Community Engagement - Netherlands
Articles and resources about trends and issues in community and citizen engagement initiatives by government in the Netherlands.
- Civil Servant 2.0 - New ideas and practical tips for working in government 2.0 - in pdf format (2166kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Civil Servant 2.0 beta: Action steps towards government 2.0, by Davied van Berlo. May 2011 "... This is a book for you, as a civil servant. As civil servants we have a public task to perform, and we want to do that as well as we can. Our working environment is constantly changing, and increasingly more is possible. As a civil servant, you have to be open to these developments and curious about how you can perform your work at an even higher standard. If this is something you recognise, then this book is for you..."
- Dutch Civil Servant 2.0 books now available in English
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. "Davied van Berlo's two books "Civil Servant 2.0" and "Civil Servant 2.0 beta" have finally been translated into English and are available online for free.
I've admired and followed the work of Davied, a Dutch Civil Servant, for several years now. Davied has been using the internet for about as long as I have and (at least in my opinion) is one of the leading thinkers regarding Government 2.0 in Europe..."
- eParticipation Awards nominations announced
- ePractice.eu, 11 October 2010. Country Netherlands; Domain
eGovernment; Topic Inclusive eGovernment, eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Citizens, Interoperability, Policy, User-centric Services. "On 20 September 2010, a jury of experts in the Netherlands announced the nominees for the Dutch eParticipation Award 2010. The jury nominated five initiatives in the society category and another five in the government category. The winners will be chosen during the Citizen Awareness Congress on 14 October 2010..."
- Burgerlink introduces 'Wijwaarderen.nl'
- ePractice.eu, 16 June 2010. Country Netherlands; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Citizens, Policy, User-centric Services. "'Burgerlink' ('Citizen link', in English) - the Dutch Government's initiative to improve the performance of the public sector by involving citizens - started piloting 'Wijwaarderen.nl', an Internet platform where citizens can assess and rate government services..."
- Public online consultation for the Charter of Responsible Citizenship
- ePractice.eu, 18 June 2009. Country Netherlands; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting. "On 2 June 2009 Minister of Interior and Kingdom Relations Guusje Ter Horst gave the kick-off for a broad discussion on responsible citizenship through the publication 'Responsible Citizenship: A Matter of Give and Take'. With the presentation of this publication, she launched the online contribution of each citizen to the creation of a Charter of Responsible Citizenship..."
This category last updated: 1 December 2008