The Participation Company
The European Institute for Public Participation (EIPP), a Bremen, Germany-based not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote better decision-making through public participation, just shared a new paper titled Making citizens’ voices heard — and listened to. Thoughts on public participation in Europe (PDF). I found this definition of public participation useful (page 3/4): Public participation, thus, [...]
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I just came across this project today (a sure sign I need to refactor my RSS reading habits). From their about page: Background Every two years, EU Ministers gather to agree on a Ministerial Declaration on e-government, which is the main European strategic document. This is usually accompanied by an Industry declaration. We feel the [...]
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Worth checking out, if you happen to be in the area: European eParticipation Day, 4 March 2009 The development and wide use of powerful new ICT applications are transforming the political landscape. These new tools allow citizens to access more information and interact, debate and participate in public life in way not seen before. They [...]
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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 [...]
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I just joined a recently launched online community at epractice.eu, a portal created by the European Commission which connects practitioners from the e-government, e-participation, e-health etc. field from all across the European Union. It is “an interactive initiative that empowers its users to discuss and influence open government, policy-making and the way in which public [...]
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