ROUTE-TO-PA: Project Overview

Vittorio Scarano (Università di Salerno)

June, 2016

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ROUTE-TO-PA in 7 steps• Main goals and objectives• Consortium• WP overview

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Overview

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One vision…

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… through ICT!

• Transparency and participation• Effective transparency increases

accountability..• .. but should also increases

participation

• Active involvement of citizens

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Vision: Improve engagement of citizens

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Two barriers…

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Overcoming the barriersComplexity of information Limited awareness

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Barrier #1: Complexity• Life is complex..• .. and so is the generated

information• Difficult to interpret• good will helps but is not

sufficient• Heterogeneity

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Barrier #2: Limited awareness

• Exploring Open Data requires:• effort• passion• multidisciplinary skills• time

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Three objectives…

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ROUTE-TO-PA answers…

• Social interactions on data• Online communities• A “route” to PA for citizens • .. and viceversa

• Holistic understanding• A customized view…

• by personalisation, for different segments• .. provides data of value to each citizen

Improving the engagement of citizens by..

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Social Platform for Open Data Transparency-Enhancing Toolset

Good Practices and recommendations

Our three objectives

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Four principles…

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1. Reuse rather than re-invent• Project “mantra”• Technologically…• open source

• .. but also leveraging on existing PA experiences• Open-source• “yes, we really mean it”

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2. Tackling heterogeneity Heterogeneity of:• of Public Administrations

• about Open Data and Transparency

• of Open Data• quality and platforms

• of Audience• in Societal context

• Monitorial, Deliberative, Participatory democracy

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3. Participatory design• Interacting with Pilots

since the very beginning • workshops

• Continuous interaction• feedback and testing

• Frequent releases• “Agile” innovation

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4. A 2-way Route!• Establishing a

community makes engagement, participation and communication easier• Citizens toward PAs ..• .. but also PAs toward

citizens

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Five Pilots…

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Pilots in 5 Public Administration

• Den Haag (The Netherland)• Dublin (Ireland)• Prato (Italy)• Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)• through CNRS

• Groningen (The Netherland)• through Utrecht University

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Six Roles in the Consortium

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ROUTE-TO-PA PartnersResearch • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Role 1: Computer ScienceResearch • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Role 2: E-Government and Political Science

Research • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Role 3: Psychology and Learning Science

Research • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Role 4: EconomyResearch • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Role 5: Companies (large and SMEs)

Research • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Role 6: StakeholderResearch • Università di Salerno (IT)• CNRS (FR)• Wise&Munro (NL)• National University of Galway (IR)• Warsaw School of Economics (PL)• University of Utrecht (NL)

Companies• Ancitel SpA (IT)• Ortelio Ltd (UK)Public Administrations: Pilots• The Hague Town Council (NL)• Comune di Prato (IT)• Dublin Town Council (IR)Non-profit organization• Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)

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Seven Workpackages…

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Seven Workpackages

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• Acknowledgmenets:• ROUTE-TO-PA project has received funding from the European

Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 645860.

• Learn more:• http://routetopa.eu• http://twitter.com/routetopa • https://www.facebook.com/routetopa/

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Thank you!