We’ve just had a great session exploring the idea of a Charter for open and interactive government and we’re going to be moving forward with two things:

1) The Charter

Drafting a statment which local authorities, national government and voluntary agencies can sign up to as a comittment to change; If we get a number of early adopters to commit to the charter then Tom Watson MP has offered to table an Early Day Motion in parliament drawing attention to and supporting the Charter.

backed up by

2) A toolkit for change

Which provide a map for overcoming the practical barriers to online engagement – based on the 50 Barriers Wiki.

The Wiki is already up and running, and I’ve just launched the Charter on Mixed Ink.

Between now and the 25th July you can be part of making this the best possible statement for organisations to sign up to to commit to taking practical steps for enabling open online government.

Using Mixed Ink

You can view current drafts of the Charter here. Using Mixed Ink you can:

• Rate the drafts of the charter you like best;
• Create your own draft;
• Create your own revision based on earlier drafts;

The video below explains all you need to know:

So, come join in.