Description:
While the issue area is described in greater detail in the following section, this workshop will focus on the building of trust between primarily citizens and governments. To create a regulatory environment where data can be used effectively to fulfil all the opportunities that technological development has offered, this trust is essential. Participants will be encouraged to share both their personal experiences as citizens of which factors have influenced whether they trust or mistrust how the government will handle their data, and their professional expertise of working in internet governance. This will allow the discussion to take in a wide range of perspectives from people with different backgrounds and experiences. To guide the discussion and stimulate participants, the session has been split into several parts where discussion and remarks from the speakers are mixed. This both creates a variation in the format and supplies participants with a new injection of information halfway through the discussion. The moderator will ensure that the discussion stays on topic and that no participant takes over the entire conversation. Clear guiding questions and aims will be provided for participants to guide the discussion to stay on topic and not divert. Agenda Key information and welcome, Moderator Louseweis van der Laan – 10 min Speaker Remarks – 10 min Karen Melchior (Denmark), MEP, will share her experiences as an elected politician working in the field of digitalisation on what policy-makers can do to facilitate digital trust between themselves and their citizens. Roundtable discussion – 25 min Speaker 2 Remarks – 10 min Alek Tarkowski (Poland), President of the Board of Centrum Cyfowre, will share his experiences from research, public policy and civil society on how this trust can be facilitated, and what civil society can do to assist. Roundtable discussion – 25 min Conclusion – 10 min The moderator will summarise the key takeaways of the discussion and clearly link the conclusions back to methods of trust-building. The speakers may also make some additional concluding remarks, if time allows.