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eDemocracy update - Bristol CC, March 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Improving citizen involvement through e-participation in Bristol
Anna McDermottPhilip Higgins
Consultation & Research
www.askbristol.com
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Overview
• Tools used in the ASK Bristol e-participation programme
• Crowdsourcing ideas – Budgeting and urban development planning
• Integration with social media
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Live bloggingCrowd sourcing
Social media (2010)E-bulletin
ASK Bristol (wordpress)You tube
Webcasting (2007)Neighbourhood e-forums
E-petitions (2004)Online surveys
Consultation FinderInteractive voting
Developing a range of
tools
2000
2011
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Webcasting local democracy
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Webcasting democracy
• Since 2007• Webcast live and recorded• Meetings of high public interest• Improves accessibility and understanding of local
issues and democracy at work• 70,713 total unique visitors• Watch and comment
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Webcasting election results
• Highest live audience of any UK council webcast – 5947 views
• With archive – 8382 views• Simultaneous tweeting• Not provided by local media • Chance for people to see and
hear their new local councillor
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Influencing decisions at the city level
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Crowd sourcing
• Source ideas and solutions from the crowd• Develop understanding of issues• Facilitate discussion between citizens • Bring new people and fresh thinking to problems• Early engagement• Communicate issues in an engaging way - video
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• Challenge: Save 20% of budget over 4 years
• Council Leader – raise understanding / get suggestions from public
• Council members got involved
• 4385 views / 600 suggestions grouped in to 70 themes
Bristol’s Budget Conversation
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Cllr Rogers on his participation in the Budget Conversation
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Neighbourhood level Participatory budgeting
• £15,000 of well-being money in a neighbourhood
• Live, work, study or just interested
• First e-participatory budgeting pilot
• 537 users / 397 comments / 60 ideas
• Will continue to pilot this approach
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Decision makers need to join in
• Councillors need to take part – identify members who are already using social media
• Senior officers need to engage
• Better outcomes for whole process
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Short break for questions
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Urban development planning:Cherish or Change?
• Map based
• Identify issues with Bristol’s central area and solutions
• Identify areas or things people value in the city centre
• Early engagement feeds in to Central Area Action Plan
• Strong social media links used ideas phase
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• Pin point areas • Make a suggestion / Comment / upload photos • Spatial patterns emerge • An engaging experience • 925 comments • Comments grouped into
10 main themes
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Ideas for Bristol
• Next phase of engagement on Central Area Action Plan (leading on from Cherish and Change)
• Sign-in with FB/Twitter account • Suggest ideas can • Vote on ideas• Share • 3,654 unique visits • 128 ideas, 377 users, 955 votes
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Getting the message out….
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Feeds, widgets and e-bulletins
• 2010 moved into social media / letting our content travel
• Feeds – auto-updating – Google Feedburner • Widgets – help promote• Twitter account: consultations, e-petitions,
citizen ideas, webcasts• Facebook page• Our e-participation tools are being
optimised for social media
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Where we’re going…..
• Rise of neighbourhood and hyper local sites – already happening
• More video to explain issues• Tools are becoming free and easier-to-use• Often community will set-up sites themselves – join in • Social networking sites could help with community
development • Skills development opportunities for the digitally
excluded
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Thank you for listening• www.askbristol.com• www.twitter.com/askbristol