Citizens change: More and more citizens consider regional issues as their own issues.
Students change: More and more students develop into citizens who play leading roles as participants in society.
Governments change: Governments serve as platforms for participants in society with knowledge and experience.
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Open Governance.
The Challenge starts in the permanent beta version.
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We hope that both citizens and governments will enjoy this Open Governance challenge.
(Idea + Partnership)
Awarded to a citizen/student team and its supporting municipality
Awarded to a citizen/student team
Awarded to a municipality
Newly added!
Awarded to a student team
Municipality |
Citizens/Students |
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2016 | June | Start of soliciting applications |
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July | |||
August | End of soliciting applications |
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September | Selection and presentation of the issues |
Idea Application Start |
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October | |||
November | |||
December | Idea Application Close |
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2017 | January | Document screening |
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February | Additional questions to the short-listed teams for the final open review |
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March | Final open review and award presentation |
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April | Recommendations for improvement |
Official name | Challenge! Open Governance 2016 |
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Applications from municipalities |
June 1 to August 31, 2016 |
Applications from Citizens/Students |
September 16 to December 28, 2016 |
Open Judgement/ Commendation Ceremony |
March 12, 2017 |
Requirements List for Application |
STEP 1 (Municipalities) June–Augus・STEP 2 (Citizens/students) September to December |
Sponsorship | “Public Administration & Information Technology” (PadIT), research project of the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo |
Cosponsorship | Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders (GCL), the University of Tokyo |
Corporate Citizenship Partner |
Accenture |
In corporation with | Roy and Lila Ash Center for Democratic Governance (the Ash Center) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University |
Creative | Cut-jp (Non-profit organization) |