Digital Dialogues

www.digitaldialogues.org.uk

OVERVIEW

Digital Dialogues is an independent review of ways in which central government can use information and communication technology (ICT) to enable and enhance public engagement. It has been commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and is carried out by the Hansard Society.

Phase Three case studies include:

• Downing Street – DebateMapper;
• Sustainable Development Commission Panel on Aviation – www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/sd_panel.html;
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office blog - http://blogs.fco.gov.uk;
  
• Department for Work and Pensions generationXperience Blog - www.generationxperience.net;
• Communities and Local Government;
  
• Department of Health - http://secondhealth.wordpress.com;
  
• Office of the Children's Commissioner - http://shoutout.11million.org.uk/.

The initiative has three basic aims:

• To promote awareness of online engagement technology and techniques available to central government;
• To embed online engagement skills in central government;
• To evaluate a series of case studies in order to benchmark administrator and user demographics, attitudes and behaviours.

Digital Dialogues (3) is a 10 month research project designed to pilot innovative online processes and tools in a central government engagement context.

The project will be carried out through the evaluation of case studies. In each case study a government agency, department or office will undertake public or stakeholder engagement activity incorporating innovative online methods. The report is scheduled for Summer 2008.

 PHASE ONE REPORT

Phase One (aka the Interim Phase) took place between December 2005 – August 2006.

• Read the Digital Dialogues Interim Report online.

• Download Digital Dialogues Interim Report [PDF 817kb].

PHASE TWO REPORT

Phase Two took place between August 2006 – June 2007.

• Read the Digital Dialogues Phase Two Report online

• Download Digital Dialogues Phase Two Report [PDF 1.94mb]
  

 PREVIOUS DIGITAL DIALOGUES CASE STUDIES

• Downing Street Webchats – www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11249.asp;
• Sustainable Development Commission Panel – www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/sd_panel.html;
• Law Commission Forum – http://forum.lawcom.gov.uk/;
• Planning Portal Forum – http://www.planningportalforum.net/;
• European Youth Parliament/FCO Forum – http://www.eyptalk.net/;
• FSA Chief Scientist Blog – http://www.fsascience.net/;
• ONS Small Area Geography Policy Review Blog – http://www.onsgeography.net/;
• DfT Road Safety Webchat – http://www.dftwebchat.net/;
• Party Funding Review Forum – http://forum.partyfundingreview.gov.uk/;
• Party Funding Review Webchat – http://chat.partyfundingreview.gov.uk/;
• Family Courts Forum [general public] – http://www.familycourtsforum.net/;
• Family Courts Forum [young people] – http://www.ofcf.net/;
• DCLG Forum – http://forum.communities.gov.uk/;
• David Miliband ministerial blog [Defra] – http://www.davidmiliband.defra.gov.uk/.
• DfES Survey Site [live] – http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/;
• DWP Welfare Reform Forum – http://www.welfarereformforum.net/;
• DCLG Webchats – http://www.tcrwebchat.net/;
• Food Standards Agency Forum – www.food.gov.uk/sfbbforum.

For more information about this pilot, please contact Ross Ferguson via r[dot]a[dot]ferguson[at]hansard[dot]lse[dot]lse[dot]ac[dot]uk.