Public administration involves implementing government policy to manage programs and ensure effective governance. Technology has made public administration more efficient through e-government and e-governance initiatives. E-government uses technology to deliver information and services to citizens, while e-governance focuses on citizen participation in governance through digital tools. The European Youth Parliament engages young people in political debate and helps them learn skills through modeling the European Parliament.
2. Public Administration
Public Administration provide the
implementation of government
policy to enhance management
and policies to make the government function.
It could also be the management
of public programs.
The translation of politics in the
real world that natives see.
3. Relationship between Public Administration &
Technology
Technology has made the public administration
efficient.
Digital public administration are classified into:
E-Government and;
E-Governance.
4. E-Government
The use of government of technologies to facilitate the
operation of government and delivering government
information and services to the citizens.
Examples:
Government to Citizen (G2C)
Government to business (G2B)
Government to Government (G2G)
Government to Employees (G2E)
E-Governance
The scope of including citizen engagement and
participation in governance
Examples:
To enable the citizen transition from passive
information access to active citizen participation
Digital interaction between elected-officials and
citizens
Consulting the citizens using ICT
All these can also be called E-Democracy
5. Smart City
What is Smart City?
When City can be defined as Smart City?
What are the characteristics of Smart City?
6. What is Smart City?
The “smart city” concept is a strategic device to
encompass modern urban production factors in
a common framework and to highlight the
growing importance of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs), social and
environmental capital in profiling the
competitiveness of cities
7. When City can be defined as Smart City?
A city can be defined as “smart city” when
investments in human and social capital and
traditional (transport) and modern (ICT)
communication infrastructure fuel sustainable
economic development and a high quality of
life, with a wise management of natural
resources, through participatory
8. What kind of services Smart City provides?
• Internet services
• Wireless sensor networks
• Intelligent traffic
• E-Education
• Information Terminals
• E-Humanitarian
…
Here is some of the services that can be offered by
smart cities
9. Intelligent Traffic
What is “intelligent traffic” ?
What kind of control and management systems
applied to “intelligent traffic” ?
What kind of ICTs uses in “intelligent traffic” ?
10. What is “intelligent traffic” ?
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are advanced
applications which, without embodying
intelligence as such, aim to provide innovative
services relating to different modes of transport
and traffic management and enable various
users to be better informed and make safer,
more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of
transport networks.
11. What kind of control and management systems
applied to “intelligent traffic” ?
• Car Navigation
• Traffic signal control system
• Automatic number plate recognition applications
• Speed cameras and monitoring applications
• Security CCTV(Closed-circuit television ) systems
• Parking guidance and information
• Weather Information
• Bridge deicing systems
12. What kind of ICTs uses in “intelligent traffic” ?
• Wireless communications
• Computational technologies
• Floating car data/floating cellular data
• Sensing technologies
• Inductive loop-detection
• Video vehicle-detection
• Bluetooth detection
13. How the government in UK provides the data from
intelligent traffic system to citizens using different web
services?
AA traffic news web site
Information provided by this
web service:
• Traffic intense
• Incidents and delays
• Roadworks
14.
15. AA mobile applications
• What you get with the AA Parking app
• Covers all paid and free car parks in the UK
and Ireland
• Search using your current location or enter an
address
• Directions to the car park entrance
• Real-time parking spaces (where available)
• Find opening hours and the cheapest prices
• Park and Ride locations
• Great money-saving app
16. Ushahidi
• Crisis-mapping site.
• Allows users to submit eyewitness
accounts or other relevant
information in a disaster situation.
• Via e-mail, text or twitter.
• Frequency and distribution
visualized in a map.
17. • “unlike older forms of crisis-mapping software,
Ushahidi is advanced enough to paint an
accurate portrait of events while remaining
incredibly user friendly and easy to build on”.
• Ushahidi technology saves lives in haiti and
chile.
• Ushahidi platform deployed 2 hours after the
earthquake in haiti
“http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blo
gs/techtonic-shifts/2010/03/03/ushahidi-
technology-saves-lives-in-haiti-and-chile.html”.
• Became an international, all-volunteer effort to
help organize search and rescue efforts.
18. • Involved hundreds of volunteers.
• Translating real time text messages from
Creole to English.
• Critical information relayed using Skype.
• Ushahidi turned the humanitarian relief effort
paradigm on its head.
19. Flood Hazard Map
• Used by government agencies to improve disaster
prevention efforts.
• Local government can use these maps for local
emergency response and for town/city planning.
• Serve as valuable reference for homeowners,
insurers, engineers and surveyors, and a host of
other user groups interested in data concerning
the location and mitigation of flood hazards.
20. • Philippine flood hazard map
• www.nababaha.com
• Made by students with the
help of residents
• Anecdotal accounts during
floods.
• Shows specific areas where
floods can be severe.
21. • Rather than sit idly waiting for help, victims
supply on-the-ground data using cell phones or
whatever communication channels were
available to them.
• Rather than simply donate money, a self-
organized network of volunteers triages this data,
translating and authenticating text messages and
plotting incidents on interactive mapping displays
that help aid workers target their response.
22. E-Democracy
E-democracy is the use of information and
communications technologies and strategies by
‘democratic sectors’ within the political processes of local
communities, states/regions, nations and on the global
stage.
Examples:
• E-polls
• E-consultations
• Citizen forum
• Online policy debates
• Social networking
23. What is the European youth parliament (EYP)?
The EYP represents an independent educational
project which is tailored specifically to the needs of
the young European citizen. The EYP encourages
independent thinking and socio-political initiative in
young people and facilitates the learning of crucial
social and professional skills.
Today the EYP is one of the largest European platforms for political
debate, intercultural encounters, political educational work and the
exchange of ideas among young people in Europe.
The EYP consists of a network of 35 European associations and
organizations in which thousands of young people are active in a
voluntary capacity.
Their main aim of EYP website is to reach out to young people and
alumni all around Europe.
24. WHAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES
• The EYP involves well over 20,000 young people at more than 100 regional,
national and international events through 35 national organizations every
year.
• These national committees organize sessions, trainings or forums which follow
a similar programme and are based on the same methodology.
• In the ensuing committees, the young delegates start working on a current
issue of European politics and compose a joint resolution.
• Finally, the resolutions are debated in a parliamentary General Assembly
following the model of the European Parliament in both English and French.
• Through a rich cultural programme with events such as Euroconcert,
Eurovillage or Country Presentations, the participants become active and
express themselves through music, acting and dance.
• The organization also engages young people in other projects such as
Environmental projects, European Youth Polls, etc
25. THE EUROPEAN YOUTH POLLS
• The European Youth Polls are opinion surveys conducted by the EYP
aimed at young Europeans on current topics. They bring out the
voice of the European youth and offer an interesting insight into
the opinions of young Europeans.
• Why these European Youth Polls are conducted?
Young people are often regarded as not interested in politics today and their
voices are often not heard. In the European Youth Polls, they can have their say,
and make their views known to the media and to political leaders.
• Who can take part?
Every young person in Europe, between 16 and 27 years.
• Who gets to decide what to ask?
Before taking a Poll, a proper consultation and research is done by asking
stakeholders related to the project for topic suggestions. The final decision is
taken by the EYP International OfficeAdditionally, some general questions on
European integration will be asked every time in order to analyse trends.
• EYPolls is an example of E-Polls and E-Consultations.
26. How the poll works
• A survey is uploaded on the website of the organization with all the
questions in more than 8 European languages to cover the whole of
Europe for a specific period of time usually 3 weeks.
• What happens with the results?
The EYP distributes the results to the press. This is done by specially
trained volunteers in most European countries and the International
Office. Additionally, the results are sent to political leaders and institutions
in Europe.
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• What do the results mean?
The European Youth Polls are intended to voice the opinion of young
people who are interested in politics and the future of their societies. The
aim is not necessarily to be exactly representative of all young people in
Europe, but to give those who are actively working for a better future a
chance to make their views public.