Open Government

What can government learn from: Wikipedia, Facebook and Twitter?

What is open government?

• New approach to governing and cooperation between citizens and government

• Inspired by new modes of communication and network relations

• Wide use of digtal tools• Redefined notion of e-services

Mapa drogowaotwartego rządu w Polsce

What is open government?

transparency

engagement

transparency

engagement

effectivenesstransparency

engagement

effectivenesstransparency

participation cooperation

engagement

effectivenesstransparency

participation cooperation

openness

4 layers of change

• technological: internet• demografic: generation „Y”• democracy: from representation to

participation• administration: in search of

effectiveness in the age of economic crisis

Open gov around the worldFrom 2009 open gov programs in USA, UK, Australia

Open data catalogs and repositories – New Zealand, Grece, Moldova, Estonia, Norway; London, New York, Paris

Local level activities

European Union:– Visby Declaration (2009)– European Digital Agenda (2010)