Yesterday, November 30, IGF Italy was presented Manifesto for Open Government ( that can be read here ). What is this? This is the result of teamwork different professionals, united by the desire to promote innovation within the country and Public Administration , who met and compared on these issues ( I had already talked about in this post ). Bring innovation into the PA just seems a little worn and credible election slogan, a subject almost impossible. In an Italy stuck in institutional and political conditions, those who want us to lose some time now? They believe instead . Okay, they wrote a manifesto, not made a revolution. But the most important thing is that they believed in contributions of persons who have freely expressed views, opinions and criticisms about their work . On their blog, social media, e-mail, in person.
"To make our work as shared as possible, we decided to involve all those who want to provide a valuable contribution to the drafting of the Manifesto" was written on the blog. I, like many other people (the names are read in the comments), I expressed my opinion on two principles. In principle 7, which is to educate citizens for participation in the management of public affairs, I would have liked it to be more stressed that requires specific training for all those people who, primarily for personal, non- know about the opportunities offered by the network. With regard to the principle 8 on promoting access to the network, I suggested that it was more highlighted the "how" you can promote a culture of use . I told my own, relying on a small reflection of the promoters but not much more.
I read today the official events. The "appropriate training" included in the Principle 7 and the "fully inclusive information society" the principle 8 are terms that were not in the original version. Derive from the reflection made after reading the amendments proposed by me and others. What does this mean, that will change the world? No, no illusion. But knowing that professionals from various sectors are committed to bring innovation Public Administration and simply reflect on what other people say or write leads me to be optimistic. The philosopher Cleoboulos said that it is "better to listen than talk a lot" . A lesson that would be very helpful for many, too many Italian politicians.
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