‘Fair Start Scotland’ in the Forth Valley, the United Kingdom
© Colourbox Aim and Scope Fair Start Scotland (FSS) is the Scottish Government’s voluntary employment support programme that aims to help the long-term unemployed (more than two years), with complex and enduring health needs, improve their employment opportunities. It aims to provide a tailored, coherent range of support, which can respond flexibly to meet the…
Read MoreBristol is Open – A joint venture delivering a Smart City of the future
The case study examines a joint venture between Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol in the UK. Bristol is Open (BiO) aims at delivering research contributing to the development of a Smart City and “deploying a city-scale open and programmable testbed for experimentation and digital innovation” (Bristol City Council, 2016: 55). BiO started…
Read MoreGovernment as a Platform – Working across departments to deliver smarter public services
© Ming Jun Tan on Unsplash This case study examines the collaboration between the Government Digital Service (GDS), a unit of the UK Government’s Cabinet Office, and various UK Government departments, in implementing and delivering ‘Government as a Platform’ (GaaP). GaaP aims to change the way government services are built, organised, and provided, by designing…
Read MoreWe asked, you said, we did: an e-participation practice in the UK
We asked, you said, we did is a feature of the platform called Citizen Space. It provides a mechanism for how citizens/stakeholders responses (You said) to an e-consultation (We asked) have been considered in the policy-making process (We did). It is provided by the private company Delib to more than 110 diverse organisations around the world…
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