Dear list,
An interesting initiative from Spain, the 'Citizens Municipality
Observatory', aiming to 'create citizen observatories to get the
[municipal] budgets under citizens’ control.'
http://ocax.net/doku.php?id=en:index
http://demo.ocax.net/
Clearest description I've found is from
http://int.acampadadebarcelona.org/2014/02/23/barcelona-15m-newsletter-nr-59/
OCAX: AN ONLINE TOOL TO KEEP THE BUDGETS UNDER PEOPLE’S CONTROL
A year ago, the PACD (Citizen Debt Audit Platform - NL#12, 1 ) launched
its campain to fight debt and lack of transparency in the
municipalities. The aim was to create citizen observatories to get the
budgets under citizens’ control. An online tool has been developed in
order to support this task. The tool, OCAX , is totally open source:
any group can download the code and implement it on their website. The
code can be changed, there is no need to quote, but it can’t be used for
lucrative purpose. Likewise, no logo from any political party or
association can be attached to it since it wants to remain as a tool for
the citizens.
The web enables any citizen to ask questions to the City Hall about the
budgets, and the people who make the observatory work are in charge of
bureucracy involved. All the questions are open to the public on the
website and answers can be tracked and processed so it can be
replicated in other observatories. Furthermore, it also includes a budget
analizer which breaksdown different incomes and outputs. Some more extra
information is provided: who is awarded public works’ contract, on
which issues the money is spent, or any other answers to questions
raised by citizens..
Is there crossover with the OKFNs various projects?
John
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John Levin
http://www.anterotesis.com
http://twitter.com/anterotesis
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