Civil Society use of ICTs

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Civil Society use of ICTs

• Creating political connections
• Heather Edwards
• Institute On Governance
• www.iog.ca

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Outline

• good governance
• examples of ICT impact
• resulting hypotheses

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Democracy Good Governance

• community building
• corruption busting
• freedom of information
• exercising a political voice
• input on the political agenda

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Democracy Good Governance

• Respect for human rights and basic freedoms
• transparency
• rule of law
• lack of corruption
• accountability
• social equity

• effective representation
• respect for under represented groups
• independent judiciary
• independent and responsible media
• merit based public service

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for example...
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Community building
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Burkina Faso

• Communication key to building strong communities
• ICT role in mobilisation of civil society and
  representatives

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Tanzania

• Tanzania Media Womens Association
• using ICTs to create and distribute information

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Greenpeace
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Working against corruption
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India
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Transparency International
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Phillipines

• Citizens using ICTs to speak directly with
  senators

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Freedom of information
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Indonesia

• Using ICTs to circumvent censorship
• inability to control the media

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Provision of judicial information
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Political voice choice
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France
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United Kingdom
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Protest.net
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Serbia

• Tool for mobilisation of general uprising
• Power of internet, even when only a minority can
  access it

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Resulting hypotheses
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Democracy Good Governance

• Respect for human rights and basic freedoms
• transparency
• rule of law
• lack of corruption
• accountability
• social equity

• effective representation
• respect for under represented groups
• independent judiciary
• independent and responsible media
• merit based public service

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Citizens use ICTs when...

• ICTs are part of normal citizen participation
• Available means of participation are perceived as
  ineffective
• technology is available

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Constructive use of ICTs

• Create and institutionalise space for citizens to
  make positive use of ICTs

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