e-Democracy

Online Campaign India

Ravi Singh, the man USA Today dubbed ‘America’s Campaign Guru’, and founder and CEO of electionmall.com — one of the largest campaign and election technology firms in the US — had an interesting run-in with the online political system in India.

Your rights to complain! European Parliament

Ombudsman launches information campaign for businesses, associations, NGOs and regional offices The European Ombudsman announces a campaign to inform businesses, associations and NGO’s on their rights to complain to the Ombudsman. Press Release No. 6/2007 quotes The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, as saying:

Calling all MPs! Here’s how you should spend 20% of your 10k

So MPs have voted to raise a bit of cash to explain to constituents what’s going on in Parliament. mySociety partly exists to suggest how such things can be done imaginatively and successfully, and we have had the following thought.

Luanda Angola Government's Web Portal.

The deputy minister of Science and Technology, Pedro Teta called Thursday, here, for a greater co-operation of government institutions towards the updating of information of the Angolan Government's Web Portal.

youtube is the right space

Some interesting conclusions emerge from a recent study conducted by Burst Media with 2,100 online users who are likely to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. Among other things the survey found that one-quarter of these likely voters chose the Internet as the best source to learn about candidates positions or to research election issues.

A really useful resource for self evaluation

UK: NeSDS eService Delivery Standards project sets standards The NeSDS eService Delivery Standards Programme, supported by the Department of Communities and Local Government, has successfully fulfilled its remit by developing ten eStandards.

A United Nations-forum in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

A United Nations-backed forum aiming to spread the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in West and Central Africa kicked off today in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The two-day meeting, called the ICT Best Practices Forum, was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Government of Burkina Faso, the African Development Bank and Microsoft.

7th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG 2007)

The Conference will bring together researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, work in progress and conceptual advances in any area of e-Government.

eGov INDIA 2007 Conference

The Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) is organising eGov INDIA 2007 Conference from July 31 to August 3. eGov INDIA 2007 intends to asses the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) implementation. The NeGP envisages creation of right environments to implement G2G, G2B, and G2C services.

The Program Committee of the ICEGOV 2007 invites unpublished, original contributions

The Program Committee of the ICEGOV 2007 invites unpublished, original contributions describing ongoing or completed work, originating from Academia, the Industry and the Government. The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2007) will take place in Macao during 10-13 December 2007. The gathering is expected to bring together practitioners, developers and researchers from government, industry and academia to share the latest findings in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance.

Third international cc:eGov Workshop

Transformational Approaches for eGovernment: Towards a Handbook for Change - A 'mid-summer' event for practitioners to work together, learn and change The 3rd citizen-centricity eGov Workshop (cc:eGov) to take place in Denmark on 21-22 June is the third in a series of four events that are aimed at serving as key drivers to the cc:eGov study project.

ICT faces big challenge to implement e-Governance in Africa

ICT is the most compelling challenge facing Africa's development in e-Governance. While speaking at the meeting on ICT Best Practices held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the officials from the African Development Bank (AfDB) said there is lack of support for implementation and maintenance if a proper skill in ICT is hindering the development of ICT on the continent.

Online Campaign India

Ravi Singh, the man USA Today dubbed ‘America’s Campaign Guru’, and founder and CEO of electionmall.com — one of the largest campaign and election technology firms in the US — had an interesting run-in with the online political system in India.

Your rights to complain! European Parliament

Ombudsman launches information campaign for businesses, associations, NGOs and regional offices The European Ombudsman announces a campaign to inform businesses, associations and NGO’s on their rights to complain to the Ombudsman. Press Release No. 6/2007 quotes The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, as saying:

Calling all MPs! Here’s how you should spend 20% of your 10k

So MPs have voted to raise a bit of cash to explain to constituents what’s going on in Parliament. mySociety partly exists to suggest how such things can be done imaginatively and successfully, and we have had the following thought.

Luanda Angola Government's Web Portal.

The deputy minister of Science and Technology, Pedro Teta called Thursday, here, for a greater co-operation of government institutions towards the updating of information of the Angolan Government's Web Portal.

youtube is the right space

Some interesting conclusions emerge from a recent study conducted by Burst Media with 2,100 online users who are likely to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. Among other things the survey found that one-quarter of these likely voters chose the Internet as the best source to learn about candidates positions or to research election issues.

A really useful resource for self evaluation

UK: NeSDS eService Delivery Standards project sets standards The NeSDS eService Delivery Standards Programme, supported by the Department of Communities and Local Government, has successfully fulfilled its remit by developing ten eStandards.

A United Nations-forum in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

A United Nations-backed forum aiming to spread the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in West and Central Africa kicked off today in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The two-day meeting, called the ICT Best Practices Forum, was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Government of Burkina Faso, the African Development Bank and Microsoft.

7th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG 2007)

The Conference will bring together researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, work in progress and conceptual advances in any area of e-Government.

eGov INDIA 2007 Conference

The Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) is organising eGov INDIA 2007 Conference from July 31 to August 3. eGov INDIA 2007 intends to asses the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) implementation. The NeGP envisages creation of right environments to implement G2G, G2B, and G2C services.

The Program Committee of the ICEGOV 2007 invites unpublished, original contributions

The Program Committee of the ICEGOV 2007 invites unpublished, original contributions describing ongoing or completed work, originating from Academia, the Industry and the Government. The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2007) will take place in Macao during 10-13 December 2007. The gathering is expected to bring together practitioners, developers and researchers from government, industry and academia to share the latest findings in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance.

Third international cc:eGov Workshop

Transformational Approaches for eGovernment: Towards a Handbook for Change - A 'mid-summer' event for practitioners to work together, learn and change The 3rd citizen-centricity eGov Workshop (cc:eGov) to take place in Denmark on 21-22 June is the third in a series of four events that are aimed at serving as key drivers to the cc:eGov study project.

ICT faces big challenge to implement e-Governance in Africa

ICT is the most compelling challenge facing Africa's development in e-Governance. While speaking at the meeting on ICT Best Practices held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the officials from the African Development Bank (AfDB) said there is lack of support for implementation and maintenance if a proper skill in ICT is hindering the development of ICT on the continent.

EGOV 2007 - the International Conference of the EGOV-Society

The 6th edition of the international EGOV conference series will take place from 3 to 7 September in Regensburg, Germany. Bringing together numerous leading academics and eGovernment professionals from across the world, it will assess the state of the art in the fast-moving field of eGovernment and eGovernance and provide guidance for future research and development.

Working group to study e-democracy efforts

An international panel plans to study the use of online meetings as a way to boost citizen participation in government decisions.

7% of the British population have signed e-petitions

More than three million people have now signed e-petitions, one year after its launch on the Downing Street's website. But specialists are not convinced by its infuence on political decisions.

Members of European Parliament Launch Facebook Campaign To Reduce Tax Rate on Condoms To Curb HIV/AIDS in E.U.

Members of the European Parliament from the Socialist Group on Thursday in Brussels launched a campaign on the social networking Web site Facebook to cut tax rates on condoms in an effort to curb increasing HIV/AIDS rates in Europe, the Irish Examiner reports. Hundreds of Facebook users already have joined the group, "Cut AIDS, Cut VAT on Condoms," to show their support for the campaign. The group plans to present a petition to government ministers ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- The second Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

The second Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded on November 15 and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) presents an initial assessment of the event and makes suggestions for moving towards the third forum in New Delhi in a year’s time.

Citizen Empowerment through ICT

Participants from around the world to gather in London in February to discuss Citizen Empowerment through ICT. Also discussed will be: how ‘Participation Agenda’ affects local government, how new technologies can help to engage citizens, what tools are available for Local Authorities and politicians and how policymakers, Local Authorities and community groups can build for success.

E-democracy research requires all-inclusive approach

Research into eDemocracy must become more interdisciplinary, collaborative and comparative if it is to sufficiently analyse the role and impact of technology in democratic processes, heard delegates of a recent European Science Foundation (ESF) research conference on eDemocracy.

'E-democracy' aims to beat apathy

New media is being used by the Welsh assembly in a new attempt at "e-democracy" to bring politics closer to the people. It includes electronic petitions, and an improved web TV service, senedd.tv. The initiative is an attempt to close a gap between politicians and the public seen by some as undermining democracy.

European eDemocracy Award 2008: Call for candidatures until August 8

The European eDemocracy Award is an annual award honoring the most valuable European eDemocracy initiative amongst 50 selected websites in EU 27 featuring a wide range of eDemocracy tools and content strengthening eParticipation, transparency, representative participatory democracy and citizen participation in the democratic decision-making processes at the European, national or local levels of governance.

Hansard 2.0: Designing e-Democracy into the new Australian Parliament Hansard

The Australian Department of Parliamentary Services has issued a "Request for Tender for Provision of a replacement Hansard Production System". Hansard is traditionally the published record of what is said in parliament and parliamentary committees. However, Hansard is not a verbatim transcript of what is said. Hansard is already on the web, but as a simple conversion of the previous paper system. There is the opportunity with "Hansard 2.0" to produce a system which makes use of the Web's features to provide a better service for e-Democracy.