5
STEPS TO DEVELOPING AN OPEN GOVERNMENT PROJECT
START You have an idea for a civic start-up in your community?
Activist
BUT HOW
TO DO
THE PROBLEM STATEMENT SHOULD BE Specific Important for citizens
Concrete Evidence-based
Official
Define 1
IT?
2 Analyse HOW CAN CITIZENS HELP? Specific Geographic thematic coverage IT skills knowledge User experience
Engage 3 Tell them what you did Act on their input Let people tell what matters
4.
Do something with it
1.
Make IT work
Reuse existing solutions Make it intuitive
What government data can help them?
4 Evaluate Number of participants:
Audience reached, active users, comments, inputs, voices?
Set clear rules
TIPS
Balance anonymity and identity Moderate ex post
Type of participants:
“Usual suspects” or “new players”?
2.
Involvement of decision makers: Direct, indirect or non‐existing?
Stimulate participation
Use reputation
Quality of ideas received:
Qualitative judgment or policy expert opinions?
Reach out
3.
Ensure quality input
made at #citylabodessa
http://europeandcis.undp.org/blog/2013/10/17/ a-template-for-developing-a-gov20-opengov-project/ http://www.open-evidence.com/ http://www.undp.org.ua/
Many eyes & many Networks hands and contacts
Usage of ideas and approaches in actual policy/product:
Direct, indirect or non‐existing?
Make it fun
Improvement of service/policy quality
Stimulate vanity
Mid-term impact?
5 Redesign Back to Step 1