Hi guys and welcome to the third module
of our online course on digital civic
engagement.
This module will really make you
understand
a lot of nice things and trust me, it's
going to be a lot of fun!
After that you have learned which skills
you require to navigate online
and you had an introduction of this
topic, now you actually will learn how
digital tools can be
used and very helpful for citizens to
scrutinize
the work of governments and elected
officials.
These tools have an incredible
potential
and will make you really play a role, an
active role in
selecting the policies you think are
important and monitoring and observing
what your governments are doing.
I'll give
you an example.
For example you are
an activist, a climate activist that just
wants to understand
how his government is implementing the
Paris agreement in terms of
reducing emissions and all the related
fields.
Now you actually can,
because there are a lot of tools out
there that can help you monitoring the
the processes and how governments act on
your behalf.
So basically the most important thing
that you need to understand
is how decision making are taken and how
these tools are actually operating to
provide you all the information that you
need.
This module will be divided in three
different units.
In the first one you will learn about
decision-making processes
and in general you will have an introduction of
these digital tools
so you can understand how they can be
effective in
analyzing the decisions in terms of
parliaments or governments.
In the second one you will study
a case study, so you will actually
dig into reality of how these tools were
actually used.
Last but not least in the last unit you
have the possibility to further dig into
details
of a lot of other similar tools and how
they can be used
to effectively make you understand
political and policy making processes
What are you waiting for?
Let's go!