Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 20th, 2008
According to euobserver.com the EU is about to launch a social networking site in October this year. Myparl.eu aims to connect the MPs of the national parliaments among each other and with the Members of the European Parliament as well.
The first official talks on the project, which is sponsored by ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
David Weinberger, co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto about serendipity, free and open internet, twitter, control and why Obama’s campaign makes a difference. Great videocast presented by we-magazin.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
PoliticsOnline and the World e-Democracy Forum are proud to open the call for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the nineth year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world will help select the top 10 individuals, organizations ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Örebro University will submit a proposal to the new EU eParticipation call and we now look for possible partners. We need partners in at least two European countries (other than Sweden) . The ideal partner is a university with a good record in conducting eParticipatory processes who ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Petitions, on-line and off-line, have stirred-up a frenzy of debate recently with the advent of two important milestones in the UK. Firstly the preparatory stages of an ePetitioning system for UK Parliament and secondly a possible ‘duty to respond’ for Local Authorities. Let’s not also forget a possible EC ePetitioning ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
From June 15th - 18th the 21st Bled eConference takes place, this year under the title eCollabarotion: Overcoming Boundaries Through Multi Channel interaction.
This conference attracts speakers and delegates from business, government, information technology providers and universities and is the major venue for researchers working in all aspects of “e”. There ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Over the past five years or so, it has been increasingly popular to talk about the value of co-operation between policymakers, academia and business, the emergence of a new collaborative model, the importance of public-private sector partnerships etc.....
If my experience is anything to go by, however, most of this talk is just ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
In 2004 James Surowiecki in his famous book “The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations” discussed at length how collective decisions are made and that they can be much more rational and “correct” than those ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
To consult the Australian public, strengthen the participatory process and outcome Kevin Rudd (Australian Prime Minister) announced in February 2008 an Australia 2020 Summit to help shape a long term strategy for the nation’s future – a strategy requiring long-term commitment and responses beyond the usual electoral cycle. In this ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
The online consultation in Munich concerning the role of families for the city is a prime example of engaging the public authorities in direct communication with the citizens. A profound learning process on the side of the individuals working for public institutions could be observed. In the course of the ...
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