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International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC

Explore eParticipation methods landscape and research challenges in engaging citizens with technology for political processes. Research issues: support elected representatives, large-scale interactivity, explicit participatory processes.

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International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC

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  1. International Teledemocracy Centre - ITC eParticipation: eEnabling to eEmpowerment Prof. Ann Macintosh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK email: a.macintosh@napier.ac.uk web: itc.napier.ac.uk

  2. The context • A sense that the public has disengaged from formal political processes • A belief that technologies can be used to support governments re-engage with citizens.

  3. For discussion • Where are we now? • What are the research challenges?

  4. eParticipation - the use of ICT to support: Information provision e-enabling Reaching & informing a wider community Top-down engagement e-consultation Ground-up empowerment e-empowerment More considered contributions Opportunity for partnership

  5. The eParticipation methods landscape

  6. The situation • Are governments re-engaging with the public? • Are technologies enabling this re-engagement? No! There are promises but there are problems

  7. For discussion • Where are we now? • What are the research challenges?

  8. Some research issues • The need to support elected representatives • The need to support large-scale interactivity • The need for explicit participatory processes

  9. What’s new? Parliamentary document search Committee events notification What do colleagues and experts think? Track committee actions Secure discussion space What do we decide? Remote e-voting for individual ballots Remote e- polling on committee issues committee members on the move Catalonian, Dutch, Hungarian and Lithuanian Parliaments, Westmeath County Council, Napier University ITC, HP, Scytl and Gov2U

  10. Some research issues • The need to support elected representatives • The need to support large-scale interactivity • The need for explicit participatory processes

  11. Some research issues • The need to support elected representatives • The need to support large-scale interactivity • The need for explicit participatory processes

  12. e-Petitioner System

  13. Network of Excellence www.demo-net.org

  14. The Consortium (1) • Digital North Denmark (DK) • The University of Leeds (UK) • Örebro University (S) • University of Koblenz (D) • Fraunhofer AIS (D) • University of Bremen, ifib (D) • University of Macedonia (GR) • Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, ICCS (GR) • Copenhagen Business School (DK) • Aalborg University (DK)

  15. The Consortium (2) • Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (F) • Technical University of Košice (SK) • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT) • University of Bergamo (IT) • Yorkshire and Humber Assembly (UK) • European Projects & Management Agency / Vysocina Region, EPMA (CZ) • Napier University (UK) • University of Iceland (IS) • University of Helsinki (SF) • ITA (Austria) • University of Southern California (US)

  16. Research Centres worldwide

  17. Conclusions • But: • To what extent can technology start to re-address the democratic deficit given that the main barriers are cultural, organisational and constitutional? Thank you!

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