Workshop 1: eParticipation in Europe: current state and potential

The workshop report and the list of participants are available. 9.00 to 9.30 Registration, coffee and tea 9.30 to 9.35 Opening and welcome by the European Commission 9.35 to 9.45 Introduction to workshop Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute (DK) Download Presentation 9:45 to 10:30 What should participation achieve and how can technology help? Simon Smith, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds (UK) Download Presentation 10:30 to 11:15 Presentations and discussion from European and international organisations on how they tackle public participation and eParticipation issues i)Debate Europe/Plan D Francis Whyte, European Commission DG COMM, EUROPA Have Your Say in Europe ii)eParticipation: Views from the European political groupings Ghislaine Robinson, Communications Advisor, Party of European Socialists iii)eLegislation Edna Pasher/Francesco Molinari, Edna Pasher Associates (IL)/Altec SA (IT) Download Presentation Download Presentation 11:15 to 11:30 Coffee/tea break 11:30 to 12:00 State of play of eParticipation at European level, covering EU and international institutions, civil society, political parties Effie Dalakiouridou, Information Systems Laboratory, University of Macedonia (GR) Download Presentation 12:00 to 13:00 Presentations and discussion from civil society and other trans-national organisations on how they tackle public participation and eParticipation issues i)The Arhus Conversion: Environmental Information Management Michael Stanley-Jones, Officer, Aarhus Convention Secretariat/ United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe ii)Participatory Budgeting in the City of Freiburg eParticipation meets gender budgeting Bengt Feil, TuTech Innovation GmbH/PEP-NET (DE) iii)Monitoring, Coordinating and Promoting the European Union eParticipation Projects and Initiatives Laurence Roelants, Politech Institute (BE), MOMENTUM Project iv)Digital Local Agenda: Local and Regional cross-border cooperation for eParticipation Javier Ossandon, ELANET (IT) Download Presentation Download Presentation Download Presentation Download Presentation 13:00 to 14:00 Lunch (BU29: groundfloor cafeteria) 14:00 to 15:00 Experience exchange round tables.Small group discussion where everybody will be given the floor to present their experiences and (or) issues which concern them, particularly in relation to two questions: i) What is eParticipation expected to achieve? The strategy, goals and expected benefits of eParticipation ii) What works, what doesn't and why? How eParticipation is implemented. 15:00 to 15:30 Reporting back from group discussion 15.30 to 16.00 Final summing up, conclusions and next steps Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute (DK) 16:00 End