{"id":857,"date":"2015-03-06T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital-engagement\/?p=857"},"modified":"2019-07-12T10:43:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T09:43:04","slug":"democratic-sector-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/participation\/2015\/03\/06\/democratic-sector-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Sector Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I joined a whole lot of interesting and passionate people at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/democratic-sector-day-dsd-tickets-15597454406\">Democracy Sector Day<\/a>, organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverescobar\">Oliver Escobar<\/a> and colleagues from <a href=\"http:\/\/whatworksscotland.ac.uk\/\">What Works Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The day was kicked off by our Minister for Local Government &amp; Community Empowerment Marco Biagi. He talked about the SG\u2019s commitment to giving more power to communities, emphasising that time is right and \u2018wind is behind citizen participation and democracy\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" lang=\"en-gb\"><p>Democratic Sector Day by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWScot\">@WWScot<\/a> looking lively. Pleased to help open this day on participatory democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DSDScot?src=hash\">#DSDScot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DswnbpffC8\">pic.twitter.com\/DswnbpffC8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Biagi (@MarcoBiagiMSP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcoBiagiMSP\/status\/573428162329219072\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>The first part of the day focused on what a participative democracy looks like, and what conditions need to be put in place to make it happen &#8211; no mean feat. The chat on our table was wide ranging and so interesting that I neglected to take many notes. A lot of what we talked about dealt with accountability &#8211; who becomes accountable for policies and legislation if the power to create these things is devolved? Conditions-wise there was a recognition that there existed a real dichotomy between the new and emerging networked-society and the more hierarchical\u00a0structures of government. How can they interact in a meaningful way when you take into account these fundamental differences? A culture change is needed, but as Willie Sullivan, Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electoral-reform.org.uk\/\">ERS\u00a0Scotland<\/a> sagely noted, \u2018culture eats strategy for breakfast\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/conditions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Conditions for a participative democracy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/conditions.jpg\" alt=\"Conditions for a participative democracy\" width=\"700\" height=\"460\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/participation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/conditions.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/participation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/conditions-300x197.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/460;\" \/><\/a> After lunch, Bruce Ryan and I both bid for a session on Digital, so decided to to team up. There was a great mix of people at our session. I think we all agreed that there was a healthy landscape of digital participative tools out there, developed by both the private and public sector, but that there was a disconnect between these two worlds. It is hard for people to know which tools works best for what outcome in this crowded marketplace. We thought that some online resource that pointed people in the right direction would be useful.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" lang=\"en-gb\"><p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crunchity\">@crunchity<\/a> &amp; @myceliumme_CC running a session on digital participative democracy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DSDScot?src=hash\">#DSDScot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/auVNyJfttT\">pic.twitter.com\/auVNyJfttT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Demsoc Scotland (@DemsocScotland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemsocScotland\/status\/573480459209957376\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The other main point was that in rushing towards this wonderful new digital future, we need to make sure we don\u2019t leave anyone behind. While its cheaper and easier to carry out transactions online (in the main), we can\u2019t penalise people for not being able to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, running a session meant that we couldn\u2019t join any of the other discussions. Oliver and co are going to share the feedback from those sessions, and when they do we will put a link up here and on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scotgovengage\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall a good event and I hope we can continue the conversation, if not in person, then online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I joined a whole lot of interesting and passionate people at Democracy Sector Day, organised by Oliver Escobar and colleagues from What Works Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":40,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,46,47],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-democracy","tag-community-empowerment","tag-democratic-sector-day","tag-local-governement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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