CitizenScape

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• CitizenScape
• Project Summary Status
• 3rd eParticipation Concertation Meeting
• 27th October2009
• Athens

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Overview of CitizenScape project

• CitizenScape
• eParticipation in Legislation Implementation
• www.citizenscape.org
• Service
• That integrates Web 2.0 tools in concrete
  legislative decision-making processes
• to engage Citizens in the local implementation of
  EU environmental legislation.
• Pilot trials at Local Regional level during
  2009
• Most immediately relevant to most citizens
• 4 regions with very diverse legislative contexts
• Italy, Ireland, Slovakia UK

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CitizenScape Partners - 2 providers, 4 users
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CitizenScape Service

• Open online web-access forall citizens for
  interactive live participation in their local
  regional legislation implementation.
• Service integrates
• Online
• Public-I Webcasting Platform
• Bristol ePetitioner ViewFinder Service
• Other Web 2.0 Services
• Offline
• Events, Training, Support

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CitizenScape Trial Project

• Integrates Web 2.0 tools with online democratic
  tools
• to provide an easy-to-use coherent service.
• to use informal social networking to guide
  citizens to the more formal process
• to create an inclusive accessible citizen
  eParticipation process
• to include offline as well as online activities
• a Programme of offline recruitment training
  activities
• to support the online citizenscape
• Identify recruit Community Activists
• Recruit Train Community Moderators
• To help manage maintain the site.

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Project Objectives Targets
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CitizenScape Project Workplan
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CitizenScape Bristol Pilot Site UK
www.bristol.citizenscape.net
Interim Review, Brussels, 30th Jan 2009
www.CitizenScape.org
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CitizenScape Genoa Pilot Site
Italywww.genova.citizenscape.net
Interim Review, Brussels, 30th Jan 2009
www.CitizenScape.org
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CitizenScape Donegal Pilot Site
Irelandwww.donegal.citizenscape.net
Interim Review, Brussels, 30th Jan 2009
www.CitizenScape.org
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CitizenScape Zilina Pilot Site
Slovakiawww.zilina.citizenscape.net
Interim Review, Brussels, 30th Jan 2009
www.CitizenScape.org
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CitizenScape Offline activities - e.g. Zilina

• Focus - Regional Development Strategy
• Public (all citizens) participation in monitoring
  the strategy.
• Through 4 Expert Groups
• Infrastructure Regional Accessibility
• Knowledge Economy
• Human Resources
• Competitiveness of Sub-regions.
• Online Service now for wide public
  participation.

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Pilot Trials Evaluation indications so far

• A lot of interest in interactive services
  co-creation of networked content.
• The Social Web is growing dramatically e.g.
  Facebook, Twitter
• The challenge is not technical, it is social
  political.
• Blending of the offline activities online
  spaces/services is critical
• Can re-engage the public in the ongoing
  democratic processes
• But outreach community activities are very time
  consuming.
• There are risks - but these can be managed are
  balanced against wider opportunities.
• Using community moderators both manages resources
  and mitigates risks
• Opportunities
• to connect to a very different type of audience
  to the one which government is traditionally able
  to connect to
• to reinvent the rules of engagement around the
  relationship with the citizen.

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• Thank You

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