Nicolas Santana, Dominican Republic
Final Project, My Digital Artifact APRIL 14, 2017
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Citizen Engagement, Key Strengths
Citizen Participation is an important tool to strength the democracy. It is the core of the open government and is a factor of inclusion. “Its provide opportunity to bring togheter diverse set of citizens”.
Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness are catalyst of the changes in the world as we see it today. Modern government must be open to citizens and show them and us that they are Transparent. They must be prepared to render account of their action. Governance must show a new approach to be successful. With the increase of people participation in the decision that government must make has been possible for them to obtain better quality of the public services. Access to information through increase in use of technology have bring huge change in the form that authorities manage the public administration.
Special points of interest:
Participation Government Governance Decision Making Accountability Transparency Responsiveness Auditing
What people think... According to American Psychological Association, … “Voting is a key component in civil engagement for the voice of the masses to be heard…”. This is a good example of how Civil engagement strength democracy. Accountability , Transparency and Responsiveness are value, norms and concepts that promote trust between authorities and people.
Three value demonstrate why Citizen Engagement promote changes. We can mention: Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness as catalyst of the changes in the world as we see it today. Modern government must be open to citizens and show them and us that they are Transparent. They must be prepared to render account of their action. Governance must show a new approach to be successful. With the increase of people participation in the decision that government must make has been possible for them to obtain better quality of the public services. Access to information through increase in use of technology have bring huge change in the form that authorities manage the public administration.