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News Digest: April 24th – May 3rd 20103. May 2010 – 16:02 by John Heaven (TuTech Innovation GmbH) |
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I enjoyed reading these articles and websites related to eParticipation from across Europe. If you have any more, by all means link to them in the comments!
Waltzing Matilda, the European Commission: The European Commission has launched a new blog that aims to gather views on how it should be using social media like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook etc.. “Waltzing Matilda“, as the blog is called, was launched on 19th April. Waltzing Matilda is just one of many blogs on the blogs.europa.eu platform, which also hosts some European Commissioners’ blogs.
“Man muss seine Energie nicht in Twitter stecken“, der Freitag: In an interview with the German weekly der Freitag about online election campaigning, Thilo von Pape, Communication Studies specialist, said “There’s no need to invest your energy in Twitter”. He said it is unlikely that online elections campaigns along the lines of Barack Obama’s will be seen in Germany: “Politicians should just accept that Germans aren’t the same as Americans.”
ePractice.eu Editor’s Choice, WeGov: PEP-NET members the Napier University, the Hansard Society and Gov2U are involved in a project called “WeGov”, which is currently the Editor’s Choice on ePractice.eu. The three-year project involves partners from the UK, Belgium, Germany and Greece and seeks to develop new tools to allow policy-makers to interact with citizens.
Flashvote project, ePractice.eu: The French City of Bordeaux organised a “flash vote”: in a spontaneous public event lasting less than ten minutes and including a dance routine, youngsters were asked to vote on a number of issues. They were able to vote on a 17-point agenda by text message and using the internet on mobile devices. The project cost, according to ePractice.eu, was in the € 1,000-5,000 bracket.
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