e-Participation in Japan(January 2022)

This is a presentation for the UN global e-Participation workshop.

Transcript

1. re Global E-Participation Workshop E-Participation in Japan 11 January 2022 Kenji Hiramoto Head of Data Strategy, Executive officer Digital Agency, Government of Japan 1
2. Digital strategy has 10 principles for a Digital society. 1. Transparency and Openness 2. Fairness and Ethics 3. Security and Safety 4. Continuity, Stability, Resilience 5. Resolution of Social Challenges 6. Adaptability and Agility 7. Inclusion and Diversity 8. Digital Ubiquity 9. Creation of New Value 10. Ongoing Breakthroughs National E-Participation Policy and Strategy 2 E-information • Open data • SNS • Blog E-consultation & E-decision-making • Open dialogue • Collaboration • Meetup
3. Digital innovation ideabox (Open dialogue service for citizens) Phase1 2020-10-09 / 2021-10-11 Registered users 7,327 Ideas 7,911 Comments 37,985 Votes 68,874 Viewers 500,000 PV 2,500,000 Lessons learned in E-Participation and Leaving No One Behind 3 Face-to-face meetings between the minister and participants Top management commitment is important for e-Participation. • Service ideas for the digital society • Requests for a new agency • Solutions for the digital public services • Barrier of the digital society • Advice to the government strategy
4. Digital innovation ideabox Lessons learned in E-Participation and Leaving No One Behind Sample of the policy making process 4 Gather and analyze the information. Clarify of issues Publish the materials. Discussion on the Ideabox. Feedback to the committee Public consultation (Open discussion) Revise the strategy Publish the strategy Start Committees Data strategy(Beta) National Data strategy 2021-06 2020-12 2020-10 • Ideas • Opinions • Questions • Votes
5. Working with the CivicTech communities Our goal is to spread open government initiatives to create a better society. The Digital Agency recruits members or appoints them as open data evangelists from active areas. The evangelists go to cities that want to work on open government and advice. Lessons learned in E-Participation and Leaving No One Behind 5 1. Active CivicTech communities 4. Non Active Municipalities 3. Community of Evangelists Digital Agency 2. Active members
6. Challenge Challenge and Recommendation 6 Recommendation It would be good to share use cases from different countries on how they diversify the participants. Man Woman 4% 13% 21% 25% 19% 10% 4% 2% 2% 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90- Diversity is an essential issue for e- Participation, so we used SNS services with many users among young people and women.