Questionnaire for the ECPRD Seminar 'Parliaments on the Net X'. Mobility, Transparency and open parliament: best practices in Parliamentary web sites #ParlNet2012 PARLIAMENTS ON THE NET X Madrid May 31st– June 1st 2012 Miguel Ángel Gonzalo (Webmaster)
Data from the questionnaires received • The mobility revolution • Transparency • Open Parliament
1. Data from the questionnaires received • Overview of bestpractices • Qualitative responses, notquantitative • Repliesfrom 27 countries: EuropeanParliament; Andorra (Consell General); Austria (Nationalrat and Bundesrat; Bosnia-Herzegovina, ParliamentaryAssembly; Canada, Library of Parliament; Croatia, Hrvatski Sabor; Cyprus, House of Representatives; Estonia, Riigikogu; France, AssembleeNationale; Germany, Bundesrat; Greece; Iceland, althingi; Italy, Camera deiDeputati; Lithuania, Seimas; Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes; Netherlands, EerteKamer der StatenGeneraal; Norway, Stortinget; Portugal, Assembleia da Republica; Romania, Camera Deputatilor; Russia, Council of theFederation; Serbia, NationalAssembly; Slovenia, DrzavniZbor; Spain, Congress and Senate; Sweden, Riksdag; Switzerland, AssembleeFederale; Ukraine, Rada.
1. The mobility revolution Mps in several parliaments have received tablets or smartphones (for example, iphones) or is a project in the near and medium-term future • Sweden, Riksdag • Norway, Stortinget • Spain, Congress of Deputies and Senate
1. The mobility revolution • New services to be provided by the parliamentary administration: • Support mobile users (laptops or/and smartphone) • Albania • Spain
1. The mobility revolution • Official website: mobile version accessible on most of the latest mobile phones (iOS, Android, Blackberry : • Francia , AssembleeNationale: www.assemblee.mobi/ • Iceland, Althingi • Croatia, HrvatskiSabor: m.sabor.hr • Italy. Camera deiDeputati: mobile.camera.it • European Parliament: m.europarl.europa.eu • Bosnia-Herzegovina, Parliamentary Assembly (Interest in developing specific application for mobile users • Russia, Council of the Federation: project on creation of the special version of the website for mobile device
1. The mobility revolution • Single web window, based on different system and data, enabling a uniform view from different devices: • W3C-WAI specification: tablet devices are fully supported • Slovenia, National Assembly • Lithuania, Seimas • Greece • Cyprus, House of Representatives (under construction)
1. The mobility revolution • Develop mobile application for smartphones and tablet Promote parliamentarism to the public through allocating a comfortable to use and nonetheless comprenhensive application for all users of mobile devices • Austria • Spain, Congress: virtualization, links, etc. • Spain, Senate: Application that let Senators to begin parliamentary initiatives with digital sign
1. The mobility revolution • App para iPhone, Ipad, etc: • Germany, Deutscher Bundestag (Iphone and Ipad: news, press releases, dates, agenda, etc.) • Italy, Camera deiDeputati. Montecitorio (virtual visit to the building) • Switzerland, AssembleeFederale: Swiss Parl (news, MP’s, Committees, Agenda, etc) • Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes (under construction) • Sweden. SverigesRiksdag): Calendar of the activities in the Chamber, pertinent documents
2. Transparency
2. Transparency
2. Transparency
2. Transparency
3. Open Parliament • Linked open data (Semantic web paradigm): user can download, explore, develop and use the contents of databases • Italy, Sweden (Images of Linked Open Data cloud diagrams courtesy Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch, http://lod-cloud.net/ Creative Commons BY SA license)
3. Open Parliament • XML format: data can be used freely by people wanting to develop their own internet services. For example: voting, debates, structure of the Chamber, data regarding MP’s activity, speeches, initiatives, etc. Web services (interface accessible for everybody) • European Parliament, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia, Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland. France, Spain, Estonia, … (in progress)
3. Open Parliament • Open Government • Austria (in progress). Data that could be made available for automated analysis includes biographies of parliamentarians, news feeds, etc. • Social Networks, Social Media • European Parliament, Andorra • RSS feeds for new and decision • European Parliament, Sweden
3. Open Parliament • Re-use of informatión • Canada. The text from the Chamber and Committee proceedings, as well as the voting records and bills, are avaliable in electronic format for re-use in open formats.
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