Participa! (IT0017)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Italy, Second Action Plan, 2014-2016
Action Plan Cycle: 2014
Status: Inactive
Institutions
Lead Institution: DPA
Support Institution(s): AgID
Policy Areas
E-Government, Open Regulations, Public ParticipationIRM Review
IRM Report: Italy End-of-Term Report 2014-2016, Italy IRM Progress Report 2014-2015
Starred: No
Early Results: Did Not Change
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Civic Participation , Technology
Implementation i
Description
Restructure and revamp the Partecipa! portal as a reference platform for processes of public participation, expanding the current context, limited to consultation, to the stages of monitoring the implementation and the evaluation of services/policies. Create a single signing system for the citizens who participate, so that they can follow the evolution of the initiatives in which they are involved and can also have a public structured space where they can make proposals to the institutions and administrations. Foster the management and dissemination of available applications, optimizing the use of civic media.
IRM Midterm Status Summary
Commitment 1. Partecipa!
Commitment Text:
Restructure and revamp the Partecipa! portal as a reference platform for processes of public participation, expanding the current context, limited to consultation, to the stages of monitoring the implementation and the evaluation of services/policies.
Create a single signing system for the citizens who participate, so that they can follow the evolution of the initiatives in which they are involved and can also have a public structured space where they can make proposals to the institutions and administrations. Foster the management and dissemination of available applications, optimizing the use of civic media.
Specific Objectives
· Restructure and revamp the Partecipa! portal as open front end where you can:..........
- activate a public structured space to receive proposals and requests for administrations;-
- set up a smart repository for all the participation processes, clustering the experiences on the basis of similarity, reuse, performance offered, best practices and collect the tools, the technical documentation, the methods, the guides, etc., to manage the consultation processes;
- set up a single sign in system for the citizens, with the option to subscribe to a newsletter and the possibility to receive automatic alerts on the progress of the initiative which they have participated in;
- create a repository of the civic open source applications and of the civic media that can be (re) used to build the consultation processes, with summary profiles and opportunity for comment by users.
Responsible institution: DPA
Supporting institution(s): AgID
Start date: January 2015 End date: June 2016
Commitment Aim:
The commitment aimed at improving public participation in services design and delivery by offering a single point of entry to anyone interested in taking part in consultations about specific public policies. A platform was available only for consultation prior to the implementation of the commitment. The platform was later launched in November 2014 as part of a series of initiatives to improve public consultation[Note 1: http://www.logospa.it/archivio-news/2920-18-11-2014-partecipa-il-portale-per-le-consultazioni-pubbliche.html].
Status
Mid-term: Not started
According to the IRM researcher and official government sources, the implementation of the commitment had not started during the first cycle of implementation. An internet archive search by the IRM team found that the Italian Government launched the initiative “Partecipa!” in 2013[Note 2: http://www.partecipa.gov.it] to engage citizens in the process of Constitutional reform. The site gathered around 425.700 visits from around 306.500 unique visitors. It was then used for consultation during the development of the first and second OGP Action Plans: the consultation for the second Action Plan was opened from 4 to 21 November 2014. The IRM researchers did not find further evidence of any actions taken to restructure or revamp this portal at the mid term mark. For more information, please see the 2014-2015 mid-term IRM report.
End of term: Not started
Based on Italy’s self-assessment report and desk research conducted by the IRM researcher, there was no further progress on the implementation of the overall commitment. Since the mid-term IRM report, the government did not conduct any consultations with stakeholders. Representatives within the government also confirmed that the lack of implementation of the commitment was due to the delay in the approval by the parliament of the necessary legislative provisions (Legge delega 124/2015 and consequent legislative decrees) needed to start developing the project[Note 3: The government’s self-assessment report states that “The time needed by Parliament to approve the Delegated Law no. 124/2015 and the related enabling decrees did not allow us to start the implementation of Actions 1 and 2 of the Action Plan focusing on participation”. Action 1 is the commitment about Partecipa!. Final review on the implementation of the Second Italian OGP Action Plan. Available at: http://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/01/Italy_End-of-Term_Self-Assessment_%202014-2016_ENG.PDF]. The delay was due to the fact that the government inherited a backlog of laws that needed a secondary legislation in order to be effective.
Did it open government?
Civic Participation: Did not change
Ensuring public participation on policy proposals and practices requires a consistent set of common guidelines, a clear methodology for engagement, and a single point of entry that avoids a proliferation of online platforms. Although the government showed willingness to develop the project in line with these principles, the lack of implementation hampered the opportunity to see these principles in practice, so the commitment did not change the status quo.
The high number of users for the consultation on the constitutional reform carried out in 2013 raised the expectations that further development of the platform would increase the number and quality of the consultation. However, the delay in approving the necessary administrative provisions to start the upgrade of the platform prevented the stakeholders to continue to have a space for participation and consultation thus jeopardizing the previous government’s effort to engage a significant number of participants.
Carried forward?
Although in a much more simplified version, this commitment has carried over to commitment 14 of the next action plan called “Strategy for Participation”. The scope of the new commitment is to develop a clear methodology for public consultations, thus avoiding the proliferation of platforms that has in the past contributed to decrease the interest and willing to engage of many stakeholders.
Commitments
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Open Data
IT0057, 2019, Access to Information
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Transparency
IT0058, 2019, Access to Information
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Register of Beneficial Owners
IT0059, 2019, Anti-Corruption
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Support to Participation
IT0060, 2019, Capacity Building
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Regulation of Stakeholders
IT0061, 2019, E-Government
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Culture of Open Government
IT0062, 2019, E-Government
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Corruption Prevention
IT0063, 2019, Access to Information
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Simplification, Performance, and Equal Opportunities
IT0064, 2019, E-Government
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Digital Services
IT0065, 2019, Capacity Building
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Digital Citizenship and Skills
IT0066, 2019, Capacity Building
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Shared National Agenda for the Enhancement of Public Data
IT0023, 2016, Access to Information
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Opening Data on Mobility Through Opentrasporti
IT0024, 2016, Access to Information
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Istat Linked Open Data
IT0025, 2016, Access to Information
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Access and Reuse of Data from the Education System
IT0026, 2016, Access to Information
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OpenCUP Portal – National Registry of Public Investment Projects
IT0027, 2016, Access to Information
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Firenze Open Data
IT0028, 2016, Access to Information
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FOIA: Implementation and Monitoring
IT0029, 2016, Access to Information
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(More) Transparent Administration
IT0030, 2016, Capacity Building
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Social Networks for Transparency in PA
IT0031, 2016, Capacity Building
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Transparency of Data on Penitentiaries
IT0032, 2016, Capacity Building
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Consip Tenders’ Dashboard
IT0033, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Transparent Milan: Public Registry of Elected and Appointed Representatives
IT0034, 2016, E-Government
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Open Administration Week
IT0035, 2016, Public Participation
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Strategy for Participation
IT0036, 2016, Capacity Building
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Public Works 2.0
IT0037, 2016, Capacity Building
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Rome Cooperates
IT0038, 2016, Access to Information
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Bologna Decides and Transforms
IT0039, 2016, Capacity Building
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Supporting and Protecting Whistleblowers
IT0040, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Follow the UBB
IT0041, 2016, Access to Information
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Opencoesione Plus
IT0042, 2016, Access to Information
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OPENAID 2.0
IT0043, 2016, Access to Information
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Anticorruption Academy
IT0044, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Network of Digital Animators
IT0045, 2016, E-Government
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Schoolkit: a Strategy to Value Best Practices in Education
IT0046, 2016, Capacity Building
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Monitor the Education Reform “La Buona Scuola”
IT0047, 2016, Capacity Building
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Transparency Registry of the Ministry for Economic Development
IT0048, 2016, Capacity Building
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Roma Capitale - Transparent Agenda
IT0049, 2016, Capacity Building
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Transparent Milan: Public Agenda of Meetings of Public Decision-Makers
IT0050, 2016, E-Government
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Italia.It
IT0051, 2016, Capacity Building
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Deployment of SPID to Support Innovation
IT0052, 2016, E-Government
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Observatory on Digital Rights
IT0053, 2016, Capacity Building
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Lecce - Start-Up in the City
IT0054, 2016, Capacity Building
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Promoting Digital Skills
IT0055, 2016, Capacity Building
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Becoming Digital Citizens
IT0056, 2016, Capacity Building
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Open public procurement data
IT0067, 2016, Access to Information
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Transparent regulations
IT0068, 2016, E-Government
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Digitalize administrative processes
IT0069, 2016, Access to Information
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Environmental evaluations portal
IT0070, 2016, E-Government
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Digital system for waste managment data
IT0071, 2016, E-Government
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Guidelines for Senate consultations
IT0072, 2016, Open Regulations
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Participa!
IT0017, 2014, E-Government
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Equip Public Administrations (PA) for Participation
IT0018, 2014, Capacity Building
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TransPArenti+1
IT0019, 2014, Access to Information
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Open Data Portal
IT0020, 2014, Access to Information
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Follow the Money (Soldipubblici)
IT0021, 2014, Access to Information
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Digital Citizenship
IT0022, 2014, Capacity Building
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Transparency Portal
IT0001, 2012, E-Government
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Better Regulatory Framework Against Corruption Within the Public Administration
IT0002, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Information System on the Status of Actions Falling Under the Unitary Regional Planning
IT0003, 2012, E-Government
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Cost Measurement and Reduction
IT0004, 2012, Public Participation
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How To... (Initiative to Promote Transparency on Public Authority’S Websites)
IT0005, 2012, E-Government
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Quantitative and Qualitative Development of Relations with Citizens and PA Stakeholders
IT0006, 2012, Legislation & Regulation
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Facilitate Publication and Reuse of Public Data
IT0007, 2012, Legislation & Regulation
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Enhancing the National Open Data Portal (Www.Dati.Gov.It)
IT0008, 2012, Access to Information
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Promoting National Open Data Standards
IT0009, 2012, Access to Information
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National Open Data Contest
IT0010, 2012, Access to Information
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Preparation of the National Plan for Smart Communities
IT0011, 2012, Subnational
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Public Consultation on New Policies and New Legislations
IT0012, 2012, Public Participation
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Enhancing Participation and Collaboration in Territorial Innovative Actions
IT0013, 2012, Subnational
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Opening up of New Areas for Public Service Development and Delivery
IT0014, 2012,
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ICT Infrastructure Enhancement in Public Administrations
IT0015, 2012, E-Government
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Cloud Computing Strategic Plan, Creation of PA Data Centres Within a Public-Private Partnership
IT0016, 2012, E-Government