Governance and Technology:

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Governance and Technology

• Success Stories from the Real World
• 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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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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NDI in Namibia
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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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Government reaction
Participation in Liberal Democracies
ICTs
Telephone Fax, Letter

Social Groups
Citizen
Parliament
Citizens voice political opinions and
interests. Citizens ask about political
information.
Receives, processes and communicates information
in a selective way.
Mass Media

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OECD Trends

• Information
• scope, quantity and quality has increased greatly
  
• now a shared objective for all OECD Members
• Consultation
• on the rise but at a slower rate
• large differences remain between OECD Members
• Active participation
• efforts to engage citizens in policy-making are
  rare
• examples confined to a only a very few countries

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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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