Bologna Decides and Transforms (IT0039)

Short description Developing digital devices to improve and support public consultations open to citizens’ proposals to make decision-making processes inclusive and test new political practices. Starting from the civic network Iperbole, redesigned in 2014 thanks to a co-design project, the goal is to ensure transparency and accessibility of information and online services, as well as contribute to enhancing the social capital and connections between communities, people and public administration. General objective Involve citizens in decision-making, cede power while testing new political practices, provide accounting data about transformation projects in a transparent manner. Current situation Bologna has always been a lab for civic innovation in the country. Administrative decentralization, tools to foster collaboration, the adoption of the new Regulation for the Care and Regeneration of Common Urban Goods, a free digital civic network since 1994, free wi-fi hot spots, a multi-channel communication strategy, the open data portal, a network of institutional spaces (libraries, museums, schools, municipal offices) and private virtual spaces (foundations, businesses) which cooperate actively and among themselves: these are just some of the examples and tools implemented that will guide our next goals. Nowadays, the goal is renovating the pact between public administration and citizens, starting from civic cooperation and collaboration. Between October 2015 and April 2016, a process of listening and participation in the city’s districts saw the participation of over 1,500 citizens. Expected results Allow citizens to be actively involved in the city’s governance; set up mechanisms to make decision-making inclusive and experience new political practices; increase digital collaborative connections within Bologna’s civic network; increase public consultations; foster citizens’ participation in budgeting; develop new collaboration pacts and models; set up urban regeneration labs and co-design priorities for inclusion.

For commitment details, see IRM Year 1 report: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/italy-mid-term-report-2016-2018-year-1/

For commitment details, download the IRM report: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/italy-end-of-term-report-2016-2018/