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E-democracy stories from developing countries - Best practices search
In India, I've heard about the use of wireless-based Internet video
conferencing for meetings between citizens in multiple villages and their
district manager.
In Turkey, a local government provided deep access to accountability and
fiscal spending information.
In Mongolia, the Prime Minister uses e-consultation to gather input in
both Mongolia and in English by sharing certain draft legislation.
I am interested in collecting more suggestions for possible e-democracy
case studies from all over the world. Please forward this message onfar and wide within your countries. A project is waiting to be discovered
by the world.
Thanks,
Steven Clift
E-democracy Best Practices - Submit, Draft, Discuss:
On this new project site you can:
1. Recommend an E-democracy Project or Strategy
(Best before 31 DEC 2004)
2. Commend an Online Feature or E-democracy Practice
(Best before 24 DEC 2004)
3. Nominate "Most E-democracy Enabled Governments"
4. Nominate "Most Wired Politicians"
5. Share a Local E-Activism Story
6. Join the E-democracy Best Practices Leadership Team
7. Help draft or comment on Briefs and Case Studies
(Honorariums available for accepted topics)
8. Get a preview of the new DoWire blog and wiki system
In particular, we are looking for "undiscovered" e-democracy projects
outside the UK with relevant lessons for the UK local authorities. In the
past, I've discovered most leading e-democracy practices<http://publicus.net/articles.html> in-person! This is because those
closest to innovation often don't realize they are ahead or in fact
innovators. Help us uncover the stories and case studies to be told.Submit suggestions please: http://dowire.org/submit
For updates on this UK Local E-democracy National Project-funded
exploration of global e-democracy best practices, join the 2800+ member
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Additional UK-supported projects that I am involved with:
Enhanced Webcasting - http://www.dowire.org/webcasting
-- New online community for public sector webcasters and
multimedia folks
Civic Weblogging - http://readmyday.co.uk/blogs/
-- Local government bloggers in the UK
Local Issues Forums - http://e-democracy.org/uk
-- Many-to-many citizen forums that matter
For more information on the UK Local E-democracy National Project, watch
these sites <http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk> and <http://www.e-dem.info>.
Please forward this message to others or mention key points in
e-newsletters, blogs, etc.
Thanks,
Steven Clift
Democracies Online
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