Hack The Government! Empowering Citizens to Make Meaningful Use of Open Data

F Molinari, Grazia Concilio, Ingrid Mulder, Louise Klitgaard Torntoft, Marc Aguilar

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Abstract

Citizens’ use of Open Data is often limited to the use of apps. The design of the (app based) public service as well as the interpretation of the data is done for them. The organization of local hackathons can promote citizens’ data literacy and better use of available
Open Data for service transformation purposes. This promises to nicely combine citizen intelligence with participatory innovation with and by public service beneficiaries as the “next wave” of inclusive (e-)Government practice. In the proposed workshop, we simulate the
organization and dynamics of a Hackathon based on the evidence at hand.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCeDEM16
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2016
EditorsPeter Parycek, Noella Edelmann
Place of PublicationKrems
PublisherDanube University Krems
Pages197-200
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-3-902505-81-1
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventCeDEM16: International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2016 - Krems, Austria
Duration: 18 May 201620 May 2016

Conference

ConferenceCeDEM16
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityKrems
Period18/05/1620/05/16

Keywords

  • hackathons
  • Open Data
  • public service innovation
  • inclusive Government
  • citizen participation

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