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eParticipation initiatives: How is Europe progressing?
Publication Date: 4 March 2009
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Topic: eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting
Country: Pan european
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<p>This paper aims to determine the progress and current trends of eParticipation activities across Europe. For this purpose, a European survey took place aiming to identify, record and analyse fully operational (i.e. not pilot or research) initiatives originating from or targeting at the geographical area of Europe, including both EU and non EU member states. As a result, we identified 255 eParticipation initiatives originating from 18 different countries and being offered in more than 30 different languages. Apart from country of origin and language, we also recorded a number of additional characteristics for each initiative. These include the participation area (e.g. consultation, discourse, deliberation, etc.) in which the activity focuses; the scope of the initiative in terms of participation level (European, national, local, etc.); the type of funding utilised; and the operation status.</p>
The results suggest that the majority of the initiatives have been identified at the local and national level of participation and focus to participation areas such as information provision, deliberation, consultation and discourse. Moreover, results indicate a connection between participation areas and participation level of the identified initiatives, drawing the conclusion that as the target audience of eParticipation initiatives narrows, the more specific these initiatives become, allowing more active participation and greater capacity to reach tangible decisions. In terms of operation, most of the identified initiatives are currently still in operation, while in terms of funding, eParticipation initiatives seem to utilise mainly EU funds.
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