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

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.

Haruyuki Seki

May 14, 2022
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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: [email protected]

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