PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY AND EMPOWERED CITIZENS

Aspasia Papaloi, Doctoral Researcher Digital Media for Participation Research Group Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media University of Athens, Greece apapaloi@media.uoa.gr Dimitris Gouscos, Assistant Professor Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media University of Athens, Greece gouscos@media.uoa.gr

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TRANSPARENCY & EMPOWERMENT

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TRANSPARENCY &VISUALIZATION

•  Information quality vs. information quantity •  Inclusion via information access

• Clarity of information

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A FEW EXAMPLES…

AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT

Image retrieved from: http://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/PDF/Weg_der_Bundesgesetzgebung.pdf

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SERBIAN PARLIAMENT

Image retrieved from:

http://www.parlament.gov.rs/acts/birth-of-a-law/birth-of-a-law-map.

643.html

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INFORMATION VISUALIZATION (IV)

• Dynamic facilitation of legislative process •  Intermediary between information provision and

knowledge

• Communication, interaction and collaboration

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IV, ACCESSIBILITY & USABILITY

• Accessibility standards: Equal access and right to information, design issues

• Usability standards: Quality, efficiency and effectiveness of user experience and satisfaction

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PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VISUALIZATION (PIV)

Partial graph of the

Legislative Ontology (LO)

Integrated Parliamentary

Management System-

Asamblea de Madrid Image retrieved from: Costilla, C., Palacios, J. P., Cremades, J & Vila, J. (2005).e-Government: A Legislative Ontology for the ‘SIAP’ Parliamentary Management System. http://sinbad.dit.upm.es/docencia/master/curso1011/eGov%20Paper%20SpringerVerlang.pdf

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LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY & ITS INTERRELATIONS Openness

• Inclusion, ATI • Completeness • Originality • Attractiveness • Ease at

comprehension • Ability of

contributions/modifications

• Highlight important and informative patterns

• New insights' generation

• Evolving of discussion • Kind of information

that facilitates/ structures interaction

Transparency

• Equal access and opportunity to information (FOI, RTI)

• Usefulness of information

• Reliability of information

• Impact of information

• Clarity of information

• Directedness of information

• Flexibility of information

• Facilitation of insight • Modifiability of

information • Structure or

facilitation of interaction

Transparency indicators

• Degree of their implementation

• Useful...not useful • Reliable...Unreliable • Positive...negative

impact • Clear...opaque • Flexible...rigid • Direct...indirect • Modifiable...not

modifiable

Empowerment

• Trust • Quality • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Satisfaction • Support

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OPENING PARLIAMENTARY DATA VIA PIV: THE WAY TOWARDS LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY?

Regulatory factors: •  Interested parties and stakeholders

•  Policies •  Lack of time, financial resources, competent administrative personnel

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CONCLUDING…

•  PIV feasibility vs. legislative transparency and citizen empowerment

•  Further research work

Ø  Overview of Parliamentary Informatics initiatives Ø  Classification according to geography and type of institutions Ø  Evaluation of scope and success Ø  Best practices on PIV

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For further information regarding our research you are invited to visit the: Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, University of Athens

http://www.media.uoa.gr/ntlab Digital Media for Participation Research Group, UoA, NTLab http://www.media.uoa.gr/~gouscos/digitalmedia4participation

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