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Workshop eParticipation at European level: current state-potential - May 16th 2008 BXL
1st project workshop-eParticipation at European level: current state and potential
The
workshop is organised by the European eParticipation Study, a project
funded by the European Commission. The major focus of the European
eParticipation Study is eParticipation used by European level
organisations, including the European Commission, European Parliament,
Council of Europe, as well as trans-national civil society networks and
other forums, political parties and interest groups.
The main issues to be covered in the workshop are:
- Initial
views of the major factors shaping eParticipation across Europe, the
main benefits of eParticipation at this level, and an overview of the
state of play amongst the European level and other trans-national
organisations in Europe; - A framework for understanding
and evaluating eParticipation initiatives and comparing good practice
case studies in order to highlight what works and what does not work in
eParticipation; - A number of invited short case study
vignettes and demonstrations designed to illustrate what is happening
at European level today.
Those wishing to register may go to the project website (http://www.european-eparticipation.eu/), clicking on “Workshops” and then on “Please register here” for the first workshop.
Participation
in the workshop is free-of-charge but places are very limited.
Therefore those interested are requested to confirm their participation
as soon as possible and not later than by 9 May 2008. Further workshop
details will be sent to registered persons.
Those wishing to make a presentation may mention it in the comment field in the online registration form.
All
of those interested in eParticipation issues are furthermore invited to
visit and join for free the ePractice community "eParticipation and
eDemocracy Network" (http://www.epractice.eu/community/eParticipation) where a lot of activity is already taking place.
Upcoming event:
The first project workshop is scheduled for May 16th 2008 in Brussels. Please click here for more information on the workshop and for registering.
We offer:
experience to feature in the European Commission's knowledge base of
eParticipation good practices.
* The opportunity for your experiences and successes to make an impact
on the understanding and implementation of eParticipation across Europe.
* An opportunity to engage with experts and colleagues with extensive experience, both online or in one of our workshops.
* High level reports on the eParticipation state-of-play in Europe, benefits, good practices, and recommendations.
We are looking for:
* People with involvement or experience in eParticipation at the European level.
* eParticipation initiatives, projects, events, etc., especially at the
European level, that can be considered good practice, or from which
lessons can be learned.
Draft agenda
for Workshop 16 May 2008 - eParticipation
in Europe: current state and potential
9:00 – 9:30 Registration, coffee and tea
9:30 – 9:35 Opening
and welcome by the European
Commission
9.35 – 9.45
Introduction to workshop
Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute
9:45 – 10:30
What should participation achieve
and how can technology help?
Simon
Smith, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, UK
10:30 – 11:30
Presentations and discussion from
European and international organisations on
how they tackle public participation and eParticipation issues
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee/tea
break
11:45 – 12:15
State of play of eParticipation
at European level, covering EU and international institutions, civil
society, political parties
Effie Dalakiouridou, Information
Systems Laboratory, University of Macedonia, Greece.
12:15 – 13:00
Presentations and discussion from
civil society and other
trans-national organisations on how they tackle public participation
and eParticipation issues.
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Experience exchange round-tables
– Small group discussion where everybody will be given the floor to
present their experiences and/or issues which concern them,
particularly in relation to two questions:
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What is
eParticipation expected to achieve? The strategy, goals and expected
benefits of eParticipation -
What works
what doesn’t? How eParticipation is implemented
15:00-15:30 Reporting
back from group discussion
15.30-16.00 Final
summing up, conclusions and next steps
Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute
16:00 End
