1. OKFestival, Helsinki
20 September 2012
www.OpenGovernanceIndia.org
Sridhar.pabbisetty@iimb.ernet.in
facebook.com/psridhar

2. We live in redefining times
 Change in Regime
 Tunisia, Egypt,
Libya, and Yemen
 Civil uprisings
 Bahrain and Syria
 Major protests
 Algeria, Iraq,
Jordan, Kuwait,
Morocco and Sudan
 Minor protests
 Lebanon,
Mauritania, Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Djibouti and
Western Sahara
http://www.wmf.org.eg/sites/default/files/SPRING.jpg;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring

3. And more protests
 US Occupy Wall Street  India Against Corruption
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/occupylry/bp5.jpg ;
http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01028/DE26_PG2_4-COL_ANN_1028635f.jpg

4. So let us revisit Democracy
http://www.nav-bharat.org

5. We need to understand it more
deeper
 According to India Today’s opinion poll of people
between the ages of 18 and 25, 72% of the youth
surveyed don’t want to join politics.
 The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is an Act of
the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the
practical regime of right to information for citizens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Information_Act

6. Falling victims of Openness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirmoy_Dey
https://www.facebook.com/Shehla.Masood.Memorial

7. Current Impact
Lessons from Pune Participatory
Budgeting
27,365 Household (128,115 individuals)
in 59 Slums have Completed HH
Socio-Economic Surveys and are
Compiled in a GIS/
875 Resident Community Volunteers
Trained in Community Action
Planning
59 Slums have Completed Action
Plans with Neighborhood Groups
1,250 Resident Community Volunteers
Trained on Health and Hygiene

8. www.opengovernanceindia.org
Social
Change
Policy
Options
Engaged
and
Empowered
Citizens
> Enable Government Agencies to work
with citizens and ensure they are part of
Data to act Governance
as Evidence
Base
> Further the Evidence Based Policy
Making Discipline
> Data, Policy Hackathons, Citizen
Advisory Groups, Policy Analysis and
Development
http://latchuart.wordpress.com/tag/albert-uderzo/

9. Sakala - Karnataka Right to Public Services
http://sakala.kar.nic.in/gsc_rpt

10. BESCOM – Path to Participatory Governance

11. Open Government
 Portal has been just launched. We are yet to see
concrete action on it

12. Thanks and Open for Questions
and Suggestions
 www.OpenGovernanceIndia.org
 Sridhar.pabbisetty@iimb.ernet.in
 facebook.com/psridhar