What the Civic Tech Community Can Do to Improve Government and Public Trust

Hal Seki, a founder of Code for Japan, the largest civic tech community in Japan, explained the challenges of the existing governance model in Japan in the case of COVID19.
Then he introduces a new governance model called Agile Governance that METI proposes.
Also, he shows a concrete example of how civic-tech communities can foster trust between citizens and governments.

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1. Hal Seki, Founder of Code for Japan.
   Twitter: hal_sk
   What the Civic Tech
   Community Can Do to
   Improve Government and
   Public Trust
   

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2. Hal Seki
   creates a collaborative field for diverse people using open technologies.

   Twitter: hal_sk

   Japan
   Project Manager (Open Government)
   Founder
   

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4. 90+ local communities
   

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5. Data: John Hopkins University
   70% got second vaccines
   First state of
   emergency
   Second state of
   emergency
   third vaccine started
   Total cases: 8.26 million
   Deaths: 29,971
   

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6. Citizen rights vs public welfare
   Lockdown
   Wearing masks
   Leisure facilities, restaurant, events
   Discrimination
   Disinformationn
   The government declared a state of emergency. But enforcement was weak.
   There are no legal punishments if someone does not wear a mask.
   The government only requested cooperation with facilities in exchange for allowances.
   In the initial stage, some discrimination against COVID19 patients occurred.
   There are no laws and regulations specifically regulating disinformation.
   

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7. Limitations of traditional governance models
   ① Challenges regarding rule-making
   ② Challenges regarding monitoring
   ③ Issues regarding the scope of
   geographic jurisdiction
   ④ Challenges regarding the
   organization of law enforcement bodies
   METI: Agile Governance Update
   https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2022/pdf/0303_002a.pdf
   

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8. Multi stakeholder approach
   METI: Agile Governance Update: Figure 3
   https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2022/pdf/0303_002a.pdf
   It’s important for various stakeholders
   implement collaborative governance to
   fosters trust among stakeholders through
   transparency and dialogue
   

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9. Various activities born under the COVID19.
   Dashboards
   Search app
   Idea gathering
   NPO support
   

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12. Many contributions from the world
    Thank you, contributors! ❤
    In the 3 weeks,
    We’ve got
    750 issues and
    671 were closed
    by 224 contributors.
    

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13. ex. Accessibility Issues
    20 issues (threads) that are related accessibility.
    

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14. To leave a better
    future for the next
    generation.
    Twitter: @hal_sk
    CfJ Slack: https://cfjslackin.herokuapp.com/
    CfJ email: info@code4japan.org
    

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