Jonjic tamara puzzled_by_policy_three_tiered_approach_to_e_partPuzzled by Policy: A Three-tiered Approach to e-Participation

Puzzled by Policy: Helping you to be part of the EU (CIP-‐ICT-‐PSP-‐2009-‐3bis) Funded by CompeGGveness and InnovaGon Framework Programme – ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP)

“Puzzled by Policy: A Three-‐4ered Approach

to e-‐Par4cipa4on”

IIeP Workshop, Helsinki 2.11.2011

Tamara Jonjic European University Ins4tute, Florence


Puzzled by Policy?

Council Directive 2005/71/EC

Council Recommendation 2005/762/EC




Council Directive 2003/109/EC . . .


•  The legal jargon is difficult to understand.

•  What are the ‘hot’ topics? •  Who is involved in policy making? •  How can I make my voice heard? •  Can I parGcipate from home/my

office?

•  How can we involve ciGzens? •  How can we help them understand

policy making? •  But they show liUle interest… •  What do the people want/need?

Disengagement from policy making

Citizen Decision Maker


Barriers to Par4cipa4on

Source: “OECD: Focus on Ci.zens: Public Engagement for Be;er Policy and Services: OECD Studies on Public Engagement (2009)”


Inform-‐Consult-‐Empower

e-‐enabling supporGng those who would not typically take advantage of the large amount of public data available,

e-‐engaging consulGng a wider audience to enable deeper contribuGons and support deliberaGve debate on policy issues and

e-‐empowering supporGng acGve parGcipaGon and facilitaGng boUom-‐up ideas to influence the poliGcal agenda.

Source: “Macintosh, A.: Characterizing E-‐Par.cipa.on in Policy-‐Making. in 37th Annual Hawaii Interna.onal Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). Hawaii, US. (2004).”

Inform

Consult

Empower


Benefits of Inform-‐Consult-‐Empower

•  No previous knowledge or skill required to parGcipate

•  Involvement of policy-‐makers possible, but not required for success of parGcipaGon

•  Self-‐coordinaGon of parGcipants facilitated •  RealisGc and feasible goals at each level of parGcipaGon

•  LimitaGons of parGcipaGon are clear

•  Inline with current policy-‐modelling processes


Puzzled by Policy PlaSorm

Policy Profiler Learn how your views on immigraGon compare to naGonal & European policies and to other stakeholders

u-‐debate Deliberate with other users on naGonal and European immigraGon policy issues

Community Topics of interest, groups of interested users and policy entrepreneurs emerge

Inform

Consult

Empower


Policy Profiler


•  Funded: EU CIP ICT-‐ PSP •  Start Date: 1st October 2010 •  Dura4on: 36 months •  Consor4um: 12 partners •  Countries: Ireland, Greece, Slovenia, Italy, UK, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, Hungary

Puzzled by Policy Project


Pilot Partners

Torino, Italy

Tenerife, Spain Athens, Greece

Budapest, Hungary


Immigra4on Policy

“MigraGon is a hot topic and a top priority on the poliGcal agendas of the EU Member States. It is growing in scope and complexity and is having a serious impact – posiGvely and negaGvely – on the European Union and its Member States.” European Ins4tute of Public Administra4on, 2009, Maastricht.

Topic became hotly contested

aher establishment of the 2008 Return

DirecGve

At 2009 Euro ElecGons over

30% of Europeans rated immigraGon as a

top priority

ImmigraGon is a daily challenge

for many Member States

A common EU migraGon policy

has been pursued for

years


PbP and immigrants’ inclusion

How can the project s4mulate beYer immigrants’ inclusion? -‐  PbP is both an e-‐parGcipaGon project and a project about immigraGon policy and immigrants’ inclusion

The PbP plaSorm will give immigrants: -‐  easy-‐to-‐use knowledge about immigraGon policies at the EU level and at the level of their host countries -‐  informaGon on policy posiGons of relevant stakeholders, such as poliGcal parGes, NGOs, trade unions, employers’ organizaGons, etc. -‐  informaGon on the views of other ciGzens -‐  the possibility to debate and interact with other immigrants/ciGzens -‐  informaGon on what is being done at their local level -‐  feedback from naGonal and EU stakeholders


Immigrants’ Integra4on Policies

Rinus Penninx (2003) -‐  Immigrants’ integraGon is the process by which immigrants become accepted, both as individuals and as groups -‐  The interacGon between immigrants and the receiving society determines the ulGmate outcome of the integraGon process -‐  Some key elements that appear in successful integraGon policies are those that:

-‐ offer a vision for both immigrants and receiving socieGes -‐ coordinate with immigraGon policies -‐ promote integraGon policies that acknowledge diversity -‐ provide for naGonal realiGes -‐ understand the importance of urban areas -‐ recognize the local context -‐ involve non-‐governmental organizaGons


Conclusion

•  “Puzzled by Policy” can contribute to beUer immigrants’ integraGon policies, by offering relevant knowledge to immigrants, ciGzens and policy-‐makers and by providing a “meeGng point” where they can compare and discuss their posiGons

•  However, there are potenGal risks that are being taken into account in order to minimize/miGgate their occurrence, such as difficulGes in using the plamorm for certain end-‐users, lack of interest of general public in the PbP plamorm and lack of interest of decision makers in the plamorm and in the feedback collected


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