A presentation on next generation governance models and tools

1. ICT solutions for good governance and growth : It is all about decisions … YannisCharalabidis Assistant Professor, University of the Aegean Manager, Greek Interoperability Centre XII. BLED FORUM ON EUROPE, Bled 3-4 March 2011

2. The problem: policy-making in a complex world Rising number of tipping points, unpredictable “black swan” events: (financial and economic crisis; terrorist attacks, volcano ash cloud; large scale black-out; climate change) Can’t be adequately addressed by traditional econometric models Politicians are not used to evidence-based decisions Explosion in authorship, co-creation and collaboration Mass collaboration and participation Open data, open innovation models Government 2.0 More intelligence and more stupidity, more signal and more noise

3. Governance: often silos-based, linear, obscure, hierarchical, over-simplified Society: increasingly interconnected, flexible, fast-evolving, unpredictable The Problem: Gap between Society and Governance

4. The problem: many technologies needed to deliver on target: Web Technologies Systems & Services Technologies “Hard” Public Sector Service Systems Workflow Systems Enterprise Resource Management Cloud computing Web 2.0 Argument Visualization Mixed Reality Pattern Recognition Serious Games Electronic Participation Translation Systems Social Networks PS Knowledge Management Legal Structures Management Business Intelligence Data & Opinion Mining Simulation Forecasting - Backcasting Optimization Systems Dynamics Adaptive Models Behavioral Modelling Societal Modelling Social Simulation Social Informatics Management Tools “Soft” Society Administration

5. "The problems that we have created cannot be solved at the level of thinking that created them" Albert EinsteinSo ?

7. How should we team-up among governments, industry and citizens ?

8. When should we expect results ?www.crossroad-eu.net

9. 2020: A Paradigm Shift in Policy-making More people involved (collaborative governance) 2020 2010 More accurate and analytical, modeling and simulation tools More data available (the data deluge)

10. The Grand Challenges for governance www.crossroad-eu.net

11. Model-based collaborative governanceResearch challenges Integrated, composable and reusable models simulating large societal phenomena Interactive, on-line and open simulation: the “objective function” is constantly evaluated so that action is taken Collaborative modelling: citizens, NGO’s, businesses and administrations together A massive campaign is needed for evidence-based decision making for governments

12. Research challenges Data-powered collective intelligence and action Real-time, high-quality, reusable open government data Privacy-compliant participatory sensing for real-time policy-making Peer-to-peer public opinion mining Intuitive, collaborative visual analytics of data for policy-making User-generated simulation and gaming tools for public action New institutional design of collaborative governance

13. CROSSROAD: A collaborative journey … … and a vivid research community

14. Next Steps in ICT-enabled Governance An FP7 research project, utilising social media and widgets to reach citizens and discuss on policy-making through different media and devices and then process interactions through on-line simulation tools to support decisions www.padgets.eu

15. Next Steps in ICT-enabled Governance Model-based governance: A proposal for an IP project (10 M EUR) is under evaluation. Slovenia / Western Balkans is one of the key pilots (climate change and growth) Open Governmental Data: A pan-european research project soon to start for Public Information curation and provision for governance scientists

16. As a conclusion We need a totally different set of tools for evidence-based decision making by governments Societal Simulation and virtual reality will be the next “big thing” for governments that wish to make a difference We need to go beyond pure ICT approaches and embark in a multi-disciplinary journey We should not just “do things right”: we should “do the right things”

17. ICT solutions for good governance and growth : It is all about decisions … Stay tuned at: yannisx@aegean.gr t-government.blogspot.com