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Becoming Digital Citizens (IT0056)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Italy Third National Action Plan 2016-2018

Action Plan Cycle: 2016

Status: Inactive

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of Education, Universities and Research

Support Institution(s): Prime Minister’s Office – Department for Cohesion, other institutions dealing with digital citizenship (i.e. Data Protection Authority, Ministry of Culture and Tourism); Partners from universities, research, innovation, civil society and the private sector, dealing with the development of content and its scientific validation, or with the production and delivery of innovative educational formats

Policy Areas

Capacity Building, E-Government, Education, Public Participation, Public Service Delivery

IRM Review

IRM Report: Italy Mid-Term Report 2016-2018

Starred: No

Early Results: Pending IRM Review

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Civic Participation Technology

Potential Impact:

Implementation i

Completion:

Description

Short description Developing a curriculum, seen as a set of innovative educational content and formats, to involve all school students in developing skills through digital citizenship practices. General objective Digital citizenship flows through the education system, not only for its crucial value as the place where citizenship skills are built and “good citizens” shaped, but also as a producer of teaching formats and models. Increasingly, the development of project/objective/impact-related skills is a driver for learning and for the exercise of citizenship. Building innovative educational formats on digital citizenship issues and practices for the Italian school system and considering its inclusion in the school curriculum is linked to the potential “civic scalability” of the school system itself. This principle also underpins the National Plan for Digital Schools. Current situation Digital citizenship is not effectively implemented in Italian society yet. On the one hand, there is an initial difficulty for many citizens who do not have the necessary skills and are often unable to generate a real “demand” for digital citizenship; on the other, the level of involvement is still limited: vast groups of the population do not exercise this right. Schools are the place where you can develop simple and effective skills and involvement models but also a modern approach to develop the so-called “citizenship skills” which, too often, are only marginally covered by the education system. Expected results The aim of the project “A curriculum for digital citizenship in every school” is to provide all students in Italian schools with a portfolio of “objective-based and impact-oriented” activities for the development of digital citizenship skills. As part of a broader strategy called “Digital Curricula” included in the National Plan for Digital Schools, microactivities and curricular activities on digital citizenship will be organized in all schools, with a special focus on: » Rights in the Internet; » Media education and critical and informed use, including elements of open government; » Education to information including elements of open government; » Digital art and culture, including care of digital commons; » Big and open data; » Internet of things and making; » etc. It is a comprehensive strategy aimed at equipping Italian students with all the skills needed for a real digital citizenship, placing them at the center of practice by working in real scenarios such as: civic monitoring of public investment through open data, care and enhancement of common goods through digital technologies, promotion of constructive dialogue in digital environments, enhancement of local and national digital public services, development of smart city applications, etc.

IRM Midterm Status Summary

For commitment details, see IRM Year 1 report: https://www.opengovpartnership.org/sites/default/files/Italy_Mid-Term-Re...

Italy's Commitments

  1. Open Data

    IT0057, 2019, E-Government

  2. Transparency

    IT0058, 2019, E-Government

  3. Register of Beneficial Owners

    IT0059, 2019, Beneficial Ownership

  4. Support to Participation

    IT0060, 2019, Capacity Building

  5. Regulation of Stakeholders

    IT0061, 2019, E-Government

  6. Culture of Open Government

    IT0062, 2019, E-Government

  7. Corruption Prevention

    IT0063, 2019, E-Government

  8. Simplification, Performance, and Equal Opportunities

    IT0064, 2019, E-Government

  9. Digital Services

    IT0065, 2019, Capacity Building

  10. Digital Citizenship and Skills

    IT0066, 2019, Capacity Building

  11. Shared national agenda for the enhancement of public data

    IT0023, 2016, Capacity Building

  12. Opening data on mobility through OpenTrasporti

    IT0024, 2016, Capacity Building

  13. Istat Linked Open Data

    IT0025, 2016, Capacity Building

  14. Access and reuse of data from the education system

    IT0026, 2016, Capacity Building

  15. OpenCUP Portal –National registry of public investment projects

    IT0027, 2016, Capacity Building

  16. Firenze Open Data

    IT0028, 2016, Capacity Building

  17. FOIA: implementation and monitoring

    IT0029, 2016, Capacity Building

  18. (More) Transparent Administration

    IT0030, 2016, Capacity Building

  19. Social networks for transparency in PA

    IT0031, 2016, Capacity Building

  20. Transparency of data on penitentiaries

    IT0032, 2016, Capacity Building

  21. Consip Tenders’ Dashboard

    IT0033, 2016, Capacity Building

  22. Transparent Milan: public registry of elected and appointed representatives

    IT0034, 2016, E-Government

  23. Starred commitment Open Administration Week

    IT0035, 2016, OGP

  24. Strategy for Participation

    IT0036, 2016, Capacity Building

  25. Public Works 2.0

    IT0037, 2016, Capacity Building

  26. Starred commitment Rome cooperates

    IT0038, 2016, Capacity Building

  27. Bologna decides and transforms

    IT0039, 2016, Capacity Building

  28. Supporting and Protecting Whistleblowers

    IT0040, 2016, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  29. Follow the UBB

    IT0041, 2016, Capacity Building

  30. OpenCoesione Plus

    IT0042, 2016, Aid

  31. OPENAID 2.0

    IT0043, 2016, Aid

  32. Anticorruption Academy

    IT0044, 2016, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  33. Network of digital animators

    IT0045, 2016, E-Government

  34. Schoolkit: a strategy to value best practices in education

    IT0046, 2016, Capacity Building

  35. Monitor the education reform “La Buona Scuola”

    IT0047, 2016, Capacity Building

  36. Transparency Registry of the Ministry for Economic Development

    IT0048, 2016, Capacity Building

  37. Roma Capitale - Transparent Agenda

    IT0049, 2016, Capacity Building

  38. Transparent Milan: Public agenda of meetings of public decision-makers

    IT0050, 2016, E-Government

  39. Italia.it

    IT0051, 2016, Capacity Building

  40. Deployment of SPID to support innovation

    IT0052, 2016, E-Government

  41. Observatory on Digital Rights

    IT0053, 2016, Capacity Building

  42. Lecce - Start-up in the City

    IT0054, 2016, Capacity Building

  43. Promoting digital skills

    IT0055, 2016, Capacity Building

  44. Becoming Digital Citizens

    IT0056, 2016, Capacity Building

  45. Participa!

    IT0017, 2014, E-Government

  46. Equip Public Administrations (PA) for Participation

    IT0018, 2014, Capacity Building

  47. TransPArenti+1

    IT0019, 2014, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  48. Open Data Portal

    IT0020, 2014, E-Government

  49. Starred commitment Follow the Money (SoldiPubblici)

    IT0021, 2014, Audits and Controls

  50. Digital Citizenship

    IT0022, 2014, Capacity Building

  51. Transparency Portal

    IT0001, 2012, E-Government

  52. Better regulatory framework against corruption within the public administration

    IT0002, 2012, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  53. Starred commitment Information system on the status of actions falling under the unitary regional planning

    IT0003, 2012, E-Government

  54. Cost Measurement and Reduction

    IT0004, 2012, Public Participation

  55. How to... (Initiative to Promote Transparency on Public Authority’s websites)

    IT0005, 2012, E-Government

  56. Quantitative and qualitative development of relations with citizens and PA stakeholders

    IT0006, 2012, Legislation & Regulation

  57. Facilitate publication and reuse of public data

    IT0007, 2012, Legislation & Regulation

  58. Enhancing the national open data portal (www.dati.gov.it)

    IT0008, 2012, Open Data

  59. Promoting national open data standards

    IT0009, 2012, Open Data

  60. National Open Data Contest

    IT0010, 2012, Open Data

  61. Preparation of the National Plan for smart communities

    IT0011, 2012, Subnational

  62. Public consultation on new policies and new legislations

    IT0012, 2012, Public Participation

  63. Enhancing participation and collaboration in territorial innovative actions

    IT0013, 2012, Subnational

  64. Opening up of new areas for public service development and delivery

    IT0014, 2012, Public Service Delivery

  65. ICT Infrastructure Enhancement in Public Administrations

    IT0015, 2012, E-Government

  66. Cloud computing strategic Plan, creation of PA data centres within a Public-Private Partnership

    IT0016, 2012, E-Government