1. ePetitions in Lambeth 18 March 2011 Vlkommen till London Borough of Lambeth!

2. Summary

• Building an ePetition system

• Deciding procedures and principles

• Who uses ePetitions?

• Lessons Learnt

• The Future

3. Building an ePetitions system

• The situation in Lambeth

• Buy a complete system

• • No money

• Use an open source system

• • No IT support

• Persuade existing supplier to develop system

• • Modern.gov agreed to develop system

4. Deciding procedures and principles

• Who could sign a petition?

• How do we confirm their identity?

• How long can a petition stay live?

• • And what information goes on the web?

• Who clears/sees petitions

• What can a petition be about?

• A need to create a guidance document and web info for the public

5. Who uses ePetitions?

• The system was launched in January 2009

• 34 Live petitions to date

• • Plus similar number rejected

• • Paper petitions are also now in the system

• Councillors/Cabinet, Public

• Small local petitions wide policy issues

6. Lessons Learnt

• Internal Publicity

• External Publicity

• New product - Continuous development

• Procedures

• Politics

7. The Future

• Social media growing in importance

• Further small changes to system

• Petition Scheme

8. Thank you any questions? Contact Details: Matthew Mannion Democratic Services Team Leader mmannion@lambeth.gov.uk Telephone +44 (0)20 7926 2225