How to increase citizens' involvement in public participation using blockchain technologies?

Public participation plays a crucial role in democratic governance, as it allows citizens to contribute their opinions and influence decision-making. However, traditional methods of public participation often face challenges such as lack of transparency, limited accessibility, and low citizen engagement. This master thesis explores the potential...

Identifying Design Principles for Proactive Public Services in the Netherlands

The quality of governmental service provision can be increased by raising the level of proactivity of public services, however only few best practices have been identified. This master thesis will try to fill this gap by developing a framework of design principles for proactive public services in the Netherlands. Case studies of governmental...

Designing a co-creation tool for an innovation platform in the Dutch e-government

Digitization often comes with its challenges. This thesis focuses on a new approach to innovating digital public services in the Netherlands. Innovation in the public sector encounters public sector specific innovation barriers, hampering the innovation process. Innovation in the public sector is still a little researched topic in the innovation...

Blockchain Technology for Governmental Processes: The Design of a Blockchain Assessment Tool: a Design Science Approach

The European Union is exploring the possibilities of blockchain for their services and processes as a bottom-up approach to the coordination of citizens and economic administrators. However, the multi-actor complexity and the systems complexity of blockchain technology makes decision-making in this subject a difficult task, resulting in a...

Understanding the threat landscape in e-government infrastructure for business enterprises

Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and varied. The range of possible attacks that organizations face is higher than in the past. Analysis shows that the number of cyber incidents involving government agencies has increased by 35 percent between 2010 and 2013. E-government is a potential target to attacks of various kinds from a range...

Using Big Data in the Public Sector. Uncertainties and Readiness in the Dutch Public Executive Sector

A comparison of open data policies in different countries: Lessons learned for an open data policy in Indonesia

Many countries around the world have joined the open data movement. Data is being published for a various number of reasons which include for the public to reuse, to create a more efficient government, and to increase transparency. Recent development in this field is that the data published is expected to be in machine readable format. In...