News Digest: 4th-11th May 2010 11. May 2010 – 14:40 by John Heaven (TuTech Innovation GmbH)

Here are some articles I found that relate to eParticipation, mostly from PEP-NET members. Of course there’s plenty of other material on this blog — don’t forget to look at Dan Jellinek’s write-up of the PEP-NET workshop at the EDem10 conference.

“Deutschland bewegt sich… Open Data im Kommen?“, Government 2.0 Netzwerk: This article reports on a discussion event involving the Chief Information Officer of the Bundesministerium des Inneren (the Home Office) who states that Open Data has a place in the national eGovernment strategy. Recent US and UK moves towards open data are noted, and the author says “the increasing number of pro-Open Data voices within the ruling coalition gives cause for hope“. This confirms my impression from last week’s EDem10 conference that Europe is on the ball when it comes to eParticipation issues.

“The day we designed deliberative democracy“, Delib: An event “to figure out what digital deliberative democracy might/should look like when mapped on to some specific problems” organised by Delib through their blog (see the article here) was a success. You can see some photos of the event here. The blog article promised full results in time. Delib is a PEP-NET member.

“24 hours of culture“, Jon Bounds: Jon Bounds, social media consultant (and much more) from Birmingham, UK, describes how the Birmingham Cultural Partnership got people involved in capturing 24 hours in the cultural life of Britain’s second largest city using simple, accessible social media tools. The resulting 350 contributions are testament to its success. Talking about Jon Bounds, I found this clip of him opening Digbeth’s first cash point with Nicki Getgood, founder of Digbeth Is Good. I think it’s really funny, and it shows that participation in local issues can be a laugh.

“EVOTE2010 conference registration is now online!“, E-Voting.cc: PEP-NET Member E-Voting.cc announces the fourth annual conference on electronic voting, taking place from 21st to 24th July 2010 in Bregenz, Austria. Follow the instructions on the page to register.

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