Is it worth funding ICELE, asks Coleman
From:
David Wilcox
Date:
Apr 03 11:31 UTC
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Hi Steven - all
Discussion warming up: Andy Williamson
"From where I am, the reality would appear to be that the very
creation of ICELE effectively side-lined local eDemocracy. I whole-
heartedly agree with Stephen (C) in that it seems politic to revist
the aims and objectives of the organisation and assess progress
against these."
http://tinyurl.com/2c965t
David
On 3 Apr 2008, at 11:04, Steven Clift wrote:
>
> At least in the UK, you are having a discussion about getting value
> for the investment, which means that from time to time your
> government, the BBC, the EU, etc. are actually investing in e-
> democracy.
>
> I know the sums are small, but I'd be interested in seeing at least
> 10% as much money "wasted" on e-democracy as has been dumped into
> one-way e-government service projects with minimal use. On that
> mark, you'd have the resources to learn many more lessons and make
> even more mistakes.
>
> In terms of research however, I would love to see some real cost-
> benefit analysis ... if a country had $100 million pounds to invest
> over 5 years to preserve and reform "democracy" in the online era
> (broadly conceived not just government to citizen democracy), what
> is the best investment. Or more importantly, if a local council or a
> local BBC station, had 20K GBP a year to invest in the community
> sector and 20K to invest for needs within their democratic services,
> what is the most cost-effective service? (My guess on the
> institutional side - a regularly produced "what's new" e-mail
> newsletter combined with a personalized e-mail/RSS alert system like
> Google News Alerts but instead covering local decision-making
> meetings/documents/news.)
>
> Steven Clift
>
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