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eESTONIA open government in practice Nele Leosk 3 April, Tunis . Estonia . eEstonia . How to achieve sustainable use of ICTs to support open governance? . Balanced e-Governance . e-Factory. e-Energy. e-Parlament. e-Banking. x-Road Center. e-Health. e-School. e-Identity.
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How to achieve sustainable use of ICTs to support open governance?
e-Factory e-Energy e-Parlament e-Banking x-Road Center e-Health e-School e-Identity
Parential leave benefit claim Example of so-called complex or integrated e-service …. 18 data requests between 5 information systems + calculation = 7 documents in real life = 3 minutes data input +1 mouse click
Principles • Access to the information shall be ensured for every person in the quickest and easiest manner; • Upon granting access to information, the inviolability ofprivate life of persons shall be ensured; • Access to the information shall be granted without charge unless payment for the direct expenses relating tothe release of the information is prescribed by law
Obligatory content • Statutes of state or local government agencies • job descriptions of state and local government officials; • salary rates and the procedure for payment of additional remuneration • Budget, expenditures etc • information concerning unfilled positions in state or local government agencies • drafts of policy documents and legal acts • lists of the members of political parties
Tools for accessing information • Request for information • Websites of public institutions (by 2001, 2002) • Document registers of public institutions • Free access to Internet in public libraries (by 2002)
Request for information
Open data • Database Act (1997) integrated into PIA in 2008 1997: This act provides the procedure for the possession, use and disposal of state and local government databases...., and for release and use of their data (incl. raw machine-readable data) EU Directive on Re-use of Public Sector Information (2003) • All-governmental open data portal: http://opendata.riik.ee/ • Open data green paper
Conclusions • NOT TECHNOLOGY but stable and well functioning organizational setup for coordination; • Management and leadership • Clearplanning mechanism and decision meking process; • Fixed info-political principles; • Political commitment • Capacity (administrations, citizens) • Awareness • Decision-making process should be defined more Precisely • Dialog with citizens need to be integrated in the work-flow of civil servants
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