Comments on: My e-Dem Forum https://pep-net.eu/blog/2008/10/20/my-e-dem-forum/ The PEP-NET Blog Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rolf Lührs https://pep-net.eu/blog/2008/10/20/my-e-dem-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 Rolf Lührs Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:03:29 +0000 https://pep-net.eu/wordpress/?p=197#comment-2527 Update: Check Dan Jellinek's report about the PEP-NET workshop on participatory budgeting: https://www.headstar.com/egblive/?p=170 Update: Check Dan Jellinek’s report about the PEP-NET workshop on participatory budgeting:

https://www.headstar.com/egblive/?p=170

]]> By: Pep-Net - Pan European e-Participation Network » Blog Archive » Daring Democracy? - The Forum on the Future of Democracy 2008 https://pep-net.eu/blog/2008/10/20/my-e-dem-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2101 Pep-Net - Pan European e-Participation Network » Blog Archive » Daring Democracy? - The Forum on the Future of Democracy 2008 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:39:33 +0000 https://pep-net.eu/wordpress/?p=197#comment-2101 [...] years conference season is filled with very interesting events and the Forum in the Future of Democracy held by the Council of Europe in Madrid on October 15th to [...] [...] years conference season is filled with very interesting events and the Forum in the Future of Democracy held by the Council of Europe in Madrid on October 15th to [...]

]]> By: Simon Smith https://pep-net.eu/blog/2008/10/20/my-e-dem-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 Simon Smith Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:28:35 +0000 https://pep-net.eu/wordpress/?p=197#comment-2044 I also enjoyed the event, though I agree with you, Rolf, that the plenary sessions were rather formal, with little time for questions. It's also a pity that all the workshops were crammed into two one-and-a-half your slots on each morning. I would have liked to attend more of them! The session on eParticipatory budget was certainly a highlight. I chatted afterwards to Dan Jellinek of Headstar (one of those people I knew only virtually before Issy-les-Moulineaux), and we wondered why the UK pilots presented by Ruth Jackson from the Participatory Budgeting Unit are so far taking place only at neighbourhood scale, in contrast to the city-wide experiments in Germany, Spain and Italy. Does this betray a lack of commitment from UK government to participatory democracy? My own view is that starting at a very small scale is not a bad approach, particularly in a country like the UK with a very centralised public administration, but it clearly needs to feed into city-wide decision-making processes at some stage, and maybe this is where eParticipation tools will prove useful. Which actually sounds a lot like the Brazilian approach, as described to us by Tiago Peixoto. I also enjoyed the event, though I agree with you, Rolf, that the plenary sessions were rather formal, with little time for questions. It’s also a pity that all the workshops were crammed into two one-and-a-half your slots on each morning. I would have liked to attend more of them!
The session on eParticipatory budget was certainly a highlight. I chatted afterwards to Dan Jellinek of Headstar (one of those people I knew only virtually before Issy-les-Moulineaux), and we wondered why the UK pilots presented by Ruth Jackson from the Participatory Budgeting Unit are so far taking place only at neighbourhood scale, in contrast to the city-wide experiments in Germany, Spain and Italy. Does this betray a lack of commitment from UK government to participatory democracy? My own view is that starting at a very small scale is not a bad approach, particularly in a country like the UK with a very centralised public administration, but it clearly needs to feed into city-wide decision-making processes at some stage, and maybe this is where eParticipation tools will prove useful. Which actually sounds a lot like the Brazilian approach, as described to us by Tiago Peixoto.

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