today i decide (tom) nele leosk e-governance academy (ega) tallinn, november 6, 2007
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Today I Decide (TOM) Nele Leosk e-Governance Academy (eGA) Tallinn, November 6, 2007. TOM - Government Initiative. Main idea – to enhance public participation in political decision-making providing opportunity to propose and discuss new legislative initiatives via Internet - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Today I Decide (TOM)
Nele Leoske-Governance Academy (eGA)
Tallinn, November 6, 2007
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TOM - Government Initiative
● Main idea – to enhance public participation in political decision-making providing opportunity to propose and discuss new legislative initiatives via Internet
● Also- to enhance dialogue between citizens, public officials, etc
● Started in June, 2001● Administrated by State Chancellery● Promoted as Direct Democracy Portal
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TOM - Two modes of operation
● Policy documents presented for discussion by ministries (functioned just 2 months)
● Proposals submitted by people● Only registrated users can submit
proposals and participate in discussions● Everybody can follow discussions
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How TOM worksHow TOM works
Idea
Commenting
Editing
Voting
Signing (not any more) Answer
ID card (for a short time)n
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Processing ideas● Idea is presented● 10 days for discussion● 3 days for editing● 3 days for secret voting
Only ideas getting more than half of votes in favour are considered further
● Ministry has 1 month for analysis and answer● Posted on TOM, commenting an answer
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TOM statistics
● 1140 ideas presented (64% voted in, 34 % voted out)
● 654 proposals sent to the ministries (89% answered: 6% possible implementation, 48% negative, 7% supportive)
● 6910 registered users
● 100-150 visits per day (up to 300 when mentioned elsewere, eg in blogs, forums, etc)
● 30 proposals applied
Introduction of summer time Wireless internet signs Estonian anthem downloadable from the Internet
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TOM typical users
● Men (71%)● Age 26 – 39 (38%)● University degree (51%)● Specialists (40,3%)● Inhabitants of Tallinn (48%)● Everyday Internet users (88%)
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TOM evaluation by users and public officials
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Is TOM going to die out?
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Visits to TOM
Visits to TOM: June 2001 to September 2006
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New users of TOM (registered)
New users(monthly average in the given year)
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New ideas
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Positive sides of TOM● Possibility to rise political issues ● Obligation of state administration to respond● Communication between users ● Communication with state administration● Everybody can follow proposals and
discussions
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Problems of TOM
● Many non-constructive proposals
● Passive discussions, low level of discussions (???)
● Low level of the idea author’s ivolvement (35% participate in later phases)
● Few votes
● Small number of active users
● No publicity, buzz
● Rejection of proposals by state administration on formal grounds
● No real dialogue between citizens and political decision makers
● No political will and support
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...and e-participation
• Technical solutions are developing, however how to develop or support cultural changes?
• Information about e-participation possibilities? • Skills of e-participation? How to raise the
capacity of e-participation? • Passiveness? Participation fatigue?• Information gap- how much information gets
out of the inner circles (lists, forums, blogs, etc)