services

Collaborative production

Re-use of information

Transparency

Involvement of Citizens

Organisation process

Administrative burden

Open Specifications and Interoperability

Key enablers

Innovative eGovernment

Green Government

Seamless Services

Personal Mobility

Cross Border Services

eGovernment Action Plan 2011-15

Pillar I: Empowering Citizens and Businesses

User-centric services:•Services designed around users’ needs and inclusive services•Flexible and personalised interactions with public administrations

Collaborative production of services:•Engaging third parties in the design and production of public services

Re-use of public sector information:•Maximising the value of re-use of public sector information (PSI)

Improvement of transparency:•Transparency in government decision-making and in its use of personal data (in accordance with the Data Protection Directive)

Involvement of citizens and businesses in policy:•Facilitating businesses and citizens through ICT solutions to participate in public policy consultations, debates and policy-making processes

Open Government House

EU Treaties & Institutions

eParticipation Preparatory Action

eTEN

FP7

FP6FP5

CIPePra

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Ministerial Declarations

eGov Action Plans

H2020(tbc)

Building the European Open Government House with a strong element on eParticipation

eParticipation Preparatory Action (2006-2008)

• 3 years of strong support by the EP • 21 projects (EUR 12 million funding)• eParticipation solutions, tools and services

trialed in more than 30 pilot sites • 70 MEPs (about 10% of total) actively

involved in the projects• Most national parliaments• More than 50 local and regional authorities• NGOs involved in the trial projects have

reached more than 100.000 citizens • More info: http://www.ep-momentum.eu/

Partners from 18 EU Member States have been active in the eParticipation trial

projects

Other eParticipation projectsPiloting:•eTEN

• Market Validation and Initial Deployment projects funded in the past under the eTEN programme

•CIP ICT PSP • Further piloting (beyond the Preparatory Action) through the ICT Policy

Support Programme under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

• 5 projects + Thematic Network (PEP NET – Pan-European eParticipation Network)

Research:•FP5 & FP6

• Over 30 research projects supported in the past to develop concepts, tools and solutions for the use of ICT in participatory democracy

•FP7• The EC is currently funding 19 research projects in the field of "ICT for

governance and policy modelling" • Upcoming call (WP 2013) foresees further funding in this area

• Portal created by the European Commission• Service for the professional community of eGovernment,

eInclusion and eHealth practitioners• Workshops, face-to-face meetings, public presentations,

real-life case studies

ePractice.eu

Share real-life cases by publishing them on the siteMeet peers from across Europe and expand professional networks by creating a personal profile Learn from the experience of others, rate and comment on the published cases

Thank you!

eGovernment:   http://ec.europa.eu/egovernmenteParticipation:   http://ec.europa.eu/eparticipationCIP PSP: http://ec.europa.eu/ict_pspePractice:          http://www.epractice.eueTEN:               http://ec.europa.eu/eten