Il Governo Britannico è desideroso di abbracciare la tecnologia per migliorare i servizi dei governi locali; ma prima è necessario un cambio di culture, dice The Guardian.

The government is providing ever more pilot schemes and opportunities to engage but increasingly fewer people believe that “getting involved” is a good use of their time.

This results in the same people who are already active citizens being offered many more opportunities to engage, whereas the individuals who have not engaged are not benefiting from these new opportunities. So just because new channels of engagement are built, they will not necessarily be used by new participants.

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L’Economist ha pubblicato un report speciale su tecnologia e governi.

Perchè, si chiedono, tanto successo sul web e poco nella pubblica amministrazione?

Nell’ articolo principale, si sostiene che le tre ragioni principali sono la mancanza di concorrenza, la tendenza a riprodurre le rigidità e un’eccessiva attenzione sulla tecnologia a scapito dell’organizzazione.

Last week, the UK think tank Demos launched the Everyday Democracy Index (EDI).

The EDI is an original and innovative tool for assessing the democratic health of European countries beyond the ballot box and across many different dimensions. That includes the formal dimensions of democracy, like procedural rights and election turnout. But it also includes more everyday features of democracy – how important democratic principles and practices are to the cultures of workplaces, to people’s community life, to the way they interact with public services, and even to the way they talk to their friends and family.

The first index covers 25 EU countries.

To see the results and read the pamphlet, visit the interactive website.