Online participation workshop
8 December 2006
The State Services Commission held a workshop on online participation on Thursday 7 December 2006 to explore ways in which new technologies can help New Zealanders engage with government.
The 2006 E-Government Strategy uses technology to enable transformation and make government work for New Zealanders. Its vision of the future sees a world where: "By 2020, people's engagement with the government will have been transformed, as increasing and innovative use is made of the opportunities offered by network technologies".
A first step on the path is to develop a framework for building online participation. The workshop also served to launch a broad-based Participation Community of Practice which includes practitioners from central and local government, academia, business and civil society organisations.
The Participation Community of Practice launched at the event will continue to meet, collaborate and exchange knowledge online over the coming months. It will seek to provide a space for the lively exchange of ideas and visions of the future of online participation for the benefit of all New Zealanders.
For more information
- the e-government Participation Project which is examining the scope for e-government to improve the opportunities for public and businesses to participate in government
- the new e-government strategy Enabling Transformation: A strategy for e-government 2006
- the Digital Strategy
