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16. February 2010 – 15:01 by E-Voting.CC
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In response to the large number of requests from the community, the organizing committee of the 4th Electronic Voting Conference EVOTE2010 decided to extend the deadline for submission of papers by two weeks from Friday February 12 to Friday February 26, 2010.
Please find further information, templates and the call for papers here.
I hope this helps to finish your papers in time!
Daniel Botz, E-Voting.CC
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28. January 2010 – 12:59 by Centre for E-Government
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Extended Call for Papers
You can submit a paper at the conference website until
1st of March 2010. EDem10 unites many different disciplines and promotes interdisciplinary approaches to E-Democracy. On primary aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners. We would like to invite individuals from academic, applied and practitioner backgrounds as well as public administration offices, public bodies, NGO/NPOs, education institutions and independent organisations to submit their research and project papers.
Registration
Please visit the conference website to register at EDem10. Members of PEP-NET benefit from reduced fees; please indicate your Special Status when registering! Conference Date: 6th and 7th of May 2010.
Programme
We are still working on the programme, but confirmed keynote speakers and workshops promise an exceptional event. There will be a PEP-NET Workshop! Please visit the Conference Website for details and regular updates.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
- Stevan Harnad - American Scientist Open Access Forum; Universite du Quebec a Montreal, CAN; University of Southampton, UK
- Ismael Peña-López - Open University of Catalonia, School of Law and Political Science, Barcelona, Spain
- Jochen Scholl - The Information School, University of Washington, USA
- Micah L. Sifry - Personal Democracy Forum, TechPresident, New York, USA
- Andy Williamson - Hansard Society, London, UK
Further Information
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26. September 2009 – 09:22 by Eric Legale
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The World eDemocracy Forum is one of the main venues for key international e-Participation players. As founding member of PEP-Net, I would like to make this annual event a promotional event for our network. The election of Barack Obama at the White House has validated theories developed in the Forum since ten years on the impact of ICT on political life and civic participation. Time is coming for more concrete practice. We want now to bring to light those who daily work to build the digital society for citizens.
It is why our special guests are finalists of the e-Democracy Awards, selected by our partners (PoliticsOnline in US, Politech Institute in Europe, Blog Territorial in France). They are coming from USA, Egypt, Bolivia, Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany or UK and each of them has a project, an idea, an application that transforms politics in their countries and beyond. We are very excited to learn more and more about new practices.
The World eDemocracy Forum is participating in the “Pep-Net Conference Series”, an initiative started by Pep-Net members, who are organizing conferences throughout the years 2009 and 2010. As a special programme there will be additional workshops lead by Pep-Net members and invited speakers. After Vienna (September) and Berlin (October) and before London (November), Issy (Paris) will be the next stop for PEP-Net members (October 22-23).
We organize a special visit in the French National Assembly. A meeting with the chairman of the IT group in the National Assembly is specially organized for PEP-Net members on the following question: “Is it possible to transfer Obama’s net-campaign to Europe?”. It is a reference of the interesting note published by Hans Hagedorn last August.
- The World eDemocracy Forum Program
- Registration (Special rate for PEP-Net members)
Please note that Paris is a very attractive destination for tourism. It is sometime difficult to book a room close to the conference. Don’t wait for book your room in our partner: “Hotel Ocenia“.
I hope to meet you in Paris !
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2. September 2009 – 13:55 by Centre for E-Government
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PEP-NET members been thinking about how to collaborate and organise the conferences they organise. One idea was to jointly present the conferences under a PEP-NET framework. Getting the yearly conferences together was not too difficult, the challenge wa to find a title.
During the month of August, all PEP-NET members were invited to vote on their preferred title or to suggest one they liked. First of all, thank you to all who participated. Secondly, here are the results. Looks like we have a result!
PEP-NET Conference Series 7
Pep-Net Conference Notes 4
Pep-Net Camp 4
Pep-Net Lab 2
PEP-NET Democracy Generator 1
PEP-NET Democracy Incubator 1
PEP-NET Notes 1
PEP-Con: xxxx 1
Pep-Net Conference Cup 1
PEP-Cup 1
Noella
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13. August 2009 – 08:42 by pol-di.net e.V / politik-digital.de
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For the upcoming German Federal election 2009, politik-digital.de, in a joint project with pro-bono TV production, published a video clip which shows various celebrities telling not to vote. You can watch the clip here (sorry, I couldn’t embed the clip):
Geh nicht hin!
For those of you who are non-German speakers, find an english article about the project on DW-World.de. This article comes along with a radio interview including a statement by politik-digital.de executive director Stefan Gehrke.
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23. July 2009 – 15:19 by E-Voting.CC
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The fourth International Conference on Electronic Voting is coming up. There’s still one year to 
go, nevertheless our first call for papers folder is out now! Please click on the image to download the folder as a PDF.
For the fourth time since 2004 our exclusive conference with hundred key experts and deciders from all five continents will be held from the 21th until the 24th of July 2010. The venue will be, as in previous years, the beautiful Castle Hofen, which is situated in Lochau in the vicinity of Bregenz and Lake Constance.
The conference will focus on all aspects of electronic voting, such as legal, technical, social, political questions as well as reports on implementations and practical experiences throughout Europe and the world. There will also be workshops on different topics held by designated experts in the field. The regular Conference Fee will be 300EUR (incl. VAT). The event is limited to 110 visitors only.
Social activities such as the legendary dinner event “Käsestraße” or a visit of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida” at the floating stage in Bregenz are the highlights after the work has been done. We will also host a Pep-Net meeting in the fore field of the conference.
The time line for submission of the papers is as follows:
Submission of the full paper: February, 12th 2010
Review deadline: March, 12th 2010
Notification of acceptance: April, 5th 2010
Receipt of the final paper: May, 14th 2010
If you are interested in submitting you paper or in attending the conference, send us an email with your inquiry to: 2010 [at] e-voting.cc.
by Daniel Botz - E-Voting.CC
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27. May 2009 – 11:57 by Roberto Zarro
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The project is promoted by the Emilia-Romagna Region in the framework of its Telematic Plan, and realized by the Municipalities of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Piacenza and Reggio Emilia. The aim of the project is to understand, both with studies and analysis, both with tests, how much and in which ways institutions can integrate web 2.0 tools in their official websites and portals. Leda Guidi, manager of the Bologna’s institutional civic net Iperbole and Power’s project manager, highlights goals, plans and early results of the project. Read the rest of this entry »
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22. April 2009 – 09:47 by ASAEL
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ASAEL (Asociación Aragonesa de Entidades Locales), está desarrollando el proyecto “eCLAU” aprobado dentro del marco del Programa Europeo “Jóvenes en Acción”, cuya finalidad principal es la de potenciar la participación de los jóvenes a través de las Nuevas Tecnologías en la política medioambiental de la UE, en concreto en la lucha contra el cambio climático.
El Proyecto se promueve desde ASAEL, teniendo como socios participantes a Entidades Griegas, italianas, Francesas y Búlgaras, lo que fomentará el intercambio de opiniones entre los jóvenes de los diferentes países de la UE en un tema de gran actualidad como es el de la lucha contra el cambio climático.
El Proyecto eCLAU tiene como objetivos, atraer y concienciar a los jóvenes sobre las políticas medioambientales llevadas a cabo en la UE.; acercar a los jóvenes al sistema democrático y potenciar su participación en el mismo a través de las Nuevas Tecnologías; involucrar en mayor medida a las Autoridades Locales y Regionales en el proceso democrático y su implicación en las políticas medioambientales y a las Asociaciones de jóvenes y otros actores sociales; fomentar el intercambio de opiniones entre los jóvenes de los diferentes países de la UE en un tema de amplia participación y actualidad como es el de la lucha contra el cambio climático.
El Cambio Climático es un desafío que nos concierne a todos y que no tiene fronteras, por lo que requiere soluciones transnacionales. La Unión Europea ha demostrado que está dispuesta a asumir su liderazgo a la hora de afrontar el cambio climático, llevando a cabo un modelo de producción de energía segura, sostenible y competitiva y tomando la Economía Europea como modelo de desarrollo sostenible en el siglo XXI. Estas medidas de la Unión Europea casi no llegan al ciudadano, por lo que el objetivo del Proyecto consistirá en involucrar en los procesos de participación a asociaciones, autoridades locales y regionales y como destinatarios finales, a los jóvenes.
Además de las Jornadas, el Proyecto engloba también otras acciones de difusión como la edición de una revista y la realización de una Reunión Internacional en Zaragoza y todo ello tendrá como núcleo principal la creación de una página web interactiva que promocione la participación ciudadana. El Proyecto persigue dos aspectos fundamentales: por un lado proporcionará información de los resultados conseguidos en materia medioambiental por la UE y por otro pretende provocar una reacción a través de la participación activa en la utilización de las TIC. Permitirá el acceso a foros nacionales e internacionales donde se incentivará la participación activa de los ciudadanos.
Para la consecución del proyecto se tiene previsto realizar el próximo día 29 de abril unas Jornadas con el título “Participación de los Jóvenes en Europa: Luchando Juntos contra el Cambio Climático”. Pretende además, acercar a los jóvenes al sistema democrático europeo promoviendo su participación en los procesos democráticos a través de las TIC y en concreto en el uso de los foros. En ella van a participar aspectos de las tres áreas principales del Proyecto: Medio Ambiente, Jóvenes y Participación, con lo que esperamos obtener un rico intercambio y debate de ideas que contribuyan al desarrollo de las acciones del mismo.
Por lo tanto la herramienta fundamental del Proyecto será la página web ya que fomentará y potenciará la participación de los jóvenes a través de foros de debate, noticias, encuestas, transferencias de buenas prácticas, publicación de resultados etc. (para más información y participación en los foros www.e-clau.net)
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22. April 2009 – 09:38 by ASAEL
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ASAEL (Aragonese Association of Local Authorities), is developing the “eCLAU” Project in the framework of “Youth in Action” European Programme, which principal aim is to promote youth participation within the utilization of New Technologies in the UE environmental policy, specifically in the fight against climatic change.
The Project is being promoted from ASAEL, involving other partners from different UE countries like Greece, Italy, France and Bulgaria, promoting the exchange of opinions between young people from different countries of the EU, concerning a topical subject of high participation as the fight against the climate change
The eCLAU project tries to reach the next goals: to bring and aware young people to the environmental politics achieved by EU; to bring young people the democratic system closer and foster their participation through the new Technologies; to involve the local and regional authorities into the democratic process and into environmental politics and do the same with youth associations and other social actors and finally as mentioned, to promote the exchange of opinions between young people from different countries of the EU.
Climate change is a challenge which concerns all of us and which does not stop at national borders and thus requires transnational solutions. The European Union has shown that it is ready to assume global leadership in tackling climate change, in facing the challenge of secure, sustainable and competitive energy production and in making the European economy a model for sustainable development in the XXI century. However, its action hardly reaches through to citizens. Indeed, technology, research and politics will be core elements for tackling climate change. But to ensure its success for young people, civil society organizations and local authorities have to be involved to a higher degree in the political process.
Besides the workshops the Project includes other different dissemination campaigns through the publication of a magazine and an International meeting in Zaragoza, these actions will converge in the creation of an interactive page web, promoting e-participation. eCLAU project follows two senses: on the one hand, it will give information about the results achieved by EU policies in the sustainable development field and on the other hand it will have a feedback through active participation using ICT. It will allow the access to national and international on line forums encouraging citizen participation.
For its achievement we will start next 29th of April with a first conference-workshop named “Youth Participation in Europe: Fighting together against the Climatic Change”. It pretends to bring EU closer to youth and to improve their role within the democratic system of the EU using ICT specifically the participation in the forums. It will be focused in the 3 main areas of the Project: Environment, Youth and eParticipation, and we aim to achieve a rich exchange of debates and opinions that will contribute to the development of it.
Therefore the basic tool of the Project will be the website as will foster youth participation through the on line forums, news, polls, good practice and exchange of experience and results disseminations. (for more information and participation into the forums www.e-clau.net)
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15. April 2009 – 09:39 by Centre for E-Government
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CALL FOR PAPERS EDEM09 http://edem2009.ocg.at/
2009 Conference on Electronic Democracy
7.-8.9.2009 University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna, Austria
Submissions deadline: 17 May 2009 Read the rest of this entry »
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