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A Comparative Analysis of Tools and Technologies for Policy Making

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Policy Practice and Digital Science

Part of the book series: Public Administration and Information Technology ((PAIT,volume 10))

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Latest advancements in information and communication technologies offer great opportunities for modernising policy making, i.e. increasing its efficiency, bringing it closer to all relevant actors, and enhancing its transparency and acceptance levels. In this context, this chapter aims to present, analyse, and discuss emerging information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and technologies presenting the potential to enhance policy making. The methodological approach includes the searching and identification of relevant tools and technologies, their systematic analysis and categorisation, and finally a discussion of potential usage and recommendations for enhancing policy making.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology.

  2. 2.

    http://crossover-project.eu.

  3. 3.

    http://www.epolicy-project.eu/node.

  4. 4.

    http://www.futurict.eu.

  5. 5.

    http://www.ocopomo.eu.

  6. 6.

    http://www.cockpit-project.eu.

  7. 7.

    http://www.ubipol.eu/.

  8. 8.

    http://www.ep-ourspace.eu/.

  9. 9.

    http://www.puzzledbypolicy.eu/.

  10. 10.

    http://participationcompass.org/.

  11. 11.

    http://www.involve.org.uk.

  12. 12.

    http://participatedb.com/.

  13. 13.

    http://www.intellitics.com/.

  14. 14.

    http://www.reformkompass.de.

  15. 15.

    All tools mentioned in this section are summarized in the end of the chapter along with their links.

  16. 16.

    http://debategraph.org/MR

  17. 17.

    http://debategraph.org/No10.

  18. 18.

    http://debategraph.org/WH.

  19. 19.

    http://www.estrellaproject.org/.

  20. 20.

    Available at: http://www.iap2.org/associations/4748/files/spectrum.pdf.

  21. 21.

    http://www.scoop.it/t/world-changing-games.

  22. 22.

    http://purposefulgames.info/.

  23. 23.

    http://www.irs.gov/uac/New-IRS2Go-Offers-Three-More-Features.

  24. 24.

    http://www.taxreceiptlog.com/blog/gst/tax-calculator/.

  25. 25.

    Due to the limited number of the identified tools for this category and the following ones, we decided not to summarise them in a table format.

  26. 26.

    http://www.magus-toolbox.com/Networker/.

  27. 27.

    http://www.w3.org/2012/06/pmod/report.

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Acknowledgments

This work is partially funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme in the context of the eGovPoliNet project (http://www.policy-community.eu/) under grand agreement No. 288136.

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  1. Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research & Technology—Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Eleni Kamateri, Eleni Panopoulou, Efthimios Tambouris & Konstantinos Tarabanis

  2. University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Efthimios Tambouris & Konstantinos Tarabanis

  3. INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, NUIG, Galway, Ireland

    Adegboyega Ojo & Deirdre Lee

  4. Thoughtgraph Ltd, Somerset, UK

    David Price

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Appendix

Appendix

7.1.1 Visualisation Tools

China Geo – Explorer II http://chinadataonline.org/cge

Data Visualizer-World Bank http://devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer

DataPlace http://www.dataplace.orghttp://devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer

Dynamic Choropleth Maps http://www.turboperl.com/dcmaps.html

e-Atlas of Global Development–World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-visualization-tools/eatlas

Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/tag/trendalyzer

Google Charts https://developers.google.com/chart

Google Public Data Explorer http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

Health Infoscape http://senseable.mit.edu/healthinfoscape

NComVA http://www.ncomva.com

OECD eXplorer http://stats.oecd.org/OECDregionalstatistics

PolicyMap http://www.policymap.com

R http://www.r-project.org

Social Explorer http://www.socialexplorer.com

STATcompiler http://www.statcompiler.com

State Cancer Profiles http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/micromaps

Visokio Omniscpoe http://www.visokio.com

Visualize Free http://visualizefree.com

Worldmapper http://www.worldmapper.org

7.1.2 Argumentation Tools

Araucaria http://araucaria.computing.dundee.ac.uk/doku.php

Argunet http://www.argunet.org

bCisive https://www.bcisiveonline.com

Carneades http://carneades.github.io

Cohere http://cohere.open.ac.uk

Compendium http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute

Cope_it! http://copeit.cti.gr/Login/Default.aspx

DebateGraph http://debategraph.org

MindMeister http://www.mindmeister.com

Rationale http://rationale.austhink.com

7.1.3 eParticipation Tools

Citizen Space https://www.citizenspace.com/info

Adhocracy.de http://code.adhocracy.de/en

CitySourced https://www.citysourced.com

CivicEvolution.org http://civicevolution.org

Dialogue App http://www.dialogue-app.com/info/

Loomio.org https://www.loomio.org/

MixedInk.com http://www.mixedink.com

Opinion Space http://opinion.berkeley.edu

OurSpace http://www.ep-ourspace.eu/

Puzzledbypolicy http://www.puzzledbypolicy.eu

UbiPol http://www.ubipol.eu/

7.1.4 Opinion Mining Tools

AIRC Sentiment Analyzer http://airc-sentiment.org

Attentio http://www.attentio.com

Convey API https://developer.conveyapi.com

Corpora’s Applied Linguistics http://www.corporasoftware.com/products/sentiment.aspx

DiscoverText http://www.discovertext.com

Opinion observer http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.79.8899

Opinmind http://www.opinmind.com

Repustate https://www.repustate.com

Sentimentor http://sentimentor.co.uk

Sentiment140 http://www.sentiment140.com

Social Mention http://socialmention.com

SwiftRiver http://www.ushahidi.com/products/swiftriver-platform

ThinkUp https://www.thinkup.com/

Umigon http://www.umigon.com/

7.1.5 Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation Tools

Budget simulator http://www.budgetsimulator.com/info

C-ROADS http://climateinteractive.org/simulations/C-ROADS

CLASP’s Policy Analysis Modeling System (PAMS) http://www.clasponline.org/en/Tools/Tools/PolicyAnalysisModelingSystem

EUREAPA tool https://www.eureapa.net/

GLEaMviz http://www.gleamviz.org/simulator

Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) Policy Comparative Tool http://www.gbpn.org/databases-tools/purpose-policy-comparative-tool

MASS http://mass.aitia.ai

MEL-C http://code.google.com/p/jamsim

Repast http://repast.sourceforge.net

Threshold 21 http://www.millennium-institute.org/integrated_planning/tools/T21

UrbanSim http://www.urbansim.org/Main/WebHome

7.1.6 Serious Games

2050 Pathways https://www.gov.uk/2050-pathways-analysis

Breakaway (Disaster Management-Incident Commander) http://www.breakawayltd.com

Budget Hero http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/budget-hero

CItyOne http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/cityone/index.html

Democracy http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy

Maryland Budget Map Game http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame

MP For A Week http://www.parliament.uk/education/teaching-resources-lesson-plans/mp-for-a-week-game/

NationStates—create your own country http://www.nationstates.net

The Social Simulator http://www.socialsimulator.com

Urgent Evoke http://www.urgentevoke.com

World Without Oil http://worldwithoutoil.org

7.1.7 Policy-Making Tools

Oracle Policy Automation for Social Services http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/public-sector/059171.html

PolicyMaker http://www.polimap.com/default.html

7.1.8 Semantics and Linked Data Tools

Annotea http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea

Apache Stanbol http://stanbol.apache.org

Enrycher http://ailab.ijs.si/tools/enrycher

OntoGen http://ontogen.ijs.si

OntoMat-Annotizer http://annotation.semanticweb.org/ontomat

Reegle http://www.reegle.info

WebNotes http://www.webnotes.net

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Kamateri, E. et al. (2015). A Comparative Analysis of Tools and Technologies for Policy Making. In: Janssen, M., Wimmer, M., Deljoo, A. (eds) Policy Practice and Digital Science. Public Administration and Information Technology, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12784-2_7

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