The application of the principles of crowdsourcing government authorities and local administrations

Abstract

Crowdsourcing – is one of the new mechanisms of interaction between the authorities and society. The author analyzes the concept of crowdsourcing, defining it as a mechanism of self-organized unclaimed creative potential of society. For its implementation it is necessary to develop a complex of proposed measures on media communication support. Their implementation will allow the full use of the potential of the mechanism of crowdsourcing and enable the use of developments in subsequent projects. Crowdsourcing is able to use the best from the mechanisms of interaction of citizens, the expert community, civil society and authorities. However, he fully corresponds to the concept of the «Оpen government», focused on the wide use of modern information technologies and new means of communication in their interactions with citizens. The use of government authorities and local administrations in its activities the principles of crowdsourcing will promptly solve non-standard tasks and tasks requiring painstaking inspection and analysis of large arrays of information; saving of budget funds and working time of the staff; apply another form of complicity citizens in the solution of vital issues.