This interview is part of a series of 12 expert interviews on the future of digital democracy. You can read the full white paper with interviews here. Tiago C. Peixoto is a Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice. He focuses on citizen engagement, public sector performance...
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Who could have imagined, just ten years ago, what 2020 would look like? Over the past ten years, our modern democracies have undergone a radical change. We have seen technology transform things for better, and for the worse. Trust in our institutions has eroded, old powers have crumbled and new...
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At the Nesta Government Innovation Summit last September, Geoff Mulgan, chief executive at Nesta, made a surprising declaration. In the midst of an unprecedented political crisis, he announced “a golden age for local government”. Local government, he argued, has more freedom than ever to experiment with new solutions and is...
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2019 was a big year for CitizenLab. Four years after it was founded, our digital democracy platform is now actively being used by 200.000 citizens in 75 different cities. And yet, it still feels like it’s only day one. We’ve got big plans for the upcoming year: new functionalities, an...
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In 2019, citizen participation was bigger than ever before. Across the world, governments and citizens alike are discovering the true value of the co-creation of local policy and the impact of constructive dialogue on communities. At CitizenLab, we couldn’t be happier with this evolution! We’ve had an eventful year full...
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This blogpost is a summary of insights from the recent World Bank report on the impact of emerging digital technologies on citizen engagement. Technology is re-imagining citizen engagement, but in what way exactly? What will the new decade bring? Which digital developments should we be on the lookout for? And...
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In October 2019, the city of Kortrijk (76.265 inhabitants) was the setting of the very first digital referendum in Flanders. The key question: “Do you agree that the centre of Kortrijk should be car-free for a fixed Sunday every month?” The people of Kortrijk (aged 16 or older) had one...
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