WORKING GROUP: Trento, 2010

Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies

eDemocracy

“E-democracy represents the use of

information and communication technologies

and strategies by democratic actors within

political and governance processes of local

communities, nations and on the international

stage. Democratic actors/sectors include

governments, elected officials, the media,

political organizations, and citizen/voters”. 

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WE WANT TO…ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF THE DEMOCRACY,

THROUGH: making more productive the work of the

members of the Parliament opening the work of the Parliament with

the citizens including the citizens and other

institutions in the process of political decision

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THE GOALS OF E-DEMOCRACY

More degree of interaction within political actors/sectors

More transparency in the function of governments

A more participative constituency

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WHAT THE E-DEMOCRACY GROUP HAVE DONE

Flandes, January 26, 2010: the Group approved a survey, elaborated by the Basque Parliament

The survey was about the implementation of the e-democracy tools among the CALRE members

18 legislative assemblies filled the survey

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THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND….

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We have advanced on many respects. However,

Our legislative assemblies have a poor degree of efficiency when using e-democracy tools

The is a great degree of disorientation

The gap among many assemblies is enormous

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CURRENT SITUATION

Local Governments are mostly stuck on the web 1.0: unilateral flow of information

We need to adapt to web 2.0: interactive, multilateral flow of information.

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WEB 2.0: WHY WE NEED IT?

PARTICIPATIONCOLLABORATIONTRANSPARENCYOPENNESSFLEXIBILITY

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PHACES OF E-DEMOCRACY: what we have accompished?

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The first phase (Information) is much developed,

there is a lot of information available to the public.

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However…..

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In E-CONSULTATION (online surveys) and

E- PARTICIPATION (forums, blogs, etc.) we have not avanced much.

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WHY?

There is no model to measure sustaintability and follow up the work done

The services offered to the public are often complex and user-unfriendly

Lack of a real compromise on behalf the legislative assemblies

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ANY SOLUTION MUST START BY……

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Listening to the citizen first:

what they need, what they want,

what they expect from the Internet tools.

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Reaching the citizen, and not

only wait for him to come and

participate spontaneously: marketing

is important

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Fostering interaction:

citizen-citizen, citizen-institution,

institution-institution, members-members.

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Humanizing the web: citizen

wants to feel there is a real person

behind those tools, personalize the

attention.

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Offering easy access for

persons with special needs

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But, most importan of all…

You should COMPROMISE,

which means: be convinced of the

benefits of e-democracy.

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E-natives are an increasing sector

of the population.

We NEED information and

communications techonologies

address them.

Is not a matter of choice any more.

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