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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
A joint workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work project will take place in the framework of the
7th Eastern European eGovernment Days, the 22nd of April 2009
in Prague (15.30-18.00 pm)
This workshop will present initial results from these two initiatives, giving participants an opportunity to learn at ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Some of you may remember the eParticipation Day 2009 - a conference and exhibition which took place in Brussels at the EC premises on 4th March. (By the way, a full video of the event and all the public speeches are now available at https://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/eparticipation/2009/index_en.htm).
Fewer perhaps are aware of the ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Call for paper from a new Italian journal focused on conflict and participation
and on building bridges between social actors and academic researchers. This issue of "Partecipazione e Conflitto" aims to collect empirical contributions focused on results, opportunities and problems emerging from different deliberative practices (i.e. managed by political institutions ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Hurry, if you want to get in touch with the latest trends of eCampaigning.
The 6th annual eCampaigning Forum takes place in Oxford, UK. from 31 Mar.-1 Apr.
1. Learn with others how to get the most out of your eCampaingning despite budget cutbacks and redundancies in the current recession.
2. ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Social Actions is a website, that aggregate information related to social change focused applications. Here are two events, that can draw your attention.
Change the Web Challenge, its contest - with a deadline for submission April 3rd.
Developers are uploading their inspiring web applications and widgets that draw on our open database ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Just spotted a job offer in the "UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange", which might be of interest for some of our readers:
Research Assistant (part-time), Queens’ University Management School,
Belfast.
This post is available for 22 months in the HuWY (Hub Websites for Youth
Participation) project (www.huwy.eu), assisting in the planning and
delivery of e-participation ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Facebook has had a bad week with five different security issues coming to light. Hackers are coming up with new ways to steal valuable data from users by manipulating the trust and social links that drive the network. The latest being the posting of a fake YouTube link within profiles ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
At a recent gala dinner for the Labour Party (long story why I was there), I was heartened and yet still suprised to hear the former UK Deputy Prime Minister extollling the virtues of Blackberries, Facebook and Twitter. 'I talk to Alistair (Cambell) all the time with this!' - he says waving ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Dan Jellinek’s rather despairing piece on “something sick at the heart of eDemocracy” must be seen, methinks, in the context of his overall enthusiasm for online debate. But he highlights a real and pressing issue. There is, indeed, evidence that online engagement can coarsen the debate. Especially when individuals are ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
In the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain, the General Board of Citizenship and Integration – Regional Ministry of Immigration & Citizenship, a new form of communication among citizens and municipalities has been implemented. The utility of this method is getting through the preliminary round. The Community of Valencia carries out ...
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