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Be an active citizen in digital civic engagement

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Be an active citizen in digital civic engagement

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In my opinion, being an active citizen in digital civic engagement means to use digital tools in order to contribute actively to the well-being of the community you are part of. This is possible only if, first of all, you are informed about what happens in your community/city/neighbourhood/country. Once you are informed, you can decide what to do, how to be involved in the issue, how to change things for the community, the poorest, the most disadvantaged. In digital civic engagement this action is done through digital tools, such as e-petitions, social network activities and digital campaign in cooperation with other people in order to raise awareness on the problem and call for action and change. The sense of digital active citizenship is that it is not enough to know the problem, but it is important also to do something, to act, mainly in the digital “world” but also in the real world, to bring an effective change.
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Digital Civic engagement: the necessity to learn how to be a neo-citizen.

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Digital Civic engagement: the necessity to learn how to be a neo-citizen.

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The new paradigms of the digitilisation of the society, reshape our influence, our implication and our understanding as a citizen. The almost unlimited access to information has a doble effect on our knowledge: it could open many new conciouness only  if the use of internet is healthy and concious. Otherwise we can easily fail into fakenews and poor quality content.
Transparency and democracy are goals that could be reach easier through internet, but they are not magic tools.
In my opinion, the first engagement as a citizen, and as an active digital citizen, is to be responsible about what we focus and learn about and from. It is our responsability to gain quality in our research and interests.
Also, we have to be aware that digital civic engagement has a strong and real impact on the "real" world and society. Our actions and reactions could affect/effect deeply the day after, especially with the hyperconnectivity and instantinity features of the internet.

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I think that actively engaging in democracy through social/digital tools results in a optimal way to empower communities through a bottom-up approach. In general my reflection is also that through these tools we can create global networks able to help the communities' work locally. We can get examples, inspirations and give out as well, so that not only we can be conscious citizens in our local communities but also be (hopefully) conscious citizens of the world.

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spontaneous initiatives from and for community 

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spontaneous initiatives from and for community 

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In my experience the internet is crucial in the creation and manage process for spontaneous initiatives. I think it's in real life AND on the social media that people can find people with similar problems and ideas for resolution. Internet must not be the only way to contact people to join initiaves or to add about it (It would cut off people without a good connection or so) but still, it's the most efficent and immediate way to start a project.
I'm mostly intrest in non formal situation, I think in Italy becoming a registered group is so much work that a lot of excelent projects just keep forming and working without the political recognition so the internet is the best way to let the people that they exist and that they can be joined.

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One of my favourite examples is one of the uses of the 'Smart Citizen Kit'.  Neighbours living at a noisy square of Barcelona used sensors to convince local government to take necessary steps for a liveable neighborhood. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41015486

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Tomorrow's Cities: How Barcelona shushed noise-makers with sensors

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Citizens take control of their own cities with low-cost sensors.

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For me, it starts by being conscious about what our narrower or wider ecosystems (our worlds) need and match it with which we are most passionate about. Then getting informed, grouping up (e.g. on social networks) with like-minded people or existing organizations to improve our literacy in the subject, support those decision-makers who we found most competent to address the issues we are most concerned about. Find forums, or create our own to spread the word and initiate actions.

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To be civically engaged, means to try to change an action involving digital media, which means we can reach to many people in your community or around the world.

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Campaign for environmental protection
Bicycle lane  pollution free vehicles e-bike

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Civic engagement means to participate in the civic life of one's community. It can take different forms, from being informed, spreading important news on one's social media accounts, actively participating in the social sector or as a volunteer. With this regard, I would like to share a very interesting company based in Rome (Italy) called "Laboratorio Sostenibile". It mainly produced re-usable pads for women's period, using healthy and high quality materials. Its goal? Fight against climate change and promote awarness on women's rights with a particular attention of period poverty. Here is the link, if you want to have a look. Unfortunately, it is only in Italian, but I am sure similar companies exist also elsewhere!

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Il nostro progetto nasce dalla volontà di ricercare e studiare tutti i legami esistenti tra il pianeta e gli individui che lo abitano.

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To be civically engaged means to help people to change an unfair situation. I think we can engage civically in applications like change.org for example

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In my opinion, civic engagement in digital age means being active with other people to make the difference in our city or country. Digitalization allow us to be more informed about policies and actions to take part in.
Finally, I think sharing informations about meeting or activities from the social media's city profile is already civic-tech engagement.

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To be civically engaged in digital age to me means fully understanding an issue which is important to me, gathering information about it and talking with other people who may be more experienced. Then spread my views and  ideas on social media, perhaps through videos, images, with the purpose to create a community. It will also mean signing a petition, gaining more knowledge by following online seminars, engaging with other activists or local organizations and exercising the right to VOTE.

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In my opinion, an active citizen in digital civic engagement is a person who participates in initiatives such as voting in elections, attendance at community meetings and protests, contact and dialogue with public officials, endorsement of public petitions, and contribution to written articles about the community. These acts of ‘participatory politics’ such as youth creating and circulating photos, memes and videos, can be considered as examples of digitally-mediated forms of civic engagement, or digital civic engagement.
I believe that the participation of active citizens in digital civic engagement is so important because exposure to civic issues is foundational to creating future engaged civic actors, and I think this is one of the objectives of this course.
I am sure that formal civic education is an important step in creating awareness of children’s rights as citizens, and generating interest in political and social issues.
At the same time, digital technology plays an active role in creating civic space.

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What I have learned on this topic is that anyone can and should be a digital citizen. It needs only a mind set and access to technology to be an active citizen in digital civic engagement. Some trainings might be demanding to be familiar with some civic-tech.

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One of goals of agenda 2030 is not waste food. In Italy there is an app that allows you to buy a magic box at the end of the day paying less than normally. Benefits for shops are that they don’t waste food and at the same time they do marketing to themselves.

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In my opinion, being a digital citizien means  to partecipate in the life of the society by some kind of connection. On the other hand, are the associations themselves that communicate in social media in order to involve as many people ad possibile in their initiatives. It's the case in Italy of Plastic Free, a non governative association who use the social to create groups that than, concretely, clean up their territory.

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Plastic Free Odv Onlus - L'associazione contro la plastica monouso

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Organizzazione di volontariato con l'obiettivo di informare e sensibilizzare più persone possibili per un mondo #plasticfree

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For me being an active citizen in digital age means use the social newtorks for something important and usefull for the community. With the adjectives important and usefull I mean to be politically active and also to partecipate actively in trying to change existing situations.

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“Imagine actions” song by Fracción ddp; original title: “Imagina acciones”, lyrics in Spanish (Laura López Ramírez)

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“Imagine actions” song by Fracción ddp; original title: “Imagina acciones”, lyrics in Spanish (Laura López Ramírez)

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Inspiring music with some images of Spain’s 15-M Movement (2011-2015), an example of active citizens where social media and digital tools and skills were key in the actions carried out in civic engagement.

“According to RTVE, the Spanish public broadcasting company, between 6.5 and 8 million Spaniards participated in these events”

Reference: Wikipedia contributors. (2021, May 4). Anti-austerity movement in Spain. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11:24, May 7, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-austerity_movement_in_Spain&oldid=1021478465

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Fracción ddp - "Imagina acciones" (Video oficial)

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For me to be civically engaged in digital age means being informed, sharing certified information with sources, contrasting and preventing fake news and debating current issues with other community’s members.

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Open Data in Spain (Laura López Ramírez)

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Open Data in Spain (Laura López Ramírez)

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Iniciativa de datos abiertos del Gobierno de España

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43 de Administración del Estado

18 de Administración Autonómica

230 de Administración Local

13 de Universidades

1 de Otras Instituciones

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Empresas Reutilizadoras

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Últimos conjuntos de datos publicados

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Iniciativa de datos abiertos del Gobierno de España 305 iniciativas de datos abiertos 43 de Administración del Estado 18 de Administración Autonómica 230 de Administración Local 13 de Universidades 1 de Otras Instituciones abrir mapa Empresas Reutilizadoras Aplicaciones Últimos conjuntos de datos publicados Conjuntos de datos en CSV Conjunto de datos a través de API o Servicios Web

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Citizen Participation in Spain (Laura López Ramírez)

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Citizen Participation in Spain (Laura López Ramírez)

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An active citizen in digital civic engagement for me: any person committed to a community whose activities in it:

are engaged to the common benefit

are informed and transparent

entail active listening, dialogue and critical thinking

involve digital media and skills

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Citizen participation
En esta página puede ver distintos proyectos de participación ciudadana y también distintos modos por los que puede hacernos llegar su opinión sobre el Portal de la Transparencia.

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Participación Ciudadana - Portal de la Transparencia de la Administración del Estado. España - Inicio

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Citizen participation En esta página puede ver distintos proyectos de participación ciudadana y también distintos modos por los que puede hacernos llegar su opinión sobre el Portal de la Transparencia.

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To me being civically engaged in the digital age means to get informed and try to spread information as much as possible about relevant and important topics, talking about things happening all over the world but also being aware of what's going on in our local communities and trying our best to be of service. This, to me, also means "transferring" what I learn and post online to the real world and to my personal and public life, sharing petitions, resources and videos with the people around me, and not just on social media.

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for me, being an active citizen means using social networks for social purposes, to be politically active and to participate transparently

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Being civically engaged in the digital age means to connect with resources or people online in both political and non-political actions in order to make a change in a community.
In Italy the civic-tech participatory practice I am aware of are two:
https://www.change.org/ for petitions started by citizens and http://www.openpolis.it/ is an independent and non-profit foundation that promotes projects for access to public information, transparency and democratic participation.

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For me be civically engaged in digital age means use the social network and technological tools to improve civic partecipation and try to change social situations.

In Italy there is https://www.change.org/.

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The politics must keep up with younger generation, not the other way around. It is a crucial point for taking action in our communities. In Italy there are some new start up based on Civil-tech, but it is an early phase.

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In a rapidly changing world, there will be times where it is not possible or preferable for groups to meet together face to face.
At the heart of Active Citizens is the assumption that we live in an increasingly connected world.
In my opinion It is an invitation, a provocation, a step on the journey to learning more for taking action.

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For me, to be a digital active citizen is to use digital tools for being inform and participate in the public decisions of the community I live in. An example I have used is this Town Hall website

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Ayuda sobre las votaciones ciudadanas

Las votaciones ciudadanas del Ayuntamiento de Madrid son un mecanismo de participación por el que la ciudadanía con derecho a voto puede tomar decisiones municipales de forma directa. Pueden participar todas aquellas personas mayores de 16 años que estén empadronadas en Madrid.

Las consultas se convocan de manera periódica, bien porque el Ayuntamiento somete cuestiones de su competencia a decisión directa, bien porque una propuesta ciudadana llega al umbral de apoyos necesarios y pasa a votación.

En 2017 tuvieron lugar las primeras votaciones ciudadanas de la Ciudad de Madrid. Por un lado, el Ayuntamiento preguntó sobre la reforma de Plaza de España, la movilidad de la Gran Vía y la remodelación de espacios públicos en once distritos de Madrid.

La ciudadanía aprobó todas estas cuestiones, por lo que la Plaza de España se reforma según el proyecto "Welcome mother nature"; el cambio de Gran vía sigue las decisiones de las personas que votaron y está previsto que se reformen las siguientes plazas: Lucero, San Blas, Mar de Cristal, Duquesa de Osuna, Emperatriz, Remonta, La Vaguada, El Encuentro, Los Misterios, Puerto de Canfranc y Mayor de Villaverde y Ágata.

También se convocan votaciones cuando una propuesta ciudadana alcanza el 1% de apoyos del censo con derecho a voto, es decir, 27.064 apoyos de las personas empadronadas mayores de 16 años.

Ha sido el caso de las propuestas de "Madrid 100% sostenible" y "Billete único para el transporte público", que fueron aprobadas por la ciudadanía madrileña en febrero de 2017.

Tras la votación el Ayuntamiento asumió más de un centenar de medidas medioambientales, de movilidad y sostenibilidad en sus políticas municipales y acciones para solicitar al Consorcio de Transportes de Madrid que apruebe el billete intermodal.
Más información sobre las votaciones

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Crea una propuesta que quieras que el Ayuntamiento de Madrid lleve a cabo

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Ayuda sobre las votaciones ciudadanas Las votaciones ciudadanas del Ayuntamiento de Madrid son un mecanismo de participación por el que la ciudadanía con derecho a voto puede tomar decisiones municipales de forma directa. Pueden participar todas aquellas personas mayores de 16 años que estén empadronadas en Madrid.

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Add a post (+): What it means for you to be civically engaged in digital age?  Do you know any civic-tech participatory practice in your city/country?

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Add a post (+): What it means for you to be civically engaged in digital age?  Do you know any civic-tech participatory practice in your city/country?

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