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Support to Participation (IT0060)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Italy Action Plan 2019-2021

Action Plan Cycle: 2019

Status: Active

Institutions

Lead Institution: Department for Public Administration (PCM – DFP) – Stefano Pizzicannella Department for Institutional Reforms (PCM – DRI) – Silvia Paparo

Support Institution(s): Ministry of Health Regions and Autonomous Provinces City of Milan, City of Rome

Policy Areas

Capacity Building, E-Government, Public Participation

IRM Review

IRM Report: Pending IRM Review

Starred: Pending IRM Review

Early Results: Pending IRM Review

Design i

Verifiable: Pending IRM Review

Relevant to OGP Values: Not Relevant

Potential Impact: Pending IRM Review

Implementation i

Completion: Pending IRM Review

Description

Background and objectives

Public consultation activities addressed to citizens in general or to specific categories, can cover the different phases of public policy-making from drafting to implementation and assessment.
Consultations help public decision-makers to make better decisions. In particular, they are important to:
- open decision-making processes to the relevant stakeholders, taking into account the opinion of all potential beneficiaries of public policies or measures;
- regain citizens’ trust towards institutions and decision-making processes;
- meet the demand from citizens who want greater individual commitment and the possibility to take action;
- address the intrinsic limits of traditional decision-making processes that can generate conflicts at local level due to the inability to involve the different actors and the local communities;
- share with citizens public policies’ objectives and tools.
The biggest obstacle to participation lies in the fact that consultation activities are carried out by Italian central and local public administrations sporadically, autonomously and with different quality levels.

Commitments
Activities to support participation are aimed at promoting the use of quality public consultations among Italian public administrations.
A first step in this direction will be dedicated to citizens thanks to the establishment of a dedicated portal which will become the point of access to consultations organized by public administrations. Citizens wishing to participate in consultations will have a single place to visit and receive alerts. The portal would help support, through specific editorial staff, the dissemination of consultation initiatives and the compliance with consultation quality standards by public administrations. To this end, practical guidelines inspired by the best international practices will be produced.
Special attention will be given to administrations by offering open-source consultation, setting up a dedicated help desk and providing specific training to public employees.

Another step at regional level will be developing the macro objective “participation”, meaning the transition from mere transparency to active citizen participation at local level. Citizens will be able to access data and information through dedicated digital platforms. This will concretely help promote the dissemination of information to form an opinion or a point of view that can be discussed, thus starting a virtuous circle of exchange and shared decision-making.

Lead Administrations
Department for Public Administration (PCM – DFP) – Stefano Pizzicannella Department for Institutional Reforms (PCM – DRI) – Silvia Paparo

Other administrations involved
• Ministry of Health
• Regions and Autonomous Provinces
• City of Milan, City of Rome

Monitoring contact person from the Open Government Forum
Mappi-na – Ilaria Vitellio

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