The FUPOL Policy Lifecycle

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to outline an advanced policy lifecycle, the FUPOL model with its ability to link technical features in the area of policy modeling. The FUPOL Policy Lifecycle is based on 6 stages, which are further divided into 8 main tasks. These main tasks are split up into 19 subtasks to provide a very detailed policy lifecycle structure. The detailed breakdown allows one to link each task to various technical features, such as opinion maps, policy indicator dashboard, knowledge database, and simulation and visualization tools. The chapter further argues that the methodology applied is future proof and has the potential of accommodating new technologies in the future.

An Adaptable System to Support Provenance Management for the Public Policy-Making Process in Smart Cities

“…(i). We have conducted a detailed investigation of the relevant literature to understand the policy domain and its challenges [11,[18][19][20][21][22][23]; Section 2.2.1 covers the observations in detail. The study was also conducted in the domain of smart cities (details provided in Section 2.2.2) to explore the policy process in smart cities and how the policy process has (or is supposed to) transformed for its suitability in the smart cities context.…”

“…(iii). We have studied existing case studies [18] (presented in the literature) along with other relevant literature [11,[19][20][21][22][23] for design and implementation of the system. (iv).…”

“…Thus, for the provision of technology support for the policy-making process, intrinsic details, in addition to the generic model, of policy-making domain are significant. To acquire this knowledge, a further literature survey [11,[18][19][20][21][22][23] has been conducted which uncovered several observations. These observations were cross-checked and validated from the experts in the policy domain.…”

Visual Correlation Analysis to Explain Open Government Data based on Linked-Open Data for Decision

“…This gap, and thereby the solution, is faced in a couple of research projects, among others, in the European research project ePolicy (http://epolicy-project.eu) and FUPOL (http://fupol.eu). In FUPOL there already exists a detailed policy process definition (see [6], [22]). To each process step a number of ICT features are aligned.…”

“…1) and follows the idea of process-driven information visualization [14]. This data-flow diagram orients on the major tasks agenda-setting and analysis (see [4], [5], [6]). For this purpose, different kinds of data from different data sources are considered to allow stakeholders getting an overview about a certain issue.…”