policy compass - samos summit 2014

Policy Compass: from open data to accountable policy evaluation and political discussions

Dr. Yuri Glickman

Fraunhofer FOKUS

30 June 2014 Samos Summit 2014

Project Overview

Policy Compasshttp://policycompass.eu/

• STREP Project, co-funded by the European Union under the “ICT for Governance and Policy Making” theme (ICT-2013.5.4, Grant Agreement No: 612133)

• Project start: 1 October 2013• Duration: 36 months• Project Coordinator: Fraunhofer FOKUS (Germany)• Consortium: 7 organizations from 5 different countries

30 June 2014 Samos Summit 2014 2

http://policycompass.eu/

http://policycompass.eu/

Policy Compass Consortium


The Problem

• Difficulty of objectively assessing the impact of government policies

• Poor use of available open data resources in the internet

• Lack of consensus about a suitable metric for measuring progress

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)• Human Development Index (HDI)• Genuine Progress Index (GPI)

The Opportunity

Context


easy-to-use tools for both the lay public and professional policy makers to improve the quality and transparency of the policy analysis and monitoring phases of the policy life-cycle.

open public data

social

media

fuzzy

cognitive

maps

e-participation platforms & argumentation technology

The Policy Compass Promise

• A research prototype of an easy-to-use, highly visual and intuitive tool for:

• Constructing prosperity and other policy metrics over open data sources.• Constructing graphs and charts visualizing metrics for selected

geographical regions and time periods.• Annotating graphs and charts with political or policy events• Constructing causal models with an easy-to-use visual tool for Fuzzy

Cognitive Maps (FCM).• Sharing and debating prosperity graphs and FCM across popular social

media platforms.• Summarizing and visualizing the debates in argument maps and

conducting structured surveys about policy issues• Aggregating opinions on policy issues, to formulate a common position

using delegated voting via the Adhocracy platform.


Visualisation of performance metrics annotated by policy events

Entry into force of Alg II


Employment and unemployment in Germany – in thousands

Employment(left axis)

Unemployment(right axis)

Causal models with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps


Deliberation with Argumentation Technologies


• The Policy Compass will be realized as an online Web platform integrating the tools developed in the project.

• The platform will provide an open API for integrating its datastore and services into external platforms, and widgets for integrating its user interfaces into selected eParticipation platforms and social networks.

Technical Approach


Expected Impact

• Simplify the way to utilize, interact, mash-up, visualize and interpret the increasing amount of international open economic data and wealth indicators.

• Improve the analysis and evaluation of policies• Broaden the use of open data by citizens to support and improve

policy making.• Raise and objectify the European public discourse on how

• to measure growth in the economy and society• to develop holistic prosperity and progress indices

• Facilitate more objective, evidence-based and transparent policy deliberations.


www.PolicyCompass.eu

www.twitter.com/PolicyCompassEU

www.facebook.com/PolicyCompass

PolicyCompass

Thank you!

Yuri Glickman

[email protected]

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