E-Democracy Conference 2010 - 'ICT, a Driver for Improving Democracy'
The two-day e-Democracy Conference 2010 will focus on the role that ICT can play in improving democracy and transparency of public institutions. The event is organised under the auspices of the national parliament ('the Assembly') of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and will be part of its activities for the celebration of the International Day of Democracy on 15 September 2010.
The central theme of the conference, 'ICT, a driver for improving democracy', reflects common goals of politicians, policy makers, companies and citizens, all seeking for ways to provide ICT a prominent role in strengthening democracy in South East Europe and in the rest of the world.
Particular attention will be paid to future and emerging technologies for e-Democracy and heightened focus will be placed on regional engagement in such pivotal areas as: civic participation trough social networking, the 'Green IT' initiative in legislative development process, legislative compliance, standards and technology readiness.
The programme of the conference will revolve around the following core workstreams:
- ICT in legislative knowledge management;
- How ICT can transform the work of parliaments and governments;
- Parliament and Democracy in the Twenty-first century.
The conference will gather the representatives of parliaments, governments, official journals, academia, the ICT industry and civil society to renew the region's ICT Strategies in the context of organisational democracy, transparency, accessibility and accountability.
The detailed event agenda may be found here.Â
Registration can be performed online.  Â
Event email: conference@e-democracy.mk
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