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27. April 2010 – 18:00 by Centre for E-Government
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Guest article by neu&kühn
neu&kühn, companion and developer of online projects with public participation, presented their recently published analysis for the project group E-Democracy & E-Participation on the 8th of April, 2010. In the context of a best practice analysis more than 30 international e-participation examples were reviewed and important factors for a successful collaboration highlighted. The analysis works as guide for administration, politics and institutions. Authors Kirsten Neubauer and Peter Kühnberger view social media as an opportunity for dialogue, building of trust and mobilization.
Best Practice
E-participation examples of various sizes were reviewed – from small town councils with about 2.500 citizens to megacities. The following e-participation projects represent a selection of the analyzed projects from the areas of environment, damage reports, budget and urban development. The home countries of these projects are mostly in the Anglo-American area and in Scandinavia, where local as well as national initiatives for participation can be found. The German speaking area is more likely to be focused on regional topics.
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13. March 2009 – 13:20 by Bengt Feil (TuTech Innovation GmbH)
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Over the course of the last weeks and months we heard a lot about major newspapers starting to go online only or shutting down their operations altogether. The Rocky Mountain News´s last issue appeared on February 27th 2009 and the San Francisco Chronicle is also in a very unstable position. Both of these papers had a long tradition and wide distribution but suffered under the changes of news consumption and increasing production costs. It seems as if we are witnessing a major change in the news landscape. But which consequences will these changes have?
According to a recent study done by the PewResearchCenter “many Americans wouldn’t care a lot if local papers folded”. Not even half of them (43%) think that “losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community a lot”. So maybe the death of the local paper is no big problem. We already gather a lot of our daily news using online and mobile sources which get their information from the major news agencies like AP or Reuters. This is also reflected in the study. On the other hand this is not true if one looks at local news which is not covered by the major agencies. 30% think that civic life would be hurt “a lot” when local papers fold especially because of the loose of these local news items. Following this though the real question has to be: How can we make sure that local news will still be accessible in a world without small local papers?
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20. January 2009 – 18:17 by Bengt Feil (TuTech Innovation GmbH)
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Forecasts of how technology and society will develop in the future are always difficult and get even more difficult if one tries to look in the far future – Or as the German comedian Volker Pispers said: “Would you have believed me ten years earlier that Romania will be part of the NATO?” However the PEW Internet and American Life Project did try to forecast the Internet of 2020 by asking a set of average persons and expert how much they would agree to certain scenarios of how the net will have changed in 2020. You can find the whole report here but I would like to highlight a few of the results.
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20. August 2008 – 15:18 by Danish Technological Institute
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As part of the ongoing eParticipation study eParticipation Study – titled “Study and supply of services on the development of eParticipation in the EU” - for the European Commission (DG Information Society and Media) the following project deliverables has been submitted to the client and now published:
As part of the study’s initial analysis of eParticipation practitioner initiatives in Europe 216 cases from 18 countries and in 29 different languages have been identified to date and are initially available on our project website.
The first of three iterations of eParticipation related recommendations is also available now on our project website. At the end of the study the third and final iteration will provide a set of practical, and intellectually rigorous, recommendations. The recommendations aim to answer and specify (mainly at European level) the following:
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What should be done by whom?
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How this may be achieved?
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Which types of ICT can be used?
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How other types of media can be involved?
However, rather than attempting to provide recommendations at this early stage of the project, this first iteration pose a number of tentative questions. Questions which reflect some of the main lines of enquiry appropriate to the study and may help frame the final recommendations. The questions have arisen as a result of the work carried out to date and the current report may as a result also serve as a partial overview of the study as it currently stands.
The next wave of deliverables is foreseen for publication in October/Novermber 2008 and will include updates of all current findings. The second version of the deliverables will therefore reflect the further analysis carried out by the Consortium as well as take into account comments made by the project’s Peer Review Group and the European Commission.
All deliverables are available on the publications/public deliverables section of our project website: www.european-eparticipation.eu.
For further and related information please visit www.european-eparticipation.eu or the eParticipation and eDemocracy Network www.epractice.eu/community/eparticipation.
Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, Business and Policy Analysis, Danish Technological Institute
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1. July 2008 – 15:37 by Danish Technological Institute
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As you may already be aware the European Commission (DG Information Society and Media) funded eParticipation Study – titled “Study and supply of services on the development of eParticipation in the EU” – is currently underway and in this connection the first wave of deliverable has now been prepared and submitted to the EC and a group of external peer reviewer (see www.european-eparticipation.eu for further details).
Deliverables include:
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Major factors shaping the development of eParticipation (D1.1a)
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Key actors in the EU in the field of eParticipation (D1.2a)
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Main benefits of the eParticipation developments in the EU (D1.3a)
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Mapping the state of play in eParticipation in the EU (D1.4a)
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First post-workshop report (D3.1b)
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Framework for eParticipation good practice (D4.1a)
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First newsletter (D6.3a)
In addition the following deliverables will be available end of July:
This first wave of deliverables will be updated for the next deliverables wave expected in October/November 2008. The second version of each deliverable will take into account comments by the European Commission and the project’s peer review group as well as further work conducted by the Consortium Partners in the intervening period.
You may view all deliverables in the publications/public deliverables section on www.european-eparticipation.eu or directly on http://195.251.218.37/eP//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=2
Please note that we are continuously looking for people with involvement or experience in eParticipation at the European level who will be able to guide use to relevant eParticipation initiatives, projects, events, etc. We are especially interested in examples at the European level, that may be considered as good practice, or from which lessons can be learned.
If you have not already done so, you may wish to register for the eParticipation and eDemocracy Network on http://www.epractice.eu/community/eParticipation.
Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, Business and Policy Analysis, Danish Technological Institute
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