Abstract
This chapter will introduce the concept of open government collaboration (OGC), based on a discussion about the new possibilities for collaboration that arise from the recent developments of Web 2.0 technologies. OGC enables governments to include citizens in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policy-making and to co-operate with other administrational units. There are ten major areas of application for open collaboration in government, e.g. crowdfunding or the collaborative fulfilment of public functions. In order to arise to its full potential, OGC needs a comprehensive implementation strategy based on a powerful vision, which establishes guidelines and structures, discusses potential fears and secures the necessary funding. When undertaken wholeheartedly, OGC can lead to significant improvements of administrative efficiency, and a more democratic and resilient political system with high problem-solving capabilities, which is characterised by a well-balanced and well-functioning relationship between citizens and their government.
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Examples for e-participation research: Bertelsmann Stiftung (http://www.buerger-beteiligung.org), Ifib/zebralog (Albrecht et al. 2008).
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Nath (2011) talks about collaborating with citizens too, but only on the level of collecting or commenting on ideas, which needs to be classified as participation, not collaboration in the here-proposed framework.
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For example: Microsoft (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/), Asana (http://asana.com), Project libre (http://projectlibre.org). Overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project-management_software.
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For example: MeetingSphere (http://husung-partner.de), Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com/), Creatly (http://creately.com/), mindmeister (http://www.mindmeister.com), Webspiration (http://www.mywebspiration.com/), mind42 (http://mind42.com/).
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For example: Doodle (http://doodle.com), Foodle (http://terminplaner.dfn.de).
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For example: TeamDrive (http://teamdrive.com), Dropbox (http://dropbox.com).
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For example: Google Docs (http://docs.google.com), Lucidchart (https://www.lucidchart.com/), Etherpad (http://etherpad.org), Overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_real-time_editor.
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For example: Microsoft Share Point or Office 365 (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration-software-sharepoint-FX103479517.aspx). Overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collaborative_software.
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In Germany, for example, it is not compliant to use US cloud services (Weichert 2010).
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For example: Jena (http://www.jenatv.de/Stadtrat.html), Würzburg (http://stadtrattv.de/tag/stadtrat-wurzburg).
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For example: Cologne (http://offeneskoeln.de,), Frankfurt (http://www.frankfurt-gestalten.de).
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For example: Enquetebeteiligung (http://www.enquetebeteiligung.de).
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A good example is set by Seoul, which opened its files and decreased corruption significantly (Lee 2003).
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German National Process Library: http://www.processlibrary.de.
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Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org.
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For example: Crisis Mappers (http://crisismappers.net), Ushahidi (http://www.ushahidi.com), Google Crisis Response (http://www.google.org/crisisresponse).
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Examples from Germany: http://ehrenamt-bw.de, http://www.wir-tun-was.de, http://www.eab-hassloch.
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Examples: USA (http://www.peertopatent.org), Australia (http://www.peertopatent.org/au), Japan (http://www.iip.or.jp/e/e_p2pj).
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German examples: Guttenplag (http://de.guttenplag.wikia.com/wiki/GuttenPlag_Wiki), Vroni-Plag (http://de.vroniplag.wikia.com/wiki/Home), Schavanplag (http://schavanplag.wordpress.com).
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For example: Germany (http://www.sags-doch.de), UK (http://www.fixmystreet.com).
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For example: The Wheelmap (http://wheelmap.org).
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For example: Abgeordnetenwatch (http://abgeordnetenwatch.de).
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For example: Atizo (http://www.atizo.com), Brainfloor (http://www.brainfloor.com).
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For example: Apps für Deutschland (http://apps4deutschland.de/).
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von Lucke, J., Große, K. (2014). Open Government Collaboration. In: Gascó-Hernández, M. (eds) Open Government. Public Administration and Information Technology, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9563-5_12
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