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Informal citizen participation at national level - Coggle Diagram
Informal citizen participation at national level
COVID Impact
Finances
Fundraising
Government support?
Country Size
Role of Officials
(Government and Parliament)
Picking up citizens input
Commitment helps to foster citizens' trust on participation platform
Take on board the tools developed by CSOs?
Authorities can consider grass root platforms as competitors
Purpose
Transparency
For citizens
For journalists
For NGOs / CSOs
Accountability
Fight corruption
Easy access information
explain policies
Citizens' Input
To start new initiaves
On standing initiatives
To Public administrations and private organisations / companies
Close gap between citizens and officials
Platform Moderation
Do we need moderation of online debates?
Only registered users can join - strong authorisation to avoid anonymity
Avoid trolls on the platforms
Less toxic comments in closed spaces
If moderators engage, trolls back off
Anonym voting helps to gather honest responses and protects voters
Citizen Activation
Digital Literacy
Not everyone has internet access
City / Countryside gap?
Age gap
To address problems
To input on standing initiative
Activation via games
Does individual participation endanger established organised entities (e.g. parties)?
The fear by parties (for exmaple) exists
But platforms help to diversity the outreach
Role of civil society on the ground
Involve media to raise attention
Timing
Creation of content
Social Media
embedding social media
create an alternative for a safe space
Drive people from Social Media to platform
Role of influencers online
Tool development
financial ressources
application in other contexts
Smooth tool is key
Privacy as a challenge