Steven Clift
Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:32:01 -0700
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From: http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=43 Madrid Participa - Case Study Madrid Participa has evolved into a democracy portal for city of Madrid in Spain. In June, I had a nice chat with their office of the citizen participation. While the participation in terms of numbers was light, e-democracy experience is leading them toward strategic next steps. Here is the executive summary from the full case study among those sponsored by the UK Local E-democracy National Project. A version in Word is available. Executive Summary: Madrid Participa is an initiative created by the City of Madrid in 2004 with the objective of involving citizens of the central district in evaluating the effectiveness of electronic mechanisms used for public participation. Citizens were introduced to local decision- making processes and the multi-faceted approach of the Internet, Java mobile phones, SMS messages and on site centres 21 public access Internet centres deployed throughout the city in January 2004. Approximately 50% of those surveyed decisively favour the use of electronic systems in any kind of electoral process such as a Citizen Consultation similar to Madrid Participa or binding elections. Only 15% of those surveyed indicated their reluctance to their use in binding elections. Three other e-consultations will take place during 2005 and will gather citizens opinion on key issues affecting three different districts in Madrid. Besides the e-consultations, a remodelled portal Madrid Participa will be launched shortly with new tools for the citizen associations and general participation tools such as online forums. Website: http://www.madridparticipa.es ... Also note from the bottom of the case study: Electronic Democracy and Citizen Participation A sociological and legal report about the Citizen Consultation Madrid Participia, September, 2004 By Drs. Jordi Barrat i Esteve and Josep Maria Reniu i Vilamala Download from: www3.unileon.es/dp/aco/area/jordi/treballs/evot/llibreang.pdf ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - Skype/MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join Democracies Online: http://dowire.org Start an Issues Forum: http://e-democracy.org/if *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/do-wire@lists.umn.edu/maillist.xml