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2010-02-19 15:14:32| No Replies

Call for papers extension - 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010

The 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010 29 August – 2 September 2010; Lausanne, Switzerland (co-organised with EGOV 2010) www.demo-net.org/epart Call for Papers The scope of ... [read more]
eParticipation paper research conference
2010-01-11 09:56:04| No Replies

2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010

The 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010 29 August – 2 September 2010; Lausanne, Switzerland (co-organised with EGOV 2010) www.demo-net.org/epart Call for Papers The scope of ... [read more]
conference eParticipation publication papers 2010
2009-12-03 17:21:36| No Replies

Can eParticipation improve democratic culture?

There seems to be a general consensus that an increase of overall political participation would help to improve democratic culture in general. A strong democracy has to offer different participatory ... [read more]
political participation, pep-net, eParticipation
2009-11-18 12:59:10| No Replies

IFIP IDMAN 2010 - 2nd IFIP WG 11.6 Working Conference on Policies & Research in Identity Management (IDMAN’10)

In Cooperation with The Norwegian Computing Center will take place in Oslo / Norway, 18 – 19 November 2010 Special theme: (e)surveillance and monitoring "The omnipresence of surveillance and ... [read more]
http://ifipidman2010.nr.no/ifipidman2010/index.php5/Main_Page
2009-11-12 15:40:27| No Replies

Web 2.0 and ICT use at the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference and 4th European eGovernment Awards

Much focus has been on Web 2.0 technology as an enabler for wider dissemination, awareness raising and not least participation and transparency. It is therefore interesting to see that Web 2.0 ... [read more]
European eGovernment Awards 2009, Ministerial eGovernment Conference, Web 2.0, RSS, Twitter, Vote
2009-10-21 11:20:06| No Replies

Technology and the Justice System

Experienced in the justice system improvements, the development of legal structures, community life processes in their changes, and they create a parallel society of the individuals expectations of ... [read more]
Technology,Justice,System
2009-10-20 15:59:58| 2 replies

(e) Participatory Budgeting in Germany

Like in other European countries participatory budgeting is one of the most prominent examples of citizen participation in politics in Germany. More than 115 municipalities or cities are currently ... [read more]
participatory budgeting, Online Consultation, Germany
2009-10-13 16:26:04| No Replies

Development of PEP-NET well one track and received in the US

The Pan European eParticipation Network has developed very well since it was launched in May 2008. With more than 40 members from 17 European countries and various successful activities like for ... [read more]
PEP-NET, eParticipation, network
2009-09-08 13:39:45| No Replies

World eDemocracy Forum finalists of the 2009 e-Democracy Awards announced

(From: http://www.edemocracy-forum.com/2009/09/the-world-edemocracy-forum-announces-finalists-of-the-2009-edemocracy-awards.html) For the fifth consecutive year, the World e-Democracy Forum, ... [read more]
awards eDemocracy finalist 2009 forum
2009-09-01 12:28:49| No Replies

Participation 3.0 Collaborators

Here at E-Democracy.org we've released our Participation 3.0 draft: http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/488 As a project in Europe (four UK communities), New Zealand, and based in Minnesota, we are ... [read more]
e-democracy edemocracy eparticipation e-participation
2009-08-20 12:04:45| No Replies

New youth participation website in development

Hi everyone. Let me first say hello. I’m brand new on here and looking forward to getting to know many of you over the coming months. I work for a youth communications company in the UK called ... [read more]
eParticipation youth participation virtual streetscape website
2009-06-15 14:20:18| No Replies

Personal minutes: Bringing Together and Accelerating eGovernment Research in the EU (Brussels)

2009-06-12 Intro Of the different fields constituting eDemocracy, eParticipation appears to be both the most dynamic and the most promising with regard to enhancing the democratic process. This is ... [read more]
participation innovation governance
2009-06-10 21:10:55| 4 replies

White House looking for international best practices in public participation

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whitehousegov
2009-06-05 09:18:07| No Replies

Workshop: Social networking tools and widgets to promote or expand eParticipation initiatives.

we are organising a workshop at eDem 2009 http://www.ocg.at/edem2009/, Vienna, Austria, 7 - 8th September, 2009 Everyone plans to use social networking tools and sites for publicise their ... [read more]
SNS eDem2009 HUWY
2009-04-23 14:41:45| No Replies

Swedish EU election campaigners reach out via social networks

Following on the posting on "Technology use in the 2009 South African elections" Anna Kelly (a Swedish colleague and Head of eStrategy at Solna Municipality) point out earlier today (on Facebook) ... [read more]
European Parliament elections, elections, social networks, eDemocracy, eParticipation, canvassing
2009-04-20 13:02:24| No Replies

Technology use in the 2009 South African elections

With South African going to the polling stations for the 4th democratic elections since 1994 you may be interested in the latest blog from DTI titled "Technology use in the 2009 South African ... [read more]
eParticipation, eDemocracy, ICT, 2009 South African elections, campaign, website, mobile telephone
2009-04-16 10:12:18| No Replies

Reconnecting citizens with politics and policy making – what is happening now and what should be done in future

A joint workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work project will take place the 22nd of April 2009 from 15.30pm-18.00pm in the framework of the 7th Eastern European ... [read more]
eParticipation
2009-03-16 19:09:52| No Replies

Online discussion on European eParticipation a success!

With 90 participants registered to debate eParticipation in Europe and 158 ideas and opinions voiced the online discussion is deemed a great success! The objective of this online discussion was to ... [read more]
eParticipation, PEP-NET, online discussion, wiki, European eParticipation Study, technical issues
2009-03-12 10:31:58| No Replies

eParticipation wikis now online - Final phase of online eParticipation discussion starts today

Thursday 12 March kicks-off the third and final phase of the online dicussion on Participation organised (www.internet-discourse.eu) by PEP-NET (www.pep-net.eu) and the European eParticipation Study ... [read more]
eParticipation, PEP-NET, European eParticipation Study, online discussion, European sphere
2009-03-06 12:17:46| No Replies

New Issue of the "European Journal of ePractice" dedicated to eParticipation

Hi everybody! This is to let you know that the newly published issue of the "European Journal of ePractice" is entirely dedicated to eParticipation. The journal includes an editorial article by ... [read more]
Journal articles eParticipation
2009-03-03 10:38:12| No Replies

3rd European eParticipation newsletter released

Our 3rd project newsletter, including details on project’s progress and results over the previous five months, has been sent out to all interested parties. If you did not receive our ... [read more]
eParticiaption newsletter
2009-02-28 10:48:13| No Replies

Join us! First online discussion on eParticipation kick-off 10:00am CET Monday 2 March

Join us in the first online discussion on eParticipation organised jointly by PEP-NET and the European eParticipation Study. The online debate will take place on www.internet-discourse.eu from ... [read more]
eParticipation, online discussion, eParticipation Study, PEP-NET, consultation
2009-02-27 10:19:11| No Replies

1st International eParticipation conference (ePart) 2009 - extension of submissions deadline till 15th March 2009

Co-located with the EGOV conference (www.egov-conference.org) and organised within the DEXA conference cluster (www.dexa.org) Linz, Austria; 31 August – 4 September, 2009 Call for papers - ... [read more]
eParticipation conference paper deadline
2009-02-24 13:07:21| No Replies

New European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

The European eParticipation study team is glad to announce that 8 new project deliverables are now ready and available on our website. These deliverables are: • Major factors shaping the ... [read more]
eParticipation deliverables Europe framework recommendations
2009-02-06 16:02:01| No Replies

New website on European elections 2009

The following post presents a newly launched website on European elections 2009 with interesting information. Post url: http://www.epractice.eu/blog/533 *** Post text by MARC PIERRE HENRIOT ... [read more]
Europe elections
2009-01-12 07:59:42| No Replies

Local experimentation and innovation

Within the program Ribera del Marco (geographical area of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain), one of its neighborhoods were conducted experience: some people tell us things Aldea Moret. Aldea Moret is ... [read more]
eGovernment, eParticipation, Extremadura, Cáceres, España
2009-01-08 17:04:08| 1 replies

Vote for your Park: nothing but a bad idea?

The London government has launched an initiative called “Vote for your Park”, where Londoners can decide where to allocate ten grants of up to £400,000 for London's parks. Voting can ... [read more]
participatorybudgeting, eDemocracy, eParticipation
2008-12-17 19:40:53| No Replies

eGovernment in Cáceres, Extremadura

In Caceres, Extremadura (Spain), we carried forward an action eParticipation where citizens can express their opinions or suggestions directly from http://riveradelmarco.ayto-caceres.es. In addition, ... [read more]
eGovernment, eParticipation, Extremadura, Cáceres, España
2008-12-08 14:14:23| 2 replies

European Citizens' Consulations

Between the 3rd of December 2008 and March 2009, you have the chance to take part in a Europe-wide debate on the question: “What can the EU do to shape our economic and social future in a ... [read more]
Online-Discussion, eParticipation, Plan D
2008-12-07 15:41:54| No Replies

The European eParticipation Jungle

The European Commission supports eParticpation with lots of different instruments and we are grateful that PEP-NET is among the funded projects. One of the main objectives of our network is, as you ... [read more]
eParticipation, EU, Debate Europe, Plan D, European Citizens' Consultations
2008-11-27 12:08:41| No Replies

Call for Papers - IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation, September/October 2009

Call for Papers IEEE Intelligent Systems: Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation, September/October 2009 Public administrations are considered the heaviest service industry ... [read more]
egovernment eparticipation call IEEE
2008-11-14 15:22:51| No Replies

Call for Papers on eParticipation (European Journal of ePractice) -- REMINDER!!

JUST OVER THREE WEEKS TO SEND YOUR ePARTICIPATION ARTICLE eParticipation is arguably one of the fastest growing in the eGovernment domain. Increasing participation is an area of interest for policy ... [read more]
eParticipation eDemocracy eVoting
2008-11-07 16:12:25| No Replies

European eParticipation newsletter released

Our 2nd project newsletter, including details on project’s progress and results over the previous five months, has been sent out to all interested parties. If you did not receive our ... [read more]
eparticipation news European
2008-10-25 21:10:50| No Replies

Contribute to the Council of Europe Recommendation on eDemocracy for its 47 Member States

IMPORTANT Dear all, The Council of Europe (www.coe.int) is finalising a rather important document meant to become a policy recommendation to its member states (47) on eDemocracy The Draft ... [read more]
"Council of Europe" eDemocracy Recommendation
2008-10-17 11:08:29| No Replies

New Study on eParticipation in Germany published online

The German eParticipation study - accomplished by the Institute for Information Management Bremen and Zebralog - focuses on the possibilities for citizens and the main business and social actors to ... [read more]
eParticipation, survey, Germany
2008-10-08 10:44:27| 2 replies

World edemocracy Forum: who is going?

I am an engagement practitioner working for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in the UK. I am hoping to attend the World edemocracy Forum in Paris next week and I am wondering ... [read more]
engagement, social media, change management, reputational management
2008-09-18 15:10:11| 4 replies

e-Participatory Budgeting

The Electronic Democracy Center has just published a working paper of mine on e-Participatory Budgeting, one of my domains of research. Comments and suggestions are very welcome. ... [read more]
2008-08-20 15:15:48| No Replies

New European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

The European eParticipation project team is glad to announce that 2 new project deliverables are now ready and available on our website: www.european-eparticipation.eu (under the “Publications ... [read more]
eParticipation Practice Recommendations
2008-08-08 15:36:34| No Replies

http://www.demo-net.org with more information on eParticipation research and practice

Throughout its activities DEMO_net has produced a number of results and has collected wide knowledge on eParticipation research and practice. On the DEMO_net website (http://www.demo-net.org) you can ... [read more]
eParticipation network eDemocracy
2008-07-10 12:36:03| 1 replies

European eDemocracy Award 2008

THE EUROPEAN e-DEMOCRACY AWARD 2008 The European eDemocracy Award is an annual award honouring the most valuable European eDemocracy initiative amongst 50 selected websites in EU 27 featuring a wide ... [read more]
eDemocracy Award
2008-07-01 15:27:25| No Replies

European eParticipation deliverables are now available!

The European eParticipation project team is glad to announce that the first project deliverables are now ready and available on our website: www.european-eparticipation.eu. This first batch of ... [read more]
european eParticipation deliverable framework
2008-06-17 16:03:48| No Replies

Special Track: eGovernment and eParticipation at the crossroad: how social software, SOAs and semantic technologies transform the citizen-state interaction

Third International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2008) (sponsored by IEEE) University of East London, London, UK November 13-16, 2008 Special Track: eGovernment and ... [read more]
eParticipation eGovernment semantics social software
2008-06-12 10:47:47| 1 replies

Invitation - Brussels June 25 - Youth and climate change: an experiment in participatory e-democracy

The Tuscany, Poitou-Charentes and Catalonia Regions & their partners cordially invite you to the launch event of the European project IDEAL-EU which will take place in Brussels on June 25th on the ... [read more]
2008-06-11 16:39:19| No Replies

Thoughts on Australia 2020 - a broadbased consultation process

Short description and thoughs on Australia 2020 and the consultation process in relation to eParticipation availble on PEP-NET (http://pep-net.eu/wordpress). The Australia 2020 Summit is an ... [read more]
participation eParticipation democracy australia consulation
2008-06-09 11:52:21| No Replies

European eParticipation newsletter sent out

The first project newsletter has been sent out to all interested parties. The newsletter includes details on project’s progress and results over the previous five months and since project ... [read more]
eParticipation newsletter European
2008-06-09 10:27:08| No Replies

NOW AVAILABLE - Report on eParticipation workshop held on 16 May 2008, Brussels (BE)

The draft report from the first eParticipation Study workshop “eParticipation in Europe: current state and potential” on 16 May 2008 in Brussels (BE) is now available on ... [read more]
eParticipation, eDemocracy, workshop, report, presentation
2008-06-04 17:18:35| No Replies

PEP-NET gains momentum

Only four weeks into the project PEP-NET starts to be visible on the web and attracts many interested parties. A number of well established blogs wrote about the project and gave very positve ... [read more]
PEP-NET, eParticipation, Twitter, Facebook
2008-06-04 16:04:05| No Replies

eParticipation analytical framework

I've uploaded a working paper to the Shared Resources section of this community. It's an analytical framework which we have drafted for the European eParticipation study ... [read more]
eParticipation analysis evaluation
2008-05-28 11:15:15| No Replies

PEP-NET Workshop 21-22 May, Hamburg (DE): Blogs posted on workshop

Following the PEP-NET Workshop 21-22 May in Hamburg (DE) a number of blogs have been posted on the website in relation to vision, expectations, advantages etc of different partners/stakeholders - ... [read more]
eParticipation, PEP-NET, network, vision, expectations, advantages, scientific, research
2008-05-26 16:55:25| No Replies

Successful eParticipation workshop held on 16 May 2008, Brussels (BE)

The first eParticipation Study workshop “eParticipation in Europe: current state and potential” was successfully completed on 16 May 2008 in Brussels (BE). The workshop was hosted by the ... [read more]
eParticipation, strategy, goals, European level, state of play, case studies, presentation
2008-05-22 21:07:05| 4 replies

eParticipation Preparatory Action Call for Proposals and Work Programme 2008

The third call for proposals for the eParticipation Preparatory Action is open in June (draft of the call in May) and close in 29th August (to be confirmed). Communication of selection results to ... [read more]
2008-05-19 13:28:24| No Replies

PEP-NET: New eParticipation network

PEP-NET will be a European network of all stakeholders active in the field of eParticipation. PEP-NET therefore already includes public bodies, solution providers and citizen organizations as well as ... [read more]
eParticipation, network
2008-04-30 16:21:08| No Replies

eParticipation workshop, 16 May 2008, Brussels (BE)

As you know, the European eParticipation study for the European Commission is examining the state of play of eParticipation across Europe, its main benefits and key actors, as well as good practice ... [read more]
2008-04-14 15:56:16| No Replies

Participatory E-Government

The Austrian Federal Computing Centre has developed in 2005 a program concerning eParticipation, eVoting and other related topics called "Participatory E-Government". Since then 5 external and 2 ... [read more]
E-Participation, eParticipation, E-Voting, eVoting
2008-04-11 18:18:24| 1 replies

The Research Network "ELectronic Democracy" (DEL)

Created in 2002, the research network entitled "Electronic Democracy"(DEL) (http://www.certop.fr/DEL) is composed of researchers who, whatever their status or their field of research, devote their ... [read more]
2008-04-07 16:04:55| No Replies

Participatory budgeting in the City of Freiburg (Germany) started

The City of Freiburg im Breisgau developed a unique and comprehensive approach to the idea of participatory budgeting. The active phase of the discourse has been started by today (April 7th) and ... [read more]
participatory budgeting, Online Consultation, DEMOS
2008-04-04 10:47:27| 3 replies

eDemocracyCamp Europe

Hi there, I'm a German native, now based in San Jose, CA (USA). I'm the founder of Intellitics, an early-stage startup in the e-participation space (http://www.intellitics.com). I recently initiated ... [read more]
barcamp unconference edemocracycamp europe e-democracy
2008-04-03 18:00:22| No Replies

Multi-channel Participatory Budgeting

Participatory Budgeting (PB) - where citizens participate in the decision-making process of budget allocation - has been considered as one of the main innovations that aim to reinforce accountability ... [read more]
eParticipation eDemocracy accountability
2008-04-01 23:56:01| No Replies

Congratulations

It is a great idea to open up an eParticipation Community on ePractice It would be a good idea to gather here all the cases already in the Database relating to the topic of the community I am very ... [read more]
2008-04-01 15:15:15| 2 replies

Connecting Europe, Leveraging International Connections

As you build this important network, I encourage you to share the best examples with an international audience via the decade strong Democracies Online networks. Of direct interest is the Online ... [read more]
edemocracy e-democracy eparticipation e-participation facebook socialnetworking democracy citizens
2008-03-29 17:52:00| No Replies

Social Accountability in OECD countries

First of all congratulations for the new network on eParticipation, which I am sure will be a rich resource for all of those interested in the domain of participation, both on and offline. I would ... [read more]
eDemocracy eParticipation accountability
2008-03-28 22:09:42| 1 replies

Welcome to the eParticipation and eDemocracy Network

The eParticipation and eDemocracy Network is now open to all interested in issues such as eEngagement, eDeliberation, eInvolvement, eLegislation and eVoting, as well as eDecision, eRule and ... [read more]
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