Comments on: European Governments Can Ignore Social Media… Or Not?

By: Andrés Nin

Andrés Nin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:27:49 +0000

I´m totally agree with your remarks. There is a continuous trend in Europen civil servants to avoid the use of social media just because no one says they have to use it. I suppose that with a few exceptions of civil servants more closed to the development of e-gov services, no other is trying to enrich its knowledge with ideas provided by citizens outside the Public Administration. It is sad, but it is true.

By: Anton Shynkaruk

Anton Shynkaruk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:27:03 +0000

Andrea, your thoughts completely with my observations. I wonder if you have any information from Central and Eastern Europe about use of web 2.0 in governance. As far as I know not looking of explosive popularity of social media and use of social networks, local authorities and communities in CEE very rarely use social media applications. Recently I received information that in Gdansk (Poland) next year it is planned to start a gov 2.0 project – at least some elements of web 2.0. Currently I am doing research on eparticipation experience in CEE with focus on web 2.0 usage, and would be interested in your comments on the situation. Besides I also plan to start a web 2.0 project for local community in Ukraine (so I’ll be also appreciated for comments and recommendations) as a part of MA course \eGovernance and eInclusion in Visegrad states\.

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By: Andrea Di Maio

Andrea Di Maio — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:25:02 +0000

@David – thanks for your comment and I do wish you and your colleagues a very successful conference. I won’t be able to attend, as we have the Gartner symposium in Sydney on the very same days. Actually, I’m pretty excited to see what the Australians are doing, as their Gov 2.0 Taskforce seems to be asking itself the right questions. As far as the “Power of Information”, I hope somebody will discussion about the power of information that is outside the perimeter of government and how it can be put to fruition to improve government services and governance, rather than just the other way around (i.e. Data.eu)

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By: David Broster

David Broster — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:23:34 +0000

Andrea, you sum up my feelings entirely in your remarks. There is an interesting session in the Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Malmo on 18-20th November where I’ll speak at the plenary session “the power of information” which will follow a keynote from Don Tapscott. How provocative this session will be remains to be seen, but certainly there should be some interest to debate and discuss the need to change governance regimes. I note a similar reluctance to embrace social computing in the enterprise domain, but maybe you have more positive evidence of progress in this respect.

By: Adriel Hampton

Adriel Hampton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:50:37 +0000

Andrea, thanks for stopping by my blog – the N. America Gov 2.0 community has definitely been noticing your work in this area.
Where I am on the West Coast and around local government, there is also a lower Gov 2.0 energy level. I would guess that you have been working more with DC? As a line-level government employee, much of my activism is focused on increasing citizens’ knowledge about how they can use social media to engage government. My belief is that if citizens engage, it will bring around leadership – especially electeds, who must adapt or fail.