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From: Steven Clift Date: 2007 Jun 13 19:48 UTC Short link

As reported here - http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=360 - I am encouraging others
to join the 200 folks on this online community of practice to introduce
themselves, their project, and any eParticipation project ideas for potential
EU funding in their new call.

For now, why don't we just start with simple reintroductions from those saying
"hey, we might be interested" and then worry about concrete ideas until later.
(Although, if you have an idea now, outline it if you like.)

Simply press reply (add via the web) to share a bit about yout current
e-participation activities.

Steven Clift
http://dowire.org
    

From: Patricia Donald Date: 2007 Jun 15 15:37 UTC Short link

Hi All

We'd be interested in being involved in an e-participation project.  We have a
brand new Assembly here in Northern Ireland which I'd like to imagine would
help!  We're a small non-governmental organisation.
http://www.adviceni.net/econsultation/default.asp   We have run 4
eConsultations in the past 2 years on social policy issues.  Here are 2 issues
we'd like to work on:

During one of our recent eConsultations we asked a government policymaker to
come online and answer questions - which he did and said it was very useful for
him.  We asked him for feedback and one of the issues that came up for him /
his department was that they should have had a pre-meeting to organise
themselves to see who within their dept. "had the right of reply"  Another
issue that came up was he had under-estimated the amount of time the responses
would take. We'd like to do some work around developing some guidelines or good
practice and awareness raising on eParticipation for policy makers.

The second thing we'd like to do is more encouragement and awareness raising at
grass roots level.  Northern Ireland is 100% broadband enabled but that doesn't
mean people necessarily have access or the skills to participate in an
econsultation or other online activity.  Our thinking is to develop a network
of eParticpation champions (maybe via local libraries which have free internet
access).

I realise that this may be too much information at this stage but this is where
we're at and are open to suggestions, ideas, partnerships etc!
    

Patricia

-----Original Message-----
From: Christoph Dowe [mailto:cdowe@politik-digital.de]
Sent: 15 June 2007 10:21 am
To: <email obscured>
Subject: Re: [Consult] EU eParticipation Initiative - Introduce yourself/idea

Dear all,

It might not be the big thing we're all looking for, but the new website we
just produced http://www.e-participation.net could easily transferred to an
european level. It collects internet based participation projects in the
United Kingdom and in Germany, just to get an idea what's happening
elsewhere. But what about all the other countries?

Best

Christoph Dowe
www.politik-digital.de
Berlin

Steven Clift schrieb:
> As reported here - http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=360 - I am encouraging
others to join the 200 folks on this online community of practice to introduce
themselves, their project, and any eParticipation project ideas for potential
EU funding in their new call.
>
> For now, why don't we just start with simple reintroductions from those
saying "hey, we might be interested" and then worry about concrete ideas until
later. (Although, if you have an idea now, outline it if you like.)
>
> Simply press reply (add via the web) to share a bit about yout current
e-participation activities.
>
> Steven Clift
> http://dowire.org
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From: Vittorio Alvino Date: 2007 Jun 18 16:33 UTC Short link

Hi all,
this is our eDemocracy project about the participatory budget based in a
District of Rome: http://www.municipiopartecipato.it/

In the last days the process ended with the vote of the priorities
expressed
by citizens in offline assemblies and online through the website
(see the site problemi/problems; proposte/proposals).

Next weeks we will reuse a modificated version of the platform for the
participatory budget
of Regione Lazio (4,5 milions of  inhabitants -
http://www.regione.lazio.it/) and, in october,
for urban participatory planning projcts in Rome.

The project was financed by italian governement and by various
municipalities.

Our non government organization (is also developing other indipendent
procjets:
- www.openpolis.it
- www.voisietequi.it

We are very interested in partnership and in sharing ideas .... (and in
learning english ;-))

Ciao

Vittorio Alvino
    

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From: Krisdev Date: 2007 Aug 01 03:38 UTC Short link

Hai Ron,

Nice to read your self introduction and to get to know you.

I have some what similar background, but in the industry and now in social
development.

I have developed and implemented e-Administration, an e-Platform, for
e-Governance.

More details can be seen at http://ll2b.blogspot.com.

If you would be interested in any way in collaborating, we can discuss
offline.

Regards,

Kris Dev
ICT Consultant
Manthan Awardee 2006
(for Creating India's Best e-Content in the category 'e-Inclusion &
Livelihood Creation'.)
    

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From: Nitin Date: 2007 Aug 09 00:50 UTC Short link

From: E Ariwa Date: 2007 Aug 10 12:23 UTC Short link

Dear Sir/Madam

Thanks

I am happy for us to join as partners

Kindly let me know what it incvolves on our side

Look forward to your reply
    

Ezendu

> Is there anyone put a application for the epartipation call due on the
> 13th Sept 2007
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> We looking for partners or we can partner up as well
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> Please email me
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From: Steven Clift Date: 2007 Aug 14 12:21 UTC Short link

Here are the presentations from their information day - scroll down:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/egovernment_research/eparticipation/call_2007/index_en.htm

    *      Introduction (Frans De Bruïne Director, ICT Addressing
Societal Challenges DG INFSO-H)
    *      eParticipation 2007, the broader eGovernment context (David
Broster, Head of Unit DG INFSO-H2, eGovernment and CIP Operations)
    *      eParticipation Work Programme 2007 (Thanassis Chrissafis DG
INFSO-H2)
    *     Guide for Applicants (Priit Ojamaa DG INFSO-H2)
    *     Evaluation and Contractual Aspects (Willy Van Puymbroeck, Head
of Unit DG INFSO-H5, Administration and  Finance)

Also :

    * DEMO-net FP6 project: eParticipation for Practitioners (John
Shaddock, Yorkshire and Humber)
    * Overview of the 6 projects started in 2007 (Daniela Tiscornia,
Italian National Research Council)   + More information on the 6 projects.

Can someone who attended share some highlights?

Cheers,
Steven Clift
DoWire.Org
    

From: Ella Taylor-Smith Date: 2007 Aug 14 15:01 UTC Short link

Hi,
 yes. That's the idea of the thread.
Do you have anything specific in mind?
    

-Ella

-----Original Message-----
From: Ezendu Ariwa [mailto:e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk]
Sent: 14 August 2007 15:44
To: <email obscured>
Subject: Re: [Consult] EU eParticipation Initiative - Introduce
yourself/idea


Thanks

Is it possible for us gto make joint or collaborative application

Ezendu

> Hi,
> we're interested in joining new e-participation initiatives. (i.e.
> International Teledemocracy Centre)
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> We have extensive experience, built up over the last 8 years or so.
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> List of projects: http://itc.napier.ac.uk/ITC/projectsIndex.asp
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From: David Newman Date: 2007 Aug 15 14:27 UTC Short link

There are two ideas we have started to develop, that might be worth
putting in as a proposal - if enough people are interested.

The current EU call has two strands. I've got an idea for each.

1. Legislature strand - taken from the perspective of members of
assemblies and parliaments.

Under that, I'd be interested in developing the sort of thing the Irish
Parliament did in its pilot e-consultation (http://econsultation.ie/),
into an ideal tool to help draft legislation.

The bit that worked best in the pilot is the ease with which major
stakeholders (people whose interests or livelihood would be most
affected by the broadcasting bill), could make their position clear,
against the details of the forthcoming bill (the "heads of agreement").
If this is developed enough, they won't need to employ so many
lobbyists. I'd see this as the sort of application where collaborative
writing tools could help: not ones that assume consensus, like wikiwiki
sites, but ones that allow people to develop alternative positions on
different parts of the bill, something like Aldo de Moor's GRASS. Given
enough interest, we could then get people to rank the alternatives, and
use a de Borda count to find the underlying consensus (as in the
preferendum, see http://www.deborda.org/).

2. Civil society strand - taken from the perspective of citizens.

Under that, I'd be interested in developing something based on our
earlier work on story collection and tests on using Google maps with
semi-literate ex-offenders (see http://wheel.e-consultation.org/ and the
report at http://www.e-consultation.org/). Too often top-down
initiatives only look for explicit knowledge (using questionnaires),
rather than trying to elicit some of the tacit knowledge people have
based on their life experiences. So big EU issues like cross-border
responses to climate change lack the personal experiences people have of
weather, floods, heat waves, changes in local flora and fauna and all
the feelings and emotions associated with that. Imagine a kind of social
networking site where people can contribute stories, pictures, sound,
linked to particular issues and particular geographic locations: made as
simple as possible to use.

In either case, we would need to deepen our understanding of the
processes and relationships involved, perhaps mapping out
e-participation patterns.

As for introducing myself, I first met Steven in Vienna in 1997, at the
Austrian Academy of Sciences first conference on voting, rating and
annotation on the Internet. I had just put a demonstration of the de
Borda preferendum on the WWW. Since then I set up the e-consultation
study group in Northern Ireland, worked with colleagues in Ireland to do
a major research project on e-consultation across the island
(www.e-consultation.org) and have just finished an evaluation of the
Irish Parliament's e-consultation.
    

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From: Carlos Cunha Date: 2007 Aug 15 16:14 UTC Short link

Hi David,

I think both of your strands are interesting.  If I had to choose, I am most
interested in the Legislature strand.  I think I could draw together a team for
the project from Portugal.  Let me know which strand you ultimatley decide upon
and how I can help.

Carlos

>>> "David R. Newman" <d.r.newman@qub.ac.uk> 08/15/07 10:10 AM >>>
There are two ideas we have started to develop, that might be worth
putting in as a proposal - if enough people are interested.

The current EU call has two strands. I've got an idea for each.

1. Legislature strand - taken from the perspective of members of
assemblies and parliaments.

Under that, I'd be interested in developing the sort of thing the Irish
Parliament did in its pilot e-consultation (http://econsultation.ie/),
into an ideal tool to help draft legislation.

The bit that worked best in the pilot is the ease with which major
stakeholders (people whose interests or livelihood would be most
affected by the broadcasting bill), could make their position clear,
against the details of the forthcoming bill (the "heads of agreement").
If this is developed enough, they won't need to employ so many
lobbyists. I'd see this as the sort of application where collaborative
writing tools could help: not ones that assume consensus, like wikiwiki
sites, but ones that allow people to develop alternative positions on
different parts of the bill, something like Aldo de Moor's GRASS. Given
enough interest, we could then get people to rank the alternatives, and
use a de Borda count to find the underlying consensus (as in the
preferendum, see http://www.deborda.org/).

2. Civil society strand - taken from the perspective of citizens.

Under that, I'd be interested in developing something based on our
earlier work on story collection and tests on using Google maps with
semi-literate ex-offenders (see http://wheel.e-consultation.org/ and the
report at http://www.e-consultation.org/). Too often top-down
initiatives only look for explicit knowledge (using questionnaires),
rather than trying to elicit some of the tacit knowledge people have
based on their life experiences. So big EU issues like cross-border
responses to climate change lack the personal experiences people have of
weather, floods, heat waves, changes in local flora and fauna and all
the feelings and emotions associated with that. Imagine a kind of social
networking site where people can contribute stories, pictures, sound,
linked to particular issues and particular geographic locations: made as
simple as possible to use.

In either case, we would need to deepen our understanding of the
processes and relationships involved, perhaps mapping out
e-participation patterns.

As for introducing myself, I first met Steven in Vienna in 1997, at the
Austrian Academy of Sciences first conference on voting, rating and
annotation on the Internet. I had just put a demonstration of the de
Borda preferendum on the WWW. Since then I set up the e-consultation
study group in Northern Ireland, worked with colleagues in Ireland to do
a major research project on e-consultation across the island
(www.e-consultation.org) and have just finished an evaluation of the
Irish Parliament's e-consultation.
    

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Management and Economics, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland (UK)
Tel. +44 28 9097 3643 FAX: +44 28 9097 5156
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From: Krisdev Date: 2007 Aug 21 09:00 UTC Short link

Dear Dr. David Newman and Alexandra,

I am not sure, if the following is relevant to your discussions. However, I
thought, I shall post it, in case it is relevant. If not, my apologies.

"I am an international ICT and e-Governance Consultant with 30 years
experience in India and Americas.

My organization, Life Line to Business (LL2B) has developed e-Administration
Tool, an e-Platform for e-Governance, a web based, platform neutral, paper
less communication and work flow solution developed using open source tools
(J2EE Application, JBoss Application Server, PostgreSQL Backend all running
on Linux or windows Platform).

The tool has the provision for self customization by any organization and
can help to create the entire geographic branches, the functional
departments, positions and officials.

It helps to integrate the working of the entire vertical and horizontal
hierarchy of any organization / government including local government
(municipality) and introduce transparency and accountability.

It can also help to create unique identity for every citizen, create a
complete citizen database from birth to death and help track the benefits
extended to citizens.

More details of the implementation of e-Administration including a recent
proof of concept for Biometric Tracking of Payments Received by Beneficiries
of National rural Employment Guarantee program can be seen at
http://ll2b.blogspot.com.

The Biometric Tracking of benefits Initiative was recognized with the
Manthan Award 2006 for creating India's Best e-Content for 'e-Inclusion and
Livelihood' creation. Recently this initiative has been recommended for the
World Summit Award 2007.

I thought the above may of interest for the e-Governance / e-Participation
Initiative. We would like to partner to offer the e-Administration Tool.


Regards,

Kris Dev
ICT & e-Gov consultant
Manthan Awardee 2006
www.manthanaward.org

President & CEO
Life Line to Business (LL2B)
http://ll2b.blogspot.com.
    

On 8/21/07, <email obscured> <aalexa@otenet.gr> wrote:
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> Dear Mr Newman,
>
> Our Municipality is just beginning to exlpore the possibilities of
> e-governance/e-participation and we'd be most interested in participating in
> a project involving the citizens - if you finally decide to follow this
> strand)- after all this is what e-participation is about.
> Please do consider our partnership whether you go on with this idea.
>
> Alexandra
>