Open Policymaking
A Demsoc space on open policymaking and better consultation
Anthony Zacharzewski
Director, the Democratic Society
Losing the huile d’olive
The row over the olive oil ban (hat-tip to Berlaymonster for the post title) has been resolved – and interestingly the UK, for all David Cameron complained about the proposal, didn’t vote against it when it had the chance. Asked …
david osimo
Tech4i2 ltd.
Don’t expect policy co-creation from online engagement
This post by David Osimo is one of a series in advance of the Policymaking 2.0 conference in Dublin on 17/8 June. The conference is also hosting a competition for the best digital policymaking tools. When it comes to online …
Tim Hughes
Research Officer, Involve
Building an open government movement – why it matters for public participation
This post originally appeared on Involve’s blog. A presentation I gave to Involve’s board of trustees last week prompted me to collect together these thoughts on why I think open government matters to public participation, and the opportunity and challenge of …
Digital policy tools – come on Britain!
On June 17/8, we are co-hosting a conference in Dublin on Policymaking 2.0, where we’ll be highlighting great digital tools for policy making. Part of the event is a competition for the best digital policy tools – which has already …
Mike Harris
CEO, Guerilla Policy
Whatever happened to open policy?
The Government’s civil service reform plan published last year promised to “make open policymaking the default”, recognising that Whitehall itself does not have a monopoly on expertise. The commitments set out in the plan included: – commissioning policy development from outside organisations such …
Anthony Zacharzewski
Director, the Democratic Society
Conference on improving public policy using technology – Dublin, June
This post is by Anthony, Giulio Quaggiotto of the UNDP and David Osimo of the Crossover project. Join them and other policymaking 2.0 experts in Dublin on 17 and 18 June This June, policymakers and techies from around Europe will come together in Dublin to …
Anthony Zacharzewski
Director, the Democratic Society
Civil society participation in drafting the UK National Action Plan – has it been worth it?
From the Open Government Partnership blog – reinforcing the need to spread the word about open policymaking. Perhaps the greatest frustration has been the limited involvement across Whitehall as the open policy making process hasn’t penetrated all areas of government. …
Anthony Zacharzewski
Director, the Democratic Society
DCLG Science Day – the record (from @richardharries)
I was really sorry to miss the DCLG Science Day (thwarted by a broken washing machine…) but I don’t feel so bad now that Richard Harries has published a Dropbox link containing all the materials and tweets from the day. …
Ade Adewunmi
Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office
Building the Matrix: Is this the kind of thing you had in mind?
We’re planning to release a beta version of the Matrix early next month, so we really need your feedback on aspects of its functionality. Regular readers of this blog know that when the Matrix is mentioned here it’s not a …
Ade Adewunmi
Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office
Ideal Open Policy Team Behaviours: The results are in!
Well, they’ve been in for a while. Back in February, we asked policymakers, and others with an interest in policy making, to vote for the top ten behaviours that policy teams should adopt in order to make open policymaking a …
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