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Title: UN Global EGovernment Survey Findings on EParticipation


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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation
  • 6th Global Forum On Reinventing Government
  • Seoul, Korea
  • Gregory G. Curtin, PhD, JD
  • Principal, Civic Resource Group
  • Director, E-Governance Lab, University of
    Southern California
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of E-Government

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UN Global E-Government Survey
  • The UN Global E-Government Readiness Report
    presents a comparative ranking of the countries
    of the world according to two primary indicators
  • 1. the state of e-readiness and
  • 2. the extent of e-participation.

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E-Participation Introduction
  • Defined to be participatory, inclusive,
    deliberative process of decision-making.
  • Using ICT to increase the supply of information
    useful in the process of consultation and for
    decision making
  • Using ICT to enhance consultation and
  • Using ICT to support decision making by
    facilitating peoples participation within the
    framework of G2C and C2G interactions.

4
E-participation framework
  • E-information
  • Providing information resources to citizens
  • E-consultation
  • Consultation with citizens
  • E-decision making
  • Consideration of citizen input

5
E-participation measure
  • Survey all UN member states
  • Assessment of 21 indicators
  • Scale of 0-4

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E-participation measure
  • Quality
  • Relevancy
  • Usefulness
  • Willingness

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UN Global E-Government SurveyE-Participation
Rankings 2003
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Estonia
  • New Zealand

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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2003
  • Index drops from 100 per cent to 50 per cent of
    its value over the span of 15 top countries
  • Countries are not doing a particularly good job
    of involving the public in participatory and
    deliberative processes

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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2003
  • 57 provided a web comment form
  • 55 provided a calendar/directory of upcoming
    government events
  • 26 provided an open-ended discussion forum
  • 25 provided an on-line poll/survey
  • 14 provided a formal on-line consultation
    facility
  • 9 provided an on-line consultation that allowed
    feedback on policies and activities
  • 8 provided a direct/clear statement or policy
    encouraging citizen participation

10
UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2003
  • E-Participation by Income Category
  • Above Mean Below Mean
  • High income 66 34
  • Upper Middle Income 43 57
  • Lower Middle Income 23 77
  • Low Income 12 88
  • Total Countries 31 69

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UN Global E-Government SurveyE-Participation
Rankings 2004
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Singapore
  • Netherlands

12
UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2004
  • Rankings closely mirror the e-government
    readiness and the web measure index
  • Barring a few newcomers the same set of countries
    shuffle among the top 20 positions

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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2004
  • 34 provided an open-ended discussion forum
  • 35 provided an on-line poll/survey
  • 6 provided a formal on-line consultation
    facility
  • 11 provided an on-line consultation that allowed
    feedback on policies and activities
  • 24 provided a direct/clear statement or policy
    encouraging citizen participation

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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2004
  • Distribution of e-participation across countries
    remains highly skewed
  • Potential remains under exploited
  • Majority of countries, especially developing
    nations, are not yet providing any meaningful
    services to encourage participatory dialogue

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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2004
  • Quality and relevance Only two fulfill more than
    66
  • Fulfillment Countries
  • 67-100 2
  • 34-66 15
  • 1-33 133
  • No score 28

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UN Global E-Government SurveyFindings on
E-Participation 2004
  • E-Participation by Income Category
  • Above Mean Below Mean
  • High income 64 36
  • Upper Middle Income 36 64
  • Lower Middle Income 29 71
  • Low Income 7 93
  • Total Countries 30 70

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Comparing 2003 and 2004
  • Notable changes in the top 20
  • Singapore 9 places to number 4 overall
  • Republic of Korea 6 to number 8
  • Denmark 8 to number 9
  • Malta 18 to number 19
  • Austria 46 to number 20

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Comparing 2003 and 2004
  • Average score for top 20 countries
  • 2003 2004
  • E-Information (20) 12.45 14.85
  • E-Consultation (40) 16.55 18
  • E-Decision making (24) 8.3 9.15
  • TOTAL (84) 37.3 42

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E-Participation Best Practices
  • Within the small online consultations group of
    countries, three stand out
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Singapore

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E-Participation Best Practices
  • United Kingdom

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E-Participation Best Practices
  • United States

22
E-Participation Best Practices
  • Singapore

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E-Participation Best Practices
  • Illuminating possibilities Mongolia

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E-Transparency
  • Using ICT to achieve
  • greater transparency
  • and accountability
  • towards the citizens

25
E-Transparency Indicators
  • Website Indicator Number of countries / percent
  • 2003 2004
  • Country web presence 173 178
  • Laws, policy documents, etc. 90 92
  • Databases/statistics 79 85

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For more information
  • UN Global E-Government Survey 2003
  • http//www.unpan.org/egovernment3.asp
  • UN Global E-Government Survey 2004
  • http//www.unpan.org/egovernment4.asp
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