Engaging Citizens in Policy and Social Action: The Role of Information Technology
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Engaging Citizens in Policy and Social Action: The Role of Information Technology
Nilda Bullain
European Center for Not-for-Profit Law
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Public participation & IT
• Legislation – E.g., Freedom of Electronic Information Act,
Hungary
• Policy framework– E.g., E-Government / Wi-Fi Country, Estonia
• Institutional mechanisms– E.g., Poland, Public Benefit Council
• Internal regulations
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BUT THEN…
WHAT HAPPENS?
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WHAT MAKES
PARTICIPATION
EFFECTIVE?
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UN Climate conference, Poznan, 1 - 12 December 2008
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Priority ActionsYou can make a real impact, right now. With just a few minutes of your time you can apply pressure to the world's governments to end human rights violations across the globe.
Congo: Help protect civilians
Call on the UK government to ensure that the UN Security Council takes further steps
to protect civilians in
13635 actions sent
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We have a say!
•Rights based advocacy
•12 NGO projects in Hungary–Drug use –Access to information (consumer protection)–Child protection–NGO decision making via e-devices
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Effective participation
Enabling legal & policy environment
NGO ability to engage supporters on a personal level
Appropriate technological platform