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*Ian Fish, British Computer Society. He looks to apply system of systems thinking to complex problems in the practical end of the enterprise risk management space. This space includes security (including cyber security), privacy, ethics and resilience (including business continuity and incident/crisis/disaster management).


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7 June 2017 | 14:00 - 15:30 | Room Tartu, Swissotel, Tallinn, Estonia | remote participation | live streaming
Programme overview wiki | Programme overview EuroDIG web site

Session teaser

Digital citizenship today means more than just a national citizenship. Digital citizens are global citizens of somewhere and everywhere. Technology has developed so much that today physical national borders and restrictions are no longer present an obstacle. But still we face problems relating to the digital access, which is key component in understanding digital citizenship. Therefore we believe it is very important to establish trust and transparent digital society.

The questions below to guide the discussion during the session:

1) What digital citizenship mean to you?

2) As digital citizens, how can you define the level of e-accessibility in your country? (access to resources, government services, online contributions through social networks and platforms)

3) What are the obstacles and risks behind it?

4) How to secure digital identity for all?

5) How citizens of somewhere and everywhere can be better involved and integrated to the digital society?

6) What would the perfect digital society look like for its citizens?

7) Can we imagine a country without boarders?

The workshop will also explore and emphasize Estonian digital society, which has one of the most digitally advanced nations in the world.

Keywords

digital citizenship, digital access, digital inclusion, accessibility, e-services, e-Government

Session description

In order to engage in 21st-century society, politics, and government, a digital citizen needs to be equipped to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly. Ensuring the proper digital competences is essential for digital citizens to interact and to keep up to date with the digital evolution that influences their day-to-day offline and online activities.

Digital society can bring about economic and societal gain, but dangers exist like social exclusion and further inequalities pose further risks. Therefore it is very important to establish trust and transparent digital society for it’s citizens.

Digital access is a key component of digital citizenship. Digital access is defined as "full electronic participation in society”. However, in Europe, citizens still live in very different digital societies and have very different access possibilities. In some countries citizens have barriers and miss out on goods and services or it’s harder to make business because companies can’t fully benefit from digital instruments. While some countries are more digitally advanced and have different e-services so citizens don’t even need to leave their homes: e-healthcare, e-banking, e-studying, e-tax and e-voting are just some examples.

In general the public needs to trust that organizations and government will not misuse their personal data and people have power over their information at the Internet. Also, digital citizen is always eager to ask more from the organizations and governments – to be better involved and secured at the digital world. On the other hand, some people still lack the digital access or have no digital identity at all.

At the session we will also emphasize the best practices of Estonia. e-Estonia refers to a movement by the government of Estonia to facilitate citizen interactions with the state through the use of electronic solutions. For example, Estonia is a first country in the world that provides to become world citizen – e-Resident, which is a transnational digital identity and available to anyone in the world interested in administering a location-independent business online.

Watch ordinary day of e-Estonian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA0xSls4Wj0&t=80s

Panelists will also bring in a counter perspective, complementing the discussion from a broader European angle, specifically from the industry sector, as well as the youth sector of today’s digital society.

Format

We will have short presentations from panelists and then open the floor for the discussion to all participants and try to find the answer posted above. We will have an open discussion involving all stakeholders.

Further reading

People

Focal Point:

  • Helen Aaremäe, Estonian Internet Foundation

Subject Matter Expert (SME):

  • Olivier Crepin Leblond (EURALO)

Panellists:

  • Kaspar Korjus, Enterprise Estonia, Managing Director for e-recidensy program
  • Clara Sommier, Google, Public Policy Analyst
  • Kyritsis Haris, Greece, Member of the Greek Safer Internet Centre youth panel
  • Sandra Särav, PhD candidate at University of Lausanne, Switzerland, writing her doctoral thesis on the topic of data transfer of EU citizens’ personal data to third countries, Junior researcher in Tallinn Law School of Tallinn University of Technology where she lectures on European Union law and legal framework of e-governance, she is also part of the Estonian EU Presidency team and working as a Counsellor for EU Digital Affairs in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.
  • Marianne Franklin (PhD), Professor of Global Media and Politics, Goldsmiths University of London (UK), is Co-Chair of the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition at the IGF, and Chair of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network. You can follow her on Twitter @GloComm
  • Raed Yacoub (PhD) is a Lecturer in Computer and Digital Literacy at the Greenwich School of Management, Plymouth University (UK), and works with Marianne Franklin as Research Associate on the international research consortium, "Deathscapes: State Violence and Race in Settler Societies".

Moderator:

  • Birgy Lorenz (PhD), Scientist at Tallinn University of Technology Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security (project Cyber Olympic), Board member of Estonian Teachers of Information and Computer Science, ICT developer manager and ICT teacher at Pelgulinna Gymnasium, e-safetry trainer, developer/writer of materials, progetiger trainer at Information Technology Foundation For Education (HITSA), PhD at Tallinn University (Information Society Technologies)

Remote Moderator:

  • Ian Fish, British Computer Society. He looks to apply system of systems thinking to complex problems in the practical end of the enterprise risk management space. This space includes security (including cyber security), privacy, ethics and resilience (including business continuity and incident/crisis/disaster management).

Organising Team (Org Team):

  • Louise Bennett, Chair of the Security of Expertise at the British Computer Society
  • Fiorella Belciu, European Schoolnet
  • Sabrina Vorbau, European Schoolnet
  • Oliana Sula, Universiteti "Aleksander Moisiu" Durres
  • Ms. Amali De Silva-Mitchell, Futurist / Consultant (UK citizen)

Reporter:

  • Oliana Sula, Lecturer at Faculity of Business, Universiteti "Aleksander Moisiu" Durres

Current discussion, conference calls, schedules and minutes

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Contact

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Video record

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Transcript

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Messages

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