DIGITAL GOVERNMENT:
What role for social media?
Arthur Mickoleit,
OECD (Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial
Development)
CESI-Europe Academy “Generation Web 2.0: Using New
Technologies in the Public Sector in Europe”
26-27 June 2014, Tallinn, Estonia
OECD Recommendation on Digital
Government Strategies
Engagement,
openness &
trust
Implementation,
capacities and
legal frameworks
Leadership,
coordination &
governance
OECD Recommendation .. 1st pillar
Engagement,
openness &
trust
• Adopt open and inclusive processes
• Address digital divides and digital exclusion
• Collaboration within the public sector and with external actors
• Stimulate re-use of evidence, data and statistics
• Balance timeliness and trustworthiness of public sector data
• Include digital security in organisational and management thinking
• Manage privacy risks to raise confidence in digital government
services
What role for social media in opening up
public sector institutions?
Communications? Better left to
personalities as they are more popular
National government
leaders
National government
institutions
Sources: OECD data collection & Twiplomacy 2013. Based on data for government leaders and top executive
institutions (office of president, office of prime minister, government office)
Realise service delivery opportunities:
blurring the lines between competitors and
partners for public service delivery
Commercial employment services
Public employment services
Realise trust-building opportunities:
mission-critical success supported by
long-term community building
14 Jan 2014:
campaign
15 Jan 2014:
arrest
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía de España (Spanish national police force)
Realise IT transformation opportunities:
open source, collaborative and agile
development
Source: www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/hack-the-government
beta.govt.nz
Not a given that social media give a voice to all,
including marginalised parts of the population.
Beware of stereotypes (I)
Source: OECD calculation based on Eurostat data for 2012.
…but only
29%
of those that
have
no or low
education.
74% of
Portuguese
with high
education level
use social
media,
Not a given that social media will make public matters
and services appeal to young people.
Beware of stereotypes (II)
Source: OECD calculation based on Eurostat data for 2013; basis: 16-24 year olds.
…but only
10%
to discuss
political or
civic issues
80% of
young Poles
use social
media,
Manage the change (I)
Measurement and impact assessment is necessary,
but still uncommon.
Source: OECD survey of government use of social media, 2013.
Respondents: 25 central government institutions with responsibility for digital government strategies, e.g. CIO office.
Manage the change (II)
How to prepare civil servants for a social media-rich
environment?
Source: OECD survey of government use of social media, 2013.
Respondents: 25 central government institutions with responsibility for digital government strategies, e.g. CIO office.
OECD social media guidance for policy-makers on:
• Objectives and expectations
• Governance modes and guidelines
• Legal compliance
• Skills and resources
• Collaboration and community-building
• Managing risks
• Monitoring and measuring impacts
Your feedback welcome
Arthur Mickoleit, OECD
arthur.mickoleit@oecd.org / @OECDgov / http://oe.cd/eldrs

2014 06 25 - Government & social media - Arthur Mickoleit @ CESI

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    DIGITAL GOVERNMENT: What rolefor social media? Arthur Mickoleit, OECD (Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development) CESI-Europe Academy “Generation Web 2.0: Using New Technologies in the Public Sector in Europe” 26-27 June 2014, Tallinn, Estonia
  • 2.
    OECD Recommendation onDigital Government Strategies Engagement, openness & trust Implementation, capacities and legal frameworks Leadership, coordination & governance
  • 3.
    OECD Recommendation ..1st pillar Engagement, openness & trust • Adopt open and inclusive processes • Address digital divides and digital exclusion • Collaboration within the public sector and with external actors • Stimulate re-use of evidence, data and statistics • Balance timeliness and trustworthiness of public sector data • Include digital security in organisational and management thinking • Manage privacy risks to raise confidence in digital government services
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    What role forsocial media in opening up public sector institutions?
  • 5.
    Communications? Better leftto personalities as they are more popular National government leaders National government institutions Sources: OECD data collection & Twiplomacy 2013. Based on data for government leaders and top executive institutions (office of president, office of prime minister, government office)
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    Realise service deliveryopportunities: blurring the lines between competitors and partners for public service delivery Commercial employment services Public employment services
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    Realise trust-building opportunities: mission-criticalsuccess supported by long-term community building 14 Jan 2014: campaign 15 Jan 2014: arrest Cuerpo Nacional de Policía de España (Spanish national police force)
  • 8.
    Realise IT transformationopportunities: open source, collaborative and agile development Source: www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/hack-the-government beta.govt.nz
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    Not a giventhat social media give a voice to all, including marginalised parts of the population. Beware of stereotypes (I) Source: OECD calculation based on Eurostat data for 2012. …but only 29% of those that have no or low education. 74% of Portuguese with high education level use social media,
  • 10.
    Not a giventhat social media will make public matters and services appeal to young people. Beware of stereotypes (II) Source: OECD calculation based on Eurostat data for 2013; basis: 16-24 year olds. …but only 10% to discuss political or civic issues 80% of young Poles use social media,
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    Manage the change(I) Measurement and impact assessment is necessary, but still uncommon. Source: OECD survey of government use of social media, 2013. Respondents: 25 central government institutions with responsibility for digital government strategies, e.g. CIO office.
  • 12.
    Manage the change(II) How to prepare civil servants for a social media-rich environment? Source: OECD survey of government use of social media, 2013. Respondents: 25 central government institutions with responsibility for digital government strategies, e.g. CIO office.
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    OECD social mediaguidance for policy-makers on: • Objectives and expectations • Governance modes and guidelines • Legal compliance • Skills and resources • Collaboration and community-building • Managing risks • Monitoring and measuring impacts Your feedback welcome Arthur Mickoleit, OECD [email protected] / @OECDgov / http://oe.cd/eldrs

Editor's Notes

  • #6 Top: 20:1 for Obama vs WhiteHouse Bottom: 5:1 for Leaders vs Institutions (sample of top 10, top 25 and top 100 national government leaders and institutions worldwide)
  • #9 Social, collaborative, agile and iterative development. Based on open source, improved through permanent testing and discarding. Also CMS like Drupal are getting high attention from government departments all over.
  • #11 And some of these countries have a couple of other problems getting young people interested in politics: UK is a country with high young voter abstention – over 1/3 of young people did not vote over past three years despite being eligible (Eurobarometer, 2013)
  • #14 Reference to preliminary checklist in paper.