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Introducing Digital Advocacy Tool for Civil Society Organisations in Latvia Pilot Study Introducing Digital Advocacy Tool for Civil Society Organisations in Latvia Pilot study Visvaldis Valtenbergs, University of Latvia Liene Čaplinska May, 2021 Organisation MyVoice (Foundation of Public Participation), founded in 2011, works in the field of digital democracy and public engagement. MyVoice mission is to develop and promote digital tools for better civic participation in decision making processes. Under the MyVoice brand, the globally recognised platform ManaBalss.lv, as well as other civic engagement tools like ParvaiPret.lv and Lemejs.lv are being developed and maintained. Introducing Digital Advocacy Tool for Civil Society Organisations in Latvia: Pilot study Authors: Visvaldis Valtenbergs, University of Latvia Liene Čaplinska Published: June 2021 Free download of this report available at www.myvoice.group This publication was produced as a part of the project “Development of an automated CSO participation system” with the support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants program “Active Citizen Fund”. The content of the publication is the responsibility of the Foundation of Public Participation. © 2021 Foundation of Public Participation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in parts is permitted, providing that full credit is given to Foundation of Public Participation and provided that any such reproduction, in whole or in parts, is not sold or incorporated in works that are sold. Written permission must be sought from Foundation of Public Participation if any such reproduction would adapt or modify the original content. Table of Contents 1. Background ................................................................................................................. 5 2. Review of the Parliamentary Practices about the Involvement of Citizens Into Legislative Processes ........................................................................................................ 8 2.1. Key Findings ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2. Methodology ........................................................................................................ 8 2.3. Approaches of the Parliaments in Segmenting the Population to Improve Citizen Engagement ..................................................................................................... 11 2.4. The Use of Social Media in Communication with Citizens in Parliaments .. 11 2.5. Petitions and Collective Addresses ................................................................. 12 2.6. Initiating Referenda ........................................................................................... 16 2.7. Electronic Platforms for Collecting Signatures ............................................... 17 2.8. Consultations with Citizens in Parliaments ..................................................... 19 2.9. Other Forms of Citizens’ Involvement into Parliamentary Work ................... 22 3. Review of Relevant Digital Tools ............................................................................ 25 3.1. Methodology ...................................................................................................... 25 3.2. Key Findings ...................................................................................................... 25 3.3. GovTrack.us ...................................................................................................... 26 3.4. FiscalNote .......................................................................................................... 27 3.5. Voteview ............................................................................................................ 28 3.6. TrackBill ............................................................................................................. 29 3.7. VoteSmart .......................................................................................................... 30 3.8. OpenSecrets ...................................................................................................... 30 3.9. Polco .................................................................................................................. 31 3.10. Civocracy ....................................................................................................... 32 3.11. Discuto ........................................................................................................... 33 3.12. Parlamenter ................................................................................................... 34 3.13. VouliWatch ..................................................................................................... 34 3.14. Parlement & Citoyens ................................................................................... 35 3.15. Citizen-driven E-democracy Tools: Some Common Trends ..................... 35 4. Interest Representation in Latvian Parliament .......................................................... 39 4.1. Key findings ....................................................................................................... 39 4.2. Methodology ...................................................................................................... 39 4.3. Overview on Received Submissions by the 11th, 12th, and 13th Saeima .. 40 4.4. Review of the Participation of NGOs and Experts in Latvian Parliamentary Committees and Subcommittees ................................................................................ 45 2 4.5. Society’s Attitudes Towards Organised Representation of Interests and Lobbying Regulation..................................................................................................... 49 5. The Experience and Expectations of the Potential Users of the Digital Advocacy Tool for Civil Society Organizations ................................................................................ 51 5.1. Key Findings ...................................................................................................... 51 5.2. Methodology ...................................................................................................... 53 5.3. Results ............................................................................................................... 54 5.4. Preferences of Potential Users of the Digital Interest Advocacy Tool ......... 65 5.5. Suggestions for the Digital Platform of Interest Representation .................. 75 Sources ............................................................................................................................. 83 Annexes ............................................................................................................................ 84 List of Figures Figure 1 Snapshot from the ideology vs. leadership analysis of GovTrack.us ......... 27 Figure 2 Legal a to key word in Fiscal Note ............................................................. 28 Figure 3. Geographical breakdown of voting patterns in Voteview ........................... 29 Figure 4. Online polling with geolocation possibility in Polco .................................... 32 Figure 5. Main dashboard of online consulting tool Civocracy ................................. 33 Figure 6. Vote tracking screen in Parlamenter ......................................................... 34 Figure 7. Total number of citizens’ submissions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Saeima 40 Figure 8. Submissions by type in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Saeima .......................... 40 Figure 9. Submissions by content in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Saeima ..................... 41 Figure 10. How submissions were received in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Saeima? ... 42 Figure 11. Addressees of Submissions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Saeima ............ 42 Figure 12. Submissions submitted to the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee during the 13th Saeima ........................................................................... 43 Figure 13. Type of Submissions forwarded to the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee in the 13th Saeima .................................................................................. 44 Figure 14. Responded and Forwarded Submissions by the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee ........................................................................................... 44 Figure 15. Most Active Organizations by Number of Attended Meetings of Parliamentary Committees and Subcommittees ...................................................... 45 Figure 16. Organizations attending most parliamentary committees and subcommittees ......................................................................................................... 46 Figure 17. Top 10 Parliamentary Committees Most Open to Society’s Involvement 48 Figure 18. Public Assessment of the Lobbying and Possible Introduction of the Lobbying Regulation................................................................................................. 49 Figure 19. Sources of information on draft laws discussed in the Saeima and the Saeima’s decisions................................................................................................... 77 3 Figure 20. Most preferred ways to receive the information on draft laws reviewed in the Saeima ............................................................................................................... 79 Figure 21. Most preferred ways for expressing opinion on draft laws discussed in the Saeima ....................................................................................................................
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