Crowdsourced lawmaking

Open Ministry @ Crowdsourcing week Singapore 2013-06-05.

Presenting Open Ministry development and lessons learned in Crowdsourcing for Citizen Empowerment & Social Benefit track (http://crowdsourcingweek.com/).

Transcript

1. Crowdsourced lawmaking The Open Ministry Aleksi Rossi 2013-06-05
4. Finland Land of tens of thousands of lakes 5.4 million inhabitants in 485x area of Singapore Independent since 1917 Young democracy
5. Finland Education (PISA 2009) #3 (Singapore #5) Corruption #1 (Singapore #5) Effective multiparty 0%   20%   Kes Kok PS SDP Vih Vas RKP KD h&p://www.oecd.org/pisa/46643496.pdf   h&p://www.transparency.org/cpi2012/results  
6. Eventually   lost  legi)macy   Crash  of   democracy  
8. Citizen initiative in Finland 1 PASSED 1 YEAR Constitution changed 1st of March, 2013
9. The greatest risk is the cacophony of zillions of weak ideas What will likely happen? Too many ideas Even good ideas
10. Filtering  for  clarity   Filter  the  good  ideas     Campaign  the  best  ideas  
11. Open Ministry Crowdsourcing lawmaking Like a ministry By the people For the people
12. Open Ministry IdeaEon  &   Development   Campaigning   Lobbying   PlaLorm   Technical   Human  
13. Recent  campaigns:  Banning  Fur   farming  
14. The  Open  Ministry   Open ministry Approved by Communication officials Equal marriage Dismantle alcohol monopoly Fur-farming ban Copyright law reform Government debt ceiling Energy drink prohibition for under 15 years
15. The  Open  Ministry   Open ministry Approved by Communication officials Equal marriage Dismantle alcohol monopoly Fur-farming ban Copyright law reform Government debt ceiling Energy drink prohibition for under 15 years   From  the  IDEAS          to  DRAFTS            to  PROPOSALS                to  LAWS  
16. Ensuring success Campaign  
17. Idea 1 This sucks! Idea 2 Could be supported Idea 3 This is great! Ideation Campaign Lobbying
18. Examples  of  ideas   Only one official language Paternity test also a right of a man Criminalisation of school bullying Open data as a mandatory consideration Over  400  iniaEve  ideas   proposed  
19. Statements  of  Support   Strongly  authenEcated  electronic   Revolu)on  
20. Recent  campaigns:  Copyright  law  
21. Copyright  law  reform   Finland  darted  from   DemocraEc  prehistory  to   Modern  Internet  age   Campaigns  geUng  help   from  each  other   Equal  marriages  jump-­‐started   with  100  000  signatures   on  the  first  day   2x  the  required  50  000   50  000  =  1.7%  of  vo)ng  popula)on  
22. Technical  stuff:  Codebase  
23. Technical  stuff:  Semsi  
24. Open  Ministry  started   collecEon  of     PAPER  FORMS     in  collaboraEon  with  libraries.     To  provide  easy  access  for   people  not  using  internet.     Or  not  yet  accustomed  to     e-­‐Democracy.  
25. We are expanding to municipalities Open Ministry Open Council
26. We are expanding to other countries Open Ministry Open Council Open Ministry Slovakia Open Ministry Italy
27. We are expanding to European level Open Ministry Open Council Open Commission Open Ministry Slovakia Open Ministry Italy
28. Tools   Social  Media   Facebook   Email   Youtube   Twi&er,  G+   Collabora)ve  edi)ng   Google  Docs   Etherpad     Video  chats   Skype   Hangout   No  Pinterest,  IRC-­‐Gallery,  Instagram,  …  
29. PoliEcian  reminded   iniEaEve  law  was   made  by  them     Meme  reached     301  000  Finns   that  is  about     every  sixth   Facebook  user   Minister of Internal Affairs: Is the purpose of the citizen initiative to allow a shortcut to law-making, really? Yes, dear politician! It’s quite unfortunate it became as a surprise to the very parliament who approved the law.
30. Lessons  learned     Four  campaigns   1)  Pre-­‐campaign  for  ac)vists   2)  Pre-­‐campaign  for  public   3)  Campaign  for  public   4)  Post-­‐campaign  for  poli)cians     Barrier  to  use  CI  –  bashed     Ac)va)ng  people  is  beneficial  
31. No  need  to  be     sneaky  
32. Takes vision to get aligned
33. We haven’t seen snakes so can’t give guidance on that
34. We have met a few tigers They are great allies
35. Stranger < Supporter < Follower < Activist <
36. Meaningful small tasking is hard Random contributions are easier to get But stickyness?
37. Would   Open  ministry   work  out   elsewhere?     Everywhere?  
38. Thank  you!   Time  to   get  your     feet  wet!    
39. Time for Questions!
40. Aleksi.Rossi@iki.fi @AlekRossi http://aleksirossi.com https://speakerdeck.com/rossi/crowdsourced-lawmaking Thank you!
41. All  images  CreaEveCommons  licensed  content.  A&ribuEons  coming!!