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This chapter covers the various developments of open government (OG) in Taiwan, including its progress, policy highlights, current practices, and future perspectives. By introducing the four policy highlights—the participatory budgeting, youth advisory committee, open data, and the online citizen participation platform, we begin with the illustration of current developments and practices of OG in Taiwan. Furthermore, we discuss the four core values of OG (transparency, participation, accountability, and inclusion) to have a holistic assessment of the performance of OG implemented by the Taiwanese government. Lastly, our analysis reveals how understanding the basic view of open government in Taiwan can help us foresee future challenges, directions, and policy implications.
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Taiwan Open Government National Action Plan, 2021–2024 https://ws.ndc.gov.tw/Download.ashx?u=LzAwMS9hZG1pbmlzdHJhdG9yLzExL3JlbGZpbGUvMC8xMzY5My84YzRmMWVmNi01NTk0LTQyMTYtYjFkNS04MjE1YzEzY2JmODIucGRm&n=MTI4YTJkNDctZWJkYi00OGZhLTkyODAtMzY5YjQ4NmZiOTM2LnBkZg%3d%3d&icon=.pdf 08/08/2021.
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There are previous examples of using the CEF model in participatory budgeting in other countries. For example, in 2009, Chicago’s 49th District Councilman Joe Moore released US$1.3 million from his councilors’ discretionary fund and let his constituency vote to determine the usage of money. Many local councilors in Chicago and New York have followed suit since.
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This figure calculates the total number of participations; that is, if the same person participates in three activities, it will be counted as three people.
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Data was collected from the official website of Taipei’s participatory budgeting, see https://pb.taipei/Default.aspx.
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Taichung City is the second largest city in Taiwan in terms of population. As of May 2022, its population is close to 2.8 million.
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https://data.gov.tw/dataset/15946. 2022/11/26.
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Su, TT., Kuo, NL., Huang, H. (2023). Leaning Towards the Light? The Path to Open Government in Taiwan. In: Zafarullah, H., Siddiquee, N.A. (eds) Open Government and Freedom of Information. Information Technology and Global Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35863-0_3
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