Development of E-Democracy. (UA0069)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Ukraine Third National Action Plan 2016-2018
Action Plan Cycle: 2016
Status: Inactive
Institutions
Lead Institution: State Agency for E-governance, other executive agencies.
Support Institution(s): EGAP Programme, Centre for Innovations Development at the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the non-governmental organisations Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, e-democracy, and Eidos Centre for Political Studies and Analysis, other civil society institutions and international organisations (by consent).
Policy Areas
E-petitions, Open Regulations, Political IntegrityIRM Review
IRM Report: Ukraine End-of-Term Report 2016-2018, Ukraine Mid-Term Report 2016-2018
Starred: No
Early Results:
Major
Design i
Verifiable: No
Relevant to OGP Values: Civic Participation , Technology
Implementation i
Description
Event: Development of e-democracy.; Implementation timeframe: 2017; Entities responsible: State Agency for E-governance, other executive agencies.; Partners: EGAP Programme, Centre for Innovations Development at the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the non-governmental organisations Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, e-democracy, and Eidos Centre for Political Studies and Analysis, other civil society institutions and international organisations (by consent).; Expected results: Ensuring the: Development of the Conceptual design for the development of e-democracy and submission in accordance with established procedures for consideration by the Government (May 2017). Development of the action plan for for the development of e-democracy and submission in accordance with established procedures for consideration by the Government (November 2017).
IRM End of Term Status Summary
13. Elaborate e-democracy roadmap
Commitment Text:
Development of e-democracy
Expected results: Development of the Conceptual design for the development of e-democracy and submission in accordance with established procedures for consideration by the Government (May 2017). Development of the action plan for the development of e-democracy and submission in accordance with established procedures for consideration by the Government (November 2017).
Responsible institution: State Agency for E-governance.
Supporting institutions: EGAP Program, Center for Innovations Development at the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the non-governmental organizations Center of Policy and Legal Reform, e-democracy, and Eidos Center for Political Studies and Analysis, other civil society institutions and international organizations (by consent).
Start date: December 2016.. End date: August 2018
Commitment Aim:
This commitment aims to produce a conceptual design for the development of e-democracy (The Concept Paper) and submit it for consideration by the government. The commitment would also produce an action plan for the development of e-democracy. And it would result in the submission of that plan in accordance with established procedures for consideration by the government.
Status
Midterm: Complete
A multi-stakeholder coalition developed the concept paper and the action plan. This coalition consisted of civil society, nongovernmental organizations, international donors, representatives from academic institutions, and public service sector representatives, including the State Agency for E-Governance. The coalition submitted the concept paper and action plan to the Cabinet of Ministers for revision and further approval on 22 May 2017. [232] For further information, please see “Ukraine Mid-Term Report 2016–2018.” [233]
The government approved the e-democracy roadmap on 8 November 2017. [234] The approval allowed the coalition members to start implementing plan directives in 2018. [235] Since January 2018, the State Agency for E-Governance and the multi-stakeholder coalition have executed the action plan by engaging in projects that aim to facilitate the development of e-democracy in Ukraine. According to a civil society expert from the E-Governance and Accountability for Participation (EGAP) Program who actively participated in coalition activities from the beginning, coalition members felt a responsibility to actively execute the action plan because they had formally committed to the coalition and treated each other as equal partners. [236] Some policy changes resulted from the e-democracy commitment. The government made adjustments to the normative-legal act on “Citizens’ Appeal” to regulate the processing of electronic petitions on local levels. This report discusses more examples of the results associated with the e-democracy commitment in the following section.
Did It Open Government?
Civic Participation: Major
Before the implementation of this action plan, no consolidated government policy existed regarding the support of digital democracy in the country. All the existing initiatives were uncoordinated and depended on the goodwill of individual officials and politicians. The e-democracy roadmap established a common framework, opened new ways of engagement and cooperation between members of civic society, and instituted clear priorities. The creation and operation of the multi-stakeholder coalition established an inclusive and collaborative framework for authority–civil society interaction. As all coalition members had an equal voice during the drafting of the concept paper and the action plan, there was a substantial level of public influence. This approach has been sustained in the subsequent government practice of and inclusive and collaborative policy making in the domain of digital democracy.
A prominent example of cooperation between the coalition members on the action plan implementation is the project carried out with the State Statistics Service of Ukraine [237] (SSSU). SSSU intended to create a report about the development of e-democracy at local levels throughout the country. For that aim, it required a methodology. SSSU requested a methodological input from the State Agency for E-Governance. The latter, in turn, requested information from coalition members, who provided a detailed set of indicators for evaluating the advance of e-democracy. These indicators are expected to be used by SSSU for annual measurement. This stands as an unprecedented case of the direct involvement of civil society in drafting the policy of statistical indicators on e-participation. Another model engagement of civil society in the development of e-democracy is the national competition Open Data Challenge. [238] The competition attracted 190 information-technology projects that use open access data for grassroots activism and collaboration with authorities. Projects covered digital health, infrastructure, agriculture, legal technology, and ecology, among other topics. This competition embodied multi-stakeholder (uniting authorities, business, and the non-governmental sector) support of open data for online participation.
Carried Forward?
When this report was written (September 2018), the commitment had been fully completed in terms of development of the e-democracy concept paper and action plan. [239] The next steps should focus on finishing the implementation of the current action plan, evaluating its effectiveness [240] and feasibility, and finally, developing a new action plan for the next two years. [241]
[232] “Ukraine Mid-Term Report 2016–2018,” Open Government Partnership, accessed 15 September 2018, https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/ukraine-mid-term-report-2016-2018-year-1/.
[233] Ibid.
[234] “The Government Approves the E-democracy Concept Paper and the Action Plan (2017),” State Agency for E-Governance, accessed 13 September 2018, https://www.e.gov.ua/content/uryad-shvalyv-koncepciyu-rozvytku-elektronnoyi-demokratiyi-ta-plan-zahodiv-z-yiyi.
[235] Serhiy Karelin (EGAP), interview with junior researcher, 13 September 2018.
[236] Ibid.
[237] Ibid.
[238] Open Data Challenge, https://odc.in.ua/.
[239] Valeriya Tkach (State Agency for E-Governance), email exchange with junior researcher, 15 September 2018.
[240] Ibid.
[241] Serhiy Karelin (EGAP), interview with junior researcher, 13 September 2018.
Commitments
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Infrastructure Data Portal
UA0070, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Open Standard for e-System
UA0071, 2018, E-Government
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Ensuring Openness and Transparency of Selling Public Assets and Property
UA0072, 2018, E-Government
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Transparency in Public Procurement (Prozorro)
UA0073, 2018, Access to Information
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Awarenss Raising About Social and Economic Development
UA0074, 2018, Aid
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e-Calls for Proposals to Support CSOs
UA0075, 2018, Civic Space
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Beneficial Ownership Registry
UA0076, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Anti-Corruption Training
UA0077, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Publishing Environmental Information
UA0078, 2018, E-Government
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Database of Natural Resources
UA0079, 2018, Access to Information
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Interactive Map of Mines
UA0080, 2018, E-Government
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Priority Electronic Services
UA0081, 2018, Citizenship & Immigration
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Online Platform for Executive Bodies and CSOs
UA0082, 2018, Civic Space
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EITI Online Data
UA0083, 2018, Access to Information
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Electronic Resources for Education
UA0084, 2018, Access to Information
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Online Verification of Education Certificates
UA0085, 2018, E-Government
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Free Access to National Repository for Academic Texts
UA0086, 2018, E-Government
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Administrative Service Decentrilisation and Improvement
UA0057, 2016, Capacity Building
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United State Portal Extension; Electronic Government Information Services Unification; Modern Tools for Electronic Identification
UA0058, 2016, Capacity Building
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System for Entities Performing Government Functions
UA0059, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Free Urban Planning Documentation
UA0060, 2016, E-Government
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Beneficial Ownership Verification System
UA0061, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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CoST Beneficial Ownership Standards
UA0062, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Transpartent Budget System
UA0063, 2016,
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Open Public Procurement
UA0064, 2016, Access to Information
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
UA0065, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Environmental Public Monitoring
UA0066, 2016, Access to Information
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Community Policing System
UA0067, 2016, Education
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Draft Law on Public Consultations
UA0068, 2016, Legislation & Regulation
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Development of E-Democracy.
UA0069, 2016, E-petitions
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Improve Government Rules on CSO Involvement
UA0031, 2014, E-Government
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Financing of Charities
UA0032, 2014, Civic Space
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Not-For-Profit Status for CSOs
UA0033, 2014, Civic Space
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Public Participation Law
UA0034, 2014, E-Government
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Establishing Rules on Processing Official Information
UA0035, 2014, Access to Information
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Access to Urban Planning Documents
UA0036, 2014, E-Government
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Access to Communist-Era Archives
UA0037, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Draft Law on Open Data
UA0038, 2014, Access to Information
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Supervisory Mechanism for the Right to Information
UA0039, 2014, Access to Information
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Compliance with EITI
UA0040, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Monitoring of Infrastructure Projects
UA0041, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Adopt Regional Anti-Corruption Programmes
UA0042, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Corruption Risk Assessment Methodology
UA0043, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Asset Disclosure on a Single Web Portal
UA0044, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Law on Administrative Procedure
UA0045, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Law on Streamlining Payment of Administrative Fees
UA0046, 2014, E-Government
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Administrative Services Portal
UA0047, 2014, Access to Information
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Draft Law on Decentralisation of Administrative Services
UA0048, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Draft Law on Social Services
UA0049, 2014, E-Government
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e-Government Laws
UA0050, 2014, E-Government
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Electronic Readiness Assessment
UA0051, 2014, E-Government
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Government Regulations on Open Data
UA0052, 2014, Access to Information
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Electronic Democracy Development Roadmap
UA0053, 2014, E-Government
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Open Budget Initiatives
UA0054, 2014, Access to Information
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e-Petitions
UA0055, 2014, Dispute Resolution & Legal Assistance
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e-Governance Training for Local Government
UA0056, 2014, Capacity Building
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Laws on Public Participation
UA0001, 2012, Civic Space
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Amendments to the Law on Community Associations
UA0002, 2012, Civic Space
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Amendments to Resolutions on Collaboration with Civil Society
UA0003, 2012, E-Government
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Training for Public Servants on Consultations
UA0004, 2012, Capacity Building
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Harmonisation of Access to Information Laws
UA0005, 2012, Access to Information
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By-Laws on Access to Information
UA0006, 2012, Access to Information
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Guidelines for Classifying Data
UA0007, 2012, Public Participation
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Public Information Recording Systems
UA0008, 2012,
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Law on Public Broadcasting
UA0009, 2012, Civic Space
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Public Access to Information in State Registers
UA0010, 2012, E-Government
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
UA0011, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Law for Controlling Declarations of Public Servants
UA0012, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Public Declarations of Officials’ Assets
UA0013, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest
UA0014, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Updated Anti-Corruption Laws
UA0015, 2012, E-Government
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Regional Anti-Corruption Programmes
UA0016, 2012, E-Government
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Law on Competitive e-Government Procurement
UA0017, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Administrative Services Reforms
UA0018, 2012, E-Government
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Electronic Access to Administrative Services
UA0019, 2012, E-Government
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Governmental Web Portal of Administrative Services
UA0020, 2012, E-Government
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Administrative Services in a Digital Format
UA0021, 2012,
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Regional Administrative Service Centres
UA0022, 2012,
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Programme for Promotion of e-Government
UA0023, 2012, E-Government
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Electronic Collaboration Between Executive Agencies
UA0024, 2012,
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Web-Based Petitions System
UA0025, 2012, E-petitions
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One Stop Shop for e-Reporting
UA0026, 2012, E-Government
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e-Region Pilot Project
UA0027, 2012, E-Government
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Network of e-Government Practitioners
UA0028, 2012, Public Participation
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Public Libraries as Bridges Towards e-Governance
UA0029, 2012, E-Government
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e-Government Knowledge Management Portal
UA0030, 2012,