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Open Government in Slovenia. Ale š Dobnikar Ministry of Public Administration Slovenia. L egislative and policy measures for open and transparent government .
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Open Government in Slovenia AlešDobnikarMinistry of Public Administration Slovenia
Legislative and policy measures foropen and transparent government • The Resolution on Legislative Regulation, adopted in 2009 - involvement of citizens, local communities,NOG, … democratic legislation preparation process • Any political authority and its civil servants need to collaborate with the public when preparing legislation • Minimum time frame for public debate - 30 to 60 days e-Democracycannot be successful if it is not supported by clear standards for involving the public in decision-making processes.
Measures Measures • e-Democracy portal • Information Support forLegislative Drafting • Web tool: my-suggestion.gov.si • Burden reduction programme
e-Democracy portal • E-Democracy portalis a part of thee-Gov portal • Citizens can: • actively participate in the procedure of legal acts preparation • contact elected representatives • obtain information related to national legislation, EU legislative procedures, information of a public character, … • address questions as well as receive answers on democracy related subjects
2 - Information Support for Legislative Drafting • Established in April 2010 • Enablingunified operations for drafting legislation to all ministries and government bodies on the one hand • Enhance participation of interested public in drafting of legislation. • The information are much easier accessible to all ministries engaged in drafting:more coherent legislation.
Information Support for Legislative Drafting • April 2010 – Nov 2010 • Acts: 140 • Decrees: 250 • Regulations: 438
3 - Web tool: my-suggestion.gov.si • my.suggestion.gov.siweb tool - Nov2009 • Citizens can: • express their opinions, suggestions and proposals for the regulation of certain substantive issues • call for a systemic government solution, resulting eventually also as ane-government service. • Citizens' proposals are presented publicly and enter into a public debate. • Suggestions that get the support of the majority of people voting get a public response of a competent authority in no later than 30 days. • If the proposed solution isidentified as a valid one, it follows through with the change in the policy or regulation of the issue.
Web tool: my-suggestion.gov.si • Based on the open platform • Registration - anonymous users: • Facebook Connect (PVS) • Sign in with Twitter (PVS) • OpenID • Within 24 hours after the publication: 80 proposals submitted • One year after the launch: • 1.201 proposals, 7.021 comments • 251 proposals that received the highest support online forwarded to the competent authorities, 235 already with the responds
My-suggestion.gov.si: Establishment of the Animal police • In June 2010: Proposal for establishment of Animal police submitted • The most vital discussion so far through Facebook and web forumes: • 438 comments received • Result: Veterinary Administration returned positive respond supporting the implementation -the organizational issues of the Animal police establishment is under the study
4 - The realisation of burden reduction programme • The suggestions via e-mail address • A collection and analysis of proposals for burden reduction submitted by interested stakeholders • The best proposals are then inspected and included in the government's programme. • On the basis of useful and innovative suggestions the government every year adopts the programme for the removal of administrative burdens.
The realisation of burden reduction programme • Disburdening of small companies in the field of regulations dealing with personal data protection • Employment of foreigners and seasonal labour - shortening the procedure for issuing work permits, as well as the procedure for aquisition of foreigners’ temporary residence permits • Simplification of procedures in the area of public procurement - data is now collected electronicaly form the official registers • Simplification of procedures for exercising rights upon childs - possibility of electronic application submission, elimination of territorial jurisdiction, introduction of a single contact point, simplification of forms, …
Is my government thinking about me first? • Quality e-government and quality e-democracy are impossible to achieve without quality administration and strong political will and commitment • Innovations and continuous improvement must be the guiding foundations of public governance • Open government can help strengthen trust and build indispensable support for reform