Madrid May 31st– June 1st 2012

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

Miguel Ángel Gonzalo (Webmaster)

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Agenda

1 Data from the questionnaires received

2 The mobility revolution

3 Transparency

4 Open Parliament

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1. Data from the questionnaires received

Overview of best practices Qualitative responses, not quantitative Replies from 27 countries:European Parliament; Andorra (Consell General); Austria (Nationalrat and Bundesrat; Bosnia-

Herzegovina, Parliamentary Assembly; Canada, Library of Parliament; Croatia, Hrvatski Sabor; Cyprus, House of Representatives; Estonia, Riigikogu; France, Assemblee Nationale; Germany, Bundesrat; Greece; Iceland, althingi; Italy, Camera dei Deputati; Lithuania, Seimas; Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes; Netherlands, Eerte Kamer der Staten Generaal; Norway, Stortinget; Portugal, Assembleia da Republica; Romania, Camera Deputatilor; Russia, Council of the Federation; Serbia, National Assembly; Slovenia, Drzavni Zbor; Spain, Congress and Senate; Sweden, Riksdag; Switzerland, Assemblee Federale; Ukraine, Rada.

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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

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1. The mobility revolution

New services to be provided by the parliamentary administration: Support mobile

users (laptops or/and smartphone)

Albania Spain

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1. The mobility revolution

Official website: mobile version accessible on most of the latest mobile phones (iOS, Android, Blackberry :

Francia , Assemblee Nationale: www.assemblee.mobi/

Iceland, Althingi Croatia, Hrvatski Sabor: m.sabor.hr Italy. Camera dei Deputati: 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

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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)

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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 devicesAustria Spain, Congress: virtualization, links, etc. Spain, Senate: Application that let Senators to begin

parliamentary initiatives with digital sign

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1. The mobility revolution

App para iPhone, Ipad, etc: Germany, Deutscher Bundestag (Iphone and

Ipad: news, press releases, dates, agenda, etc.)

Italy, Camera dei Deputati. Montecitorio (virtual visit to the building)

Switzerland, Assemblee Federale: Swiss Parl (news, MP’s, Committees, Agenda, etc)

Luxembourg, Chambre des Deputes (under construction)

Sweden. Sveriges Riksdag): Calendar of the activities in the Chamber, pertinent documents

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2. Transparency

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2. Transparency

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2. Transparency

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2. Transparency

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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)

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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)

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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

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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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Thank you very much

miguel.gonzalo@congreso.es

webmaster@congreso.es

@miguelgonzalo

#ParlNet2012