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EU Public Consultations in the Digital Age: Enhancing the Role of the EESC and Civil Society Organisations Workshop New Technologies and Transition: What Role for CSOs in a Future of E-Democracy JDE62
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Methodology Introduction EU online Public Consultations
The EESC and CSOs The EESC’s Potential Role in Public Consultations Policy Recommendations
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1. EU Public Consultations
State of the Art Why consultations matter A brief history of EU Public Consultations What Minimum Standards for online EU public consultations State of play Clarity Targeting Publication Consultation period Feedback
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The interacting phases and key steps of the consultation process
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An EU consultation is defined as a “formal process by which the Commission collects input and views from stakeholders about its policies” Four General Principles: Participation Openness and Accountability Effectiveness Coherence Five Minimum Standards: Clarity Targeting Publication Consultations period Feedback
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1.2 State of Play EU online Public Consultations ‘Your Voice in Europe’ (Single access point) 2015 Guidelines 5 Minimum Standards
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Database indicators selected on the basis of the 5 Minimum Standards
Clarity Language of the information relevant to the consultation Language of the questionnaire Language required for the replies Targeting Respondents (Experts/Public Authorities/Citizens ) Age Gender Education Geographical distribution (EU Countries/Regional and National Authorities/Non-EU Countries) Publication Publication on other websites than the single access point Consultation period Feedback Total amount of replies Executive summary or Synopsis report Outcomes
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Clarity
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Targeting
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Publication
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Consultation Period
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Feedback
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Conclusions of the First Chapter
Challenges weak feedback mechanisms unrepresentativeness of the consultations
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2. The ESSC and Civil Society Organisations
The EESC’s Current role in online EU Public Consultations The EESC and its influence in EU policy-making processes; The EESC’s role in EU public consultations Civil society organisations’ role in public consultations The Potential Outreach of the Organisation The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) The use of ICTs and social media for online EU public consultations
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The EESC’s Current role in EU online Public Consultations
The two ways of consultation for EU policy-making processes are not complementary and do not coincide most of the time Own-initiative opinion on the "Evaluation of European Commission stakeholder consultations" in July 2015 REFIT Platform, Opinion on the submissions XXII.4.a by the DIHK and XXII.4.b by a citizen on Stakeholder consultation mechanisms, adopted on June 2017
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Civil society organisations’ role in public consultations
Survey, 71 responses The Potential Outreach of the Organisation The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) The use of ICTs and social media for online EU public consultations
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Some conclusions of the Second Chapter
CSOs commonly use ICTs and are aware of the potential of digital tools in facilitating the implementation of their main activities CSOs should learn how to better exploit new technologies (especially in order to enhance the awareness and the participation of their Members to EU online public consultation processes) CSOs should also be directly involved in the consultation process since the preliminary stage ‘Consultation Electronic Platform’ The EESC could support CSOs in carrying out these tasks by putting its knowledge and expertise on the consultation process at disposal of its Members (organize training, mailing lists, direct consultation, translation, templates)
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Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
Coming soon… Chapter 3: Interviews Rhion Jones, Founder of The Consultation Institute Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Marchetti, University of Rome “La Sapienza” Prof. Dr. James S. Fishkin, Stanford University Dr. Raphael Kies, University of Luxembourg Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
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Authors Elisa Lironi and Daniela Peta European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
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What role for CSOs in a future of e-democracy?
Awareness raising – improve the awareness of citizens regarding digital tools and online services for e-participation at local, national and European level. Skills development – provide learning opportunities on digital skills combined with the development of critical thinking As the infrastructure of e-democracy – bridging the gap between politics and citizens, between technology and actual political results Ensuring transperency Ensuring effective communication tools and methods (to reach out to and engage citizens) Ensuring e-democracy leads to valid authorization tools
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Focus on offline activities to target communities less likely to participate online
Advocating for “inside-out” processes to policy-makers –eg. Participatory budgeting and collaborative urban planning Advocating the benefits of “high-quality” participation –helping decision-makers distinguish the “good” process from the “bad” process Create an EU data-centric platform for the sharing of knowledge and technology between civil society organisations along with face-to-face meetings Make Europe the world leading region for open technologies with a special focus on education and research
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Focus on offline activities to target communities less likely to participate online
Advocating for “inside-out” processes to policy-makers –eg. Participatory budgeting and collaborative urban planning Advocating the benefits of “high-quality” participation Awareness raising on e-prticipation Digital skills development Ensuring e-democracy leads to valid authorization tools As the infrastructure of e-democracy – bridging the gap Ensuring transparency Ensuring effective communication tools and methods Create an EU data-centric platform (for the sharing of knowledge and technology between CSOs along with face-to-face meetings) Advocate for open technologies (with a special focus on education and research)
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