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The role of the Internet in public participation
The road to e-democracy
Paul Andor FarkasManaging Director
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The key to e-democracy: collaboration…
Agencies NGOsOther
partners
Multiple partners are needed for a
complete solution
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My experiences in involving the public in environmental decision-making
Project Leader - WWF Austria’s Central Danubian Park ProgramResearcher - Florida State Conflict Resolution ConsortiumSenior Outreach Specialist/Environmental Planner - URS CorporationProject Manager – InfoLink ProjectManaging Director – Synthesis-NET LLC
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E-democracy in practice
Service provided to the public
Agencies pool resources & information
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Influential factors
Political environment
Transparency
Budgets
Planning
Leadership
Stakeholders
Technology
Innovation
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Overcoming obstacles
• Within the bureaucracy– Understand interests– Build coalitions, motivate players– Demonstration projects– Communicate and train
• Political level– Lobbying– Explore funding opportunities
• External entities– Increase awareness and involvement– Forge partnerships– Address fears
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The history of the InfoLink
• 1997 - Reflex Environment Protection Society and several local partners launched an environmental information service on the teletext pages of the local cable channel – the InfoLink is born.
• 2000 – Supported by the Partnership Foundation, Reflex and several Slovak and Hungarian partner organizations migrated the teletext service to the Internet.
• 2001 – The partners expanded the InfoLink portal’s content and functionality through support from the Phare Access 2000 Program.
• 2003 – The InfoLink becomes the official environmental information repository of the West Pannon Regional Development Council.
• 2004 – The North Hungarian Regional Environmental Authorities secure support from the Phare CBC Program to expand the InfoLink into Austria.
• 2005 – Several firms sign collaborative agreements with the growing list of InfoLink partners (Pannon-Víz, Philips, Kommszol, stb.)
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• Establish a comprehensive regional environmental information system.
• Collect and make information on the state the environment accessable to the public in a format that they can understand.
• Involve various local and regional actors in a dialogue on environmental and regional development issues.
The goals of the InfoLink
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Local and international NGOsEnvironmental agenciesNational Park directorates Local government associationsUtility service providersCompaniesRegional development organizationsInstitutions of higher learning
The InfoLink Partners
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Document and event management…
The InfoLink’s components
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Weblog forum…
The InfoLink’s components
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Environmental database…
The InfoLink’s components
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Web mapping service…
The InfoLink’s components