Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

Interesting article by FRANK DILLON in this weeks Irish Times Innovation Magazine.
The role of the citizen in creating a new Ireland is an important one. What foundations, skills and moral attributes should the perfect citizen have?…
…Perhaps its time to look at what was once viewed as the old-fashioned notion of citizenship. What is the perfect [...]

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Brian Cowen is the current Taoiseach of Ireland (pronounced tea-shock – this is the position of head of government)

Cowen addresses the nation in a series of new videos , addressing seven questions posed by members of the public (selected from several thousand submissions).
The videos are embedded in the government’s party website www.fiannafail.ie  and are embedded [...]

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AMAS   consultant and Managing Director Aileen O’Toole recently launched a new incentive on the web in Ireland entitled ‘The Ideas Campaign’

From the website:
The Ideas Campaign is about asking people for ideas to stimulate economic activity. It is challenging people in Ireland to be innovative and creative and to play their part in planning this country’s [...]

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Mark Elliott whose company http://collabforge.com consulted for and built the http://futuremelbourne.com.au planning wiki  in Melbourne was recently interviewed by Howard Rheingold. During the interview Mark speaks about the benefits of using a wiki for Civic Planning in general and of the experience of running the Melbourne wiki project.

See also an earlier post on Mark’s PhD Disseration on  Stigmergic Collaboration
http://www.rialtas.net/blog/2008/02/21/stigmergic-collaboration/#more-63
See also
http://www.rialtas.net/blog/2008/07/31/kilkenny-county-council-planning-wiki-first-use-of-a-wiki-by-a-government-organisation-in-ireland-as-part-of-a-public-consultative-process/#more-106
 

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I have just returned from attending (and speaking at) the ‘Seminar – Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era ‘ at the IPA in Dublin. An interesting and worthwhile day..
All of the presentations were very interesting and will all be online shortly. I will update you on their availability and provide a full report [...]

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 I  met Krishna De at the recent eGovernment Symposium held in Dublin. We did not get a chance to talk properly at the event but Krishna interviewed me about the Kilkenny County Council Wiki project over Skype the following day.
The Interview is online as part of Krishna’s hour long podcast at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PodcampIreland
You can also download [...]

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The IPA (Institute of Public Administration- Ireland)
Is running a one day seminar in Dublin on 24th October.
The Speakers are David Osimo, Dr Paul Hodgkin, Dr James Munro, Derek Chambers ,Kieran Lenihan and myself.
Further details and the agenda are listed below.
This seminar seeks to:
• Give participants a clearer understanding of the Web 2.0 concept and its [...]

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from an Article by Marie Boran on Siliconrepublic.com
Given the current state of the economy, there is no better time than right now to take a serious look at Web 2.0 technologies, or the social web, and figure out how these tools can help us build and define brand Ireland. This was one of the messages [...]

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30 September 2008, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin.

The eSymposium will provide public sector professionals, from both central and local government, with a forum for the exchange of visions, ideas, practice, results and experience.
 Advancing eGovernment: The Next Challenge
Conference Chair – John Bowman
Agenda
9.00am:     Registrations and Coffee
9.45am:     Opening Address – Maeve Kneafsey, Managing Director, Elucidate
Keynote Presentations:
9.50am: [...]

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Kilkenny County Council has just released a new Wiki on which it invites collaboration with members of the public on the development of Local Area Plans for townlands in Kilkenny.

(I am an IS project manager for Kilkenny County Council and this wiki is one of my current projects.)
We believe that this project represents the first [...]

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