Evidence-based policy lifecycle management: The H2020 DECIDO experience.

Abstract

Public administrations are an integral part of every state, and are currently changing to gradually improve weak policies in emergency management. Policies addressing emergencies such as floods, poverty and Ukrainian refugees are current issues in most European countries. Citizen engagement methodologies, data and digital technologies support this endeavour, yet the opportunities they offer are not still fully exploited in Europe. Furthermore, citizen perception of those policies could be more synchronised. This paper aims to introduce the results achieved in DECIDO project, related to the creation of more evidence-based policies exploiting the power of disruptive technologies, the data analysis and the digital services provided by the European Open Science Cloud. The evidence-based comes from two source of data: the open data and the information collected in the discussion during the co-creation sessions organised with stakeholders (in particular, experience undertaken in the city of Turin, including the outcome of qualitative interviews with public administration experts). Key findings are discussed in detail concluding with a public administration needs ecosystem, mapping the needs, and uncovering similarities to support the replication of practices and procedures in different policymaking settings.