Archive for July, 2009

Spain asks the United Nations to have a bigger role in International Financial e-Governing

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Spain supported the United Nations to have a bigger role in the international financial e-governing, as it was announced by Soraya Rodríguez, State Secretary of International Cooperation, to the multilateral organism in order to search a solution for the economic global crisis. To achieve the results, authorities from Madrid asked for ...

“Can’t do without the candidate!”

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Thomas Gensemer is managing partner of Blue State Digital, the US-american think tank that had a significant share in the success story of Barack Obama's eCampaign. politik-digital.de met him at the Medienforum NRW, Cologne, and asked him about the possibilities and limitations of an Obama-like campaign in Germany... Zwischen Tür und ...

OECD on Public engagement practices - new publication

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Complex policy issues cannot be solved by government alone. People have a major role to play in ensuring high-quality public services economically and achieving shared public policy goals. How are OECD governments putting the principles of open and inclusive policy making into practice?  How can they ensure broader, more inclusive, participation? This book ...

Scottish Parliament reports on 10 years of public (e-)petitions

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Online petitioning is one of the oldest forms of e-participation around - in Scotland's case it has been part of the political system for 10 years now. Partly to mark the 10 years of operation, the Scottish Parliament on 16 June 2009 published the report of a ...