TICTeC 2020: Changing a constitution - Róbert Bjarnason & Professor Jón Ólafsson
Channel: mySociety
Date: 02/04/2020

A presentation by Róbert Bjarnason (Citizens Foundation, Iceland) & Professor Jón Ólafsson (University of Iceland, Iceland) at TICTeC 2020, which took place virtually on 24 & 25 March 2020. 

Constitutional revision has been a long running theme for Iceland in recent years. Now the country has been through a wide-ranging public consultation on changes to the nation’s constitution.

Representatives of the three organisations behind the process talk through the methods they used to ensure wide participation, from social media and gamficiation to a citizens’ assembly.

The Q&A with Róbert and Jón about this presentation can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/qmiC2Lhtrxk

TICTeC 2020 bought together 180 people from over 30 different countries. 

It was the sixth in an annual series of conferences from mySociety, focusing on the impact that civic technology and digital democracy are having upon citizens, decision makers and governments around the world.

To find out more about TICTeC please visit: http://tictec.mysociety.org