Experiments in Civic Sensemaking
From the monthly archives:
I came across a fairly succinct definition of the term e-participation today that I find useful with regard to the things we are working on:
In the context of current project, e-Participation means the use of ICT for enabling and strengthening citizen participation in democratic decision-making processes. Depending on the aspect of democracy being promoted it [...]
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PEP-NET, another promising e-participation initiative at the European level, launched earlier this month.
From the about page:
PEP-NET will be a European network of all stakeholders active in the field of eParticipation. PEP-NET therefore already includes public bodies, solution providers and citizen organizations as well as researchers and scientists. The network is open to all organizations willing [...]
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The following are a few Facebook groups we watch that deal with various aspects of dialogue, deliberation, public participation, e-government or e-democracy (membership numbers as of today):
C2D2 – Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation (18 members)
Community of interest on dialogue and deliberation. Conference held every two years.
Conversation Cafe (308 members)
Conversation Cafes promote community, democracy [...]
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Conversations Elsewhere
