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

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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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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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90+ local communities

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

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

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