OKFestival, Helsinki

20 September 2012

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We live in redefining times Change in Regime

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen

Civil uprisings

Bahrain and Syria

Major protests

Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Sudan

Minor protests

Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti and Western Sahara

http://www.wmf.org.eg/sites/default/files/SPRING.jpg; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring

And more protests US Occupy Wall Street India Against Corruption

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/occupylry/bp5.jpg ; http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01028/DE26_PG2_4-COL_ANN_1028635f.jpg

So let us revisit Democracy

http://www.nav-bharat.org

We need to understand it more deeper According to India Today’s opinion poll of people

between the ages of 18 and 25, 72% of the youth surveyed don’t want to join politics.

The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Information_Act

Falling victims of Openness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirmoy_Deyhttps://www.facebook.com/Shehla.Masood.Memorial

Lessons from Pune Participatory Budgeting

27,365 Household (128,115 individuals)in 59 Slums have Completed HHSocio-Economic Surveys and areCompiled in a GIS/

875 Resident Community VolunteersTrained in Community ActionPlanning

59 Slums have Completed ActionPlans with Neighborhood Groups

1,250 Resident Community VolunteersTrained on Health and Hygiene

Current Impact

www.opengovernanceindia.org

Social Change

Policy Options

Engaged and

Empowered Citizens

Data to act as Evidence

Base

> Enable Government Agencies to work with citizens and ensure they are part of Governance> Further the Evidence Based Policy Making Discipline> Data, Policy Hackathons, Citizen Advisory Groups, Policy Analysis and Development

http://latchuart.wordpress.com/tag/albert-uderzo/

Sakala - Karnataka Right to Public Services

http://sakala.kar.nic.in/gsc_rpt

BESCOM – Path to Participatory Governance

Open Government

Portal has been just launched. We are yet to see concrete action on it

Thanks and Open for Questions and Suggestions

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