Special Minister of State Gary Nairn wants to use the Web 2.0 style of interactions between citizens and stakeholder organisations in the consultation phase of public policy design.
Mr Nairn wants to use the Australia.gov.au portal as the entry point to discussion forums for citizens to provide feedback on Government proposals and publications.
The principals were developed through a consultation group covering Australia’s three tiers of government in conjunction with the Australian Government Information Management Organisation (AGIMO).
The Minister last week launched a set of “Principles for ICT-Enabled citizen engagement” as part of a wider government commitment to support a consistent experience for everyone engaging with the government electronically.
“By examining existing national and international approaches to citizen engagement using ICT, we have ensured our Principles will operate as a best practice guide,” Mr Nairn said.
When applied to government and citizen consultative processes using ICT, the Principles will guide, facilitate and encourage a consistent approach for agency and citizen engagement using ICT.
The principles were developed in collaboration with a public sector community of practice group called the e-Democracy Community of Practice covering the three tiers of government in Australia.
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