1. ICT Work Programme 2011-12 NCP Infoday 23 June Maria Geronymaki DG INFSO.H.2 ICT for Government & Public Services http://ec.europa.eu/egovernance Objective 5.6 ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling

2. Societal challenges  Lack of effective tools for  Policy design  Governance  With active involvement of citizens and addressing complex societal issues

3. Main drivers  Societal  Behavioural/societal aspects taken into account in policy design  Technological  Expansion of social networking and Web 2.0  governments must meet citizens’ needs and keep up with latest technology  Economic factors  lack of transparency of corporate governance  increased risks and economic/financial crisis

4. Ongoing research in ICT for governance & policy modelling  FP7 WP2009-10, November 2008:  First call on “ICT for governance and policy modelling”  FP7 WP2009-10, 1 January 2010  Start of the 8 selected proposals (STREPs - CSA), total funding 15M€

5. CROSSROAD Support Action with the aim of developing a research roadmap using the Scenario & Technology Roadmapping (S&TRM) approach Coordination & Support Actions Previous ICT research in FP7 WP 2009-10 STREPs COCKPIT a new governance model for the next-generation public service delivery and decision making process, supporting the notion of ‘Open Public Administrations’

6. WE-GOV a toolset to make use of social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to engage citizens in two-way dialogues as part of the governance and policy-making process. UbiPOL a ubiquitous platform that allows citizens to be involved in policy making processes regardless of their current locations and time PADGETS micro web applications (gadgets) that will be used to collate and convey inputs from citizens to policy makers, thus facilitating the management of the full policy making cycle. Previous ICT research in FP7 WP 2009-10 (2)

7. OCOPOMO an integrated platform for efficient policy development by integrating formal policy modelling, scenario generation and open collaboration supporting the engagement of a wide range of stakeholder groups. +Spaces novel technologies and instruments that will allow government bodies to measure public opinion on a large scale by using Virtual Worlds (VWs) as testbeds for policy simulation. IMPACT formal, computational models of policy and arguments about policy, to facilitate deliberations about policy at a conceptual, language-independent level. Previous ICT research in FP7 WP 2009-10 (3)

8. Stepping stone FP7 WP2011-12  We build on the previous call  Continuity to reinforce research in the domain  Focus  Bigger and wider impact (scaled-up application)  International cooperation  Stakeholders

9. Funding schemes available in FP7 WP2011-12, Objective 5.6 ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling IP/ STREPs EUR 7 million/ EUR 17 million b) roadmapping and networking, international cooperation Coordination and Support Actions EUR 1 million

10. FP7 WP2011-12 a) ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling Societal simulations to forecast potential impacts of policies  Including non-classical economic and societal modelling;  identifying emerging societal trends;  building on previous research in the domain of reflexivity;  advancing research in simulation and visualisation techniques, process modelling, gaming-based simulation, mixed reality technologies and crowd-sourcing techniques;

11. ICT tools enabling modelling the next generation of public services as complex service systems;  analyse and model complex systems;  monitoring societal trends resulting from economic environment;  taking into account the needs of the younger generation;  building on Web2.0/Web3.0, social networking, dynamics methodology and exploiting the vast reserves of public sector collective data. FP7 WP2011-12 a) ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling (2)

12. Examples of fields of application  urban planning policy  social and economic policies  life long learning  mobility  tax policy  demographics/immigration  recovery from the crisis  … others? Research to explore policy models and policy impacts on society

13. b) Roadmapping and Networking International co-operation  Build on the considerable interest at international level (industrilised and emerging economies)  Build a network of leading experts in government, industries and academia  Collect and share the different experiences of implementing them in the developed countries

14. WP2011-12 Objective 5.6 Expected impact Improved prediction of impacts of policy measures  more efficient implementation of government policies; Better identification of the benefits and consequences for citizens and businesses; Improved transparency of information related to the impact of economic decisions on society; Improved capacity to react to the main societal challenges;

15. Increased engagement of citizens; Increased trust of stakeholders and the public at large in governance; Wider use of ICT tools  higher potential of innovation; Strengthened competitive position of European industry (including SMEs); Increased potential for wider use of tools beyond EU level. WP2011-12 Objective 5.6 Expected impact (2)

16. Key stakeholders  Industry incl. SMEs  Academic partners  International organisations  International technology leaders  Policy Institutes  Public administrations

17. Current status Ongoing consultations with the constituency  Virtual consultation launched December 2009  Expert consultation on 2 February 2010  ICT for governance & policy modelling summit 6-8 July  Constituency building workshop 13 July  ICT2010 September 2010

18. More information http://ec.europa.eu/egovernance