In the press

Monithon in Italy’s official guidelines for the re-use of public sector information

Monithon is mentioned in the guidelines from the Italian government as an example of effective collaboration between government and civil society – 5 stars of open data for engagement (p. 58)

Monithon in Calabria’s position paper on the future of EU Policy

Calabria Region, one of the main recipient of EU Structural and Investment Funds in Italy, on November 30, 2017, included a series of interesting suggestions and ideas in a position paper on how to improve the information and communication activities of the EU Operational Programmes.  Civic Monitoring is cited as a tool to develop a “more open and participatory dimension” of institutional communication, which should include the bottom-up contribution of local communities to the evaluation of the results of funded projects.

Post 2020 programming should, more in general, see the implementation of a wide range of measures whose objective would be to give cohesion policy a more open and participatory dimension.  It would also be a good idea to systematically involve schools and universities – the former within the framework of education and citizenship and the latter to encourage them to use the results of cohesion policy in their curricula, workshops and research activities. Other initiatives could be the setting-up of community-based monitoring activities and “bottom-up” evaluations such as what was organised in Italy under the name of Monithon.

Monithon in scientific articles

Meschini, S., Pattini, G., Andreis, E., Scomparin, L., & Di Giuda Giuseppe, M. (2024). Identification of Indicators and Digital Tools to Enhance Civic Monitoring in Public Procurement. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 16(1), 05023008. doi:10.1061/JLADAH.LADR-923

Lo Piccolo, A. (2023). To make the dominoes fall: A relational-processual approach to societal accountability in the Italian and Spanish anticorruption arenas. Dissertation, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences Ph.D. in Political Science and Sociology XXXIV cycle.
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Atenas, J., Havemann, L., Rodés, V., & Podetti, M. (2023). Critical data literacy in praxis: An open education approach for academic development. Edutec. Revista Electrónica de Tecnología Educativa, (85), 49-67.
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Santos-Hermosa, G., Quarati, A., Loría-Soriano, E., Raffaghelli, J.E. (2023). Why Does Open Data Get Underused? A Focus on the Role of (Open) Data Literacy. In: Raffaghelli, J.E., Sangrà, A. (eds) Data Cultures in Higher Education. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 59. Springer, Cham.

Bova, P. (2022). Photovoice and Landscape: Participatory Research-Action to Led Young People to Monitor Policies and Landscapes. In: Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L., Piñeira Mantiñán, M.J. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 482. Springer, Cham.

Di Palma, G. (2022). Can Community Mapping Strengthen the Relationship Between University and Civil Society? A Case Study In Bari. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference of the journal “Scuola Democratica”.
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Forestieri, D. (2021). Così fan tutti? L’anticorruzione dal basso: idee e rappresentazioni sociali negli studenti del Mezzogiorno d’Italia. Rivista di Studi Politici. Issue 1, pp. 180-210.
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Fragouli, E., & Doulgerof, I. D. (2019). From E- to Open-Government in delivering European Union funds to beneficiaries: the case of Greece. In BAM2019 Conference Proceedings (pp. 1-55). [1100] United Kingdom: British Academy of Management.
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D’Orio, G. & Lombardo, R. (2019). Fondi Strutturali e Politiche di sviluppo europee: la necessità di una coesione intelligente, Università della Calabria ecostat.unical.it
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Graeff, Erhardt (2018). Evaluating Civic Technology Design for Citizen Empowerment. PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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David, N. (2018). Democratizing government: What we know about e-Government and civic engagement International E-Government Development (pp. 73-96): Springer.

Purwanto, A., Zuiderwijk, A., & Janssen, M. (2018). Citizen engagement in an open election data initiative: a case study of Indonesian’s Kawal Pemilu. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age.
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Osimo, D. (2018). The Opportunities and Limitations of Crowdsourcing Policy Indicators. In H. K. Anheier, M. Haber, & M. A. Kayser (Eds.), Governance Indicators: Approaches, Progress, Promise (pp. 186): Oxford University Press.

Gascó-Hernández, M., Martin, E. G., Reggi, L., Pyo, S., & Luna-Reyes, L. F. (2018). Promoting the use of open government data: Cases of training and engagement. Government Information Quarterly, 35(2), 233-242.

Danneels, L., Viaene, S., & Van den Bergh, J. (2017). Open data platforms: Discussing alternative knowledge epistemologies. Government Information Quarterly, 34(3), 365-378.

Gascó-Hernández, M., Martin, E.G., Reggi, L., Pyo, S., Luna-Reyes, LF. (2017). Citizen Co-production through Open Data: Cases of Citizen Training and Engagement, presented at the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, New York, USA.

Russo, V. (2017). Semantic Web: Metadata, Linked Data, Open Data. Science & Philosophy, 3(2), 37-46.
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Reggi, L. & Montanari, M. (2016). Civic monitoring of public policy: the case of the monithon.eu platform, presented at NordiCHI Conference, 23-27 Oct 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Reggi, L., & Dawes, S. (2016). Open Government Data Ecosystems: Linking Transparency for Innovation with Transparency for Participation and Accountability. In J. H. Scholl, O. Glassey, M. Janssen, B. Klievink, I. Lindgren, P. Parycek, E. Tambouris, A. M. Wimmer, T. Janowski, & D. Sá Soares (Eds.), Electronic Government: 15th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2016, Guimarães, Portugal, September 5-8, 2016, Proceedings (pp. 74-86). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
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Lo Russo, M. (2016). Chi utilizza i dati aperti della politica di coesione, come e perché. Materiale UVAL n. 34. Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, NUVAP.
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Cavicchi, V. (2016). Tracce Open per il Garda. Matematica e cittadinanza per l’inclusione. Paper presentato al convegno “Nessuno escluso. Trasformare la scuola e l’apprendimento per realizzare l’educazione inclusiva”, Università di Bergamo, Italy.
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Faini, F., & Palmirani, M. (2016). Italian Open and Big Data Strategy. In International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (pp. 105-120). Springer International Publishing.

De Chiara, F., Reggi, L., Napolitano, M., Buttiglione, P.L. (2015). The Value of Open Data for European Cohesion, paper presented at the 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Science Po, Paris, France. July 7.

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Buttiglione, P.L. and Reggi, L. (2015). Citizen monitoring of cohesion policies and the development of civic communities (in Italian). Prisma – Economia, Società, Lavoro. Issue 1, pp.81-97. Franco Angeli.
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Zola, D., Naletto, G., & Andreis, S. (2015). How to do (good) things with data. Civil society data-driven engagement for societal progress and innovation. Retrieved from Rome, Italy

Ciociola, C., & Reggi, L. (2015). A Scuola di OpenCoesione: From Open Data to Civic Engagement. In J. Atenas & L. Havemann (Eds.), Open Data As Open Educational Resources: Case Studies of Emerging Practice. London: Open Knowledge, Open Education Working Group. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1590031

Quintili, C., & Mariotti, S. (2015). Commenti. Prisma, 1(1), 182-185.

Piovesan, F., Guerzoni, M., & Bertacchini, E. (2015). Beyond standards and regulations: Obstacles to local open government data initiatives in Italy and France
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Stürmer, M. (2014). Mehr Transparenz und Mitwirkung bei oeffentlichen Finanzen: Open Finance Apps in der Schweiz und im Ausland.

Canova, L., Vetro, A., Torchiano, M., Iemma, R., & Morando, F. (2014). OpenCoesione and Monithon-a transparency effort. Available at : http://porto.polito.it/2561746/

Vargiu, A. (2014). Logiche di accountability e riforme del sistema universitario. Una discussione e una proposta. RIV Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione.

OECD. (2014). How’s Life in Your Region? Measuring Regional and Local Well-being for Policy Making
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