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The internationalists: the government 2.0 conversation goes global

Kublai, the Italian central government’s first (or at least one of the first) government 2.0 project, has quickly gained a certain international visibility. After the two showcases with the European Commission (EUPS20 and Wikicrats) and the French exchange of ideas, last week it was the World Bank, following up on an interview I had given to the NYC-based blog Betterverse

As it becomes clear that the Internet is great at producing public goods, the conversation on e-government 2.0 goes global. Ideas circulate smoothly among us Europeans (the EUPS20 group, or Headshift, recently acquired by an American company), Americans (Sunlight Foundation) and Asians (Futuregov), and it seems there is a good deal of mutual trust out there. Maybe there is hope.

Civic hacker manifesto: puoi dare una mano?

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Il 19 e 20 novembre 2009 si terrà a Malmö un incontro tra i ministri europei competenti per definire la strategia dell’UE sull’e-government per i prossimi 3 anni.

David Osimo, che stimo molto, coordina uno sforzo per portare a Malmö la voce dei cittadini 2.0. Secondo me è abbastanza autorevole per farlo, soprattutto dopo che la sua Public Services 2.0, con un seminario di grande successo tenuto a Bruxelles in marzo, ha mostrato alla Commissione che in Europa c’è una nuova generazione di progetti di e-government molto avanzati e in contatto tra loro. In queste ore (e ancora per pochi giorni) un gruppo molto internazionale di persone che hanno a cuore il problema sta lavorando alla scrittura collettiva di un manifesto europeo dei “civic hackers”. Se lo avete cuore anche voi, unitevi al gruppo: basta andare qui e mettersi al lavoro.

Civic hacker manifesto: can you help?

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On November 19-20, 2009, the EU ministerial conference will define the main priorities of e-government in the next three years.

David Osimo, whom I hold in high esteem, is coordinating an effort to bring to Malmö the voice of citizens 2.0. I think he has the traction to do that, especially since his Public Services 2.0 – with a highly successful workshop held in March in Brussels – showed the European Commission that there is a new generation of state-of-the art European e-gov projects, and that the people who run them are connected in a scene. As I’m writing this and only for a few more days – a very international group of people who care about this issue are collaborating in writing a European civic hackers manifesto. If you care too, join us: just go here and get busy.