OGP 2012: why I came to Brazil

On Tue, April 17, 2012 in Articles , Open Government , Open Links , by Ernesto Belisario

Even if the other end of the World, the phone keeps ringing. Not all my customers and friends know of my trip in Brazil and some people ask me "What's so important to Brazil?". Richard Luna has asked me to write a piece that CheFuturo here: I hope not http://www.chefuturo.it/2012/04/la-democrazia-rinasce-oggi-in-brasile-litalia-invece-dorme/ seems [...]

The Shipping News: Open Government Partnership Meeting 2012

On Mon, 16 April 2012 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Over the next two days, I will be in Brasilia to follow the proceedings of the first annual meeting of the Open Government Partnership, the project started in 2011 to affirm intergovernmental international principles of Open Government. It is therefore likely that, this week, the sites for my writing and my social are "monopolized" by this important [...]

Open Government: Lombardy writes the first regional plan

On Wed, April 4, 2012 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Italy, in recent months, is getting to grips with the Open Date: multiply the portals of institutions, a proliferation of proposals for regional law, is taking care of the control room of the Digital Government Agenda. Often, however, lose sight of the fact that the availability of online public sector information [...]

Open Data: here's what we want

On Sun, December 4, 2011 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

The Italian movement for Open Data has come a long way over the last twelve months: the release of public data has finally become a topic of the agenda at all levels of government (state, regional and local) and left the circle of "usual suspects" and insiders. But we are just beginning: a lot of resistance [...]

The Open Government is not a technology but a method

On Mon, November 7, 2011 in Articles , Open Government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

In an article published on LeggiOggi.it I tried to explain why, in my opinion, the answer to the economic and political crisis that Italy is going through can be provided by an "open government" and not a "technical government". The article you can read it here: http://www.leggioggi.it/2011/11/07/governo-tecnico-no-grazie/ What do you think?

A "First" (Radio 1) has spoken of "Government 2.0"

On Sat, 24 September 2011, in E-Government , Open Government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

In recent weeks, I noticed a growing interest in issues related to innovation in the public sector, from niche topic, have now become a topic of general interest. What it means to "Government 2.0" and what are the reasons why the government should use the new technologies I talked over [...]

Open Government = Good Government

On Tue, 30 August 2011, in E-Government , Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Yesterday I participated with great pleasure at the Summer School organized by Rena on "Good governance and responsible citizenship", an interesting initiative that is held in Matera with the aim to provide opportunities for discussion with respect to four key issues: the ideas that people have compared and how to pursue the general interest, new technologies and [...]

Open Links: August 23, 2011

On Tue, August 23, 2011 in Open Government , Open Links , by Ernesto Belisario

New Appointment with Open Links section dedicated to reporting on Open Government and Open Data. Here is the link today: 1. Open Government Partnership: the site of a multilateral initiative on Open Gov (led by the U.S. and sees, for the moment, the participation of other countries 7) which will be presented in New [...]

Open Links: August 11, 2011

On Thu, August 11, 2011 in Open Government , Open Links , Messages , by Ernesto Belisario

Links Open for summer event, the rubric of this blog dedicated to reporting on Open Data and Open Government. From the World - An Open Government Data Licence for the World? : Interesting article on whether to license a world standard for Open Data. - Monitor the efficiency of the PA with the "Dashboards" online. The [...]

Save the date: August 27 / September 4, 2011 - RENA Summer School on Good Government

On Wed, July 6, 2011 in Courses , E-Government , Open Government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

I report with great pleasure a very interesting experiment will be held in Matera from 27 August to 4 September 2011: the Summer School organized by Rena on "Good Governance and Responsible Citizenship". The project is aimed at young people eager to improve their communities and offers itself as a moment of reflection, discussion and sharing [...]