Municipal cooperation aims at spreading good practices among municipalities and thus contributes to encouraging active citizenship. Municipalities
generate huge amounts of data, which are not often easily available to the public. Making these data visible through openness and transparency promotes active citizenship. Rendering public data available to all citizens makes it easier for them to find information about public decisions, or to participate in the discussions. Transparency of public data can also promote active citizenship by fuelling innovations that the originators never thought of before. When talking about active citizenship, one can also think about the content that people generate themselves through various channels. Modern information and communication technology allows more interactive communication between
citizens and decision-makers.
Further Information
Leena Vainio (leena.vainio@omnia.fi)
Jarmo Viteli (jarmo.viteli@uta.fi)