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To access links, see Steven Clift's blog: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=342 Post: Conference - e-democracy: new opportunities for enhancing civic participation -Strasbourg, France - 23-24 APR 2007 The Council of Europe asked me to pass along this notice about their upcoming symposium on e-democracy. It is being organized by the Council of Europe Ad Hoc Committee on e-democracy (CAHDE) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. This gives me another opportunity to tweak ICELE, the Council of Europe, and any institution interested in cost-effectively fostering e-democracy/e-participation activities in government and civil society to consider ways to connect practitioners on the front lines who don't have the travel budgets to connect in person. Important conferences like the one below, should be used to launch ongoing online peer-to-peer exchanges like the proposed Local E-Democracy Exchange or other similar opportunities. Steven Clift http://e-democracy.org http://dowire.org See: http://www.coe.int/democracy Council of Europe to hold symposium on e-democracy from 23 to 24 April 2007 The Council of Europe symposium "e-democracy: new opportunities for enhancing civic participation", will take place at the Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg (France) from 23 to 24 April 2007. The symposium will discuss the nature and added value of e-democracy, based on lessons learnt from e-democracy experiences in Council of Europe member states, and identify areas for future research. First-rate speakers from public authorities, academia, media, NGOs, political parties and international organisations will share their experiences in state-of-the-art e-democracy applications. Topics to be debated in plenary and in thematic sessions include government-to-citizen-to-government and citizen-to-citizen communication, e-campaigning and how to measure the impact of e-democracy. The symposium will be open to the general public on personal confirmation by e-mail after advance registration. On request participants will in relevant cases be sent a formal invitation letter for visa purposes. There is no participation fee. Simultaneous interpretation in English, French, Spanish and German will be available throughout the symposium. Further information, the programme and registration forms can be found and downloaded at http://www.coe.int/democracy. The deadline for registering is Tuesday 3 April 2007. For any queries please call + 33 3 88 41 28 67 The DRAFT agenda: DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS PROJECT "GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY? THE CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES Symposium on e-democracy: new opportunities for enhancing civic participation Strasbourg 23-24 April 2007 Venue: Palais de l'Europe, Room 9 draft programme MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007 09.30 � 12.30 INTRODUCTORY SESSION Chair: Mr Thomas BUCHSBAUM, Chairman of the Council of Europe Ad hoc Committee on e-democracy. General Rapporteur: Mr Lawrence PRATCHETT, Professor of Local Democracy and Director of the Local Governance Research Unit, De Montfort University, UK Opening Addresses Ms Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Ian MICALLEF, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Political keynote Address: Mr Mart LAAR � Former Prime Minister of Estonia (tbc) Introduction to the Ms Ann MACINTOSH - Professor of E-Governance and Director of the theme of the International Teledemocracy Centre at Napier University, UK symposium Debate 11.00 � 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 - 12.30 International organisations: partners in e-democracy Mr Thanassis CHRISSAFIS, DG INFSO H2 "eGovernment", European Commission (tbc) Mr Dick TOORNSTRA, Director and Special Advisor for the promotion of democracy at the European Parliament, Directorate General for External Policies of the Union, European Parliament Reaching out electronically-bridging the gap? Mr Childerik SCHAAPVELD, Head of NGO & Democratic Governance Unit, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (ODIHR/OSCE). Ms Ottill THARALDSEN, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mr Gherardo CASINI, Head of office in Rome, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) 12.30 � 14.00 Lunch break 14.00 - 17.30 Theme I Government to citizen to government communications: engaging citizens in decision-making Chair: Mr Ian MICALLEF, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Introduction by the Rapporteur: Mr. Ian JOHNSON, Head of Democratic Engagement Branch, Department for Constitutional Affairs, UK Can e-democracy close the gap between people and power? Mr Ross FERGUSON, e-Democracy Programme Director, Hansard Society, UK Digital Dialogues � Government, Citizens and Online Policy Deliberation in the UK Mr Alexandre SINE, Cyber-budget, France Local Authority Initiatives � Case Studies: - Bologna, Italy - Issy-les-Moulineaux, France - Dandumadeel, The Netherlands (e-voice project) - Alcobendas, Spain - Esslingen, Germany Debate 14.00 - 17.30 Theme II Beneath the hype: overcoming barriers and measuring impact Chair: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Introduction by the Rapporteur, Mr Lawrence PRATCHETT Ms Laurence MONNOYER-SMITH, University of Compi�gne, France Measuring the impact of e-democracy : a three-dimensional approach Mr Peter MAMBREY - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Formative evaluation to foster civic participation Ms Ulrike KOZELUH, Vienna Science Centre, Austria Measuring the quality of e-democracy: what criteria shall we use? Mr Herbert KUBICEK, Professor for Applied Computer Science, University of Bremen, Director of the Institute for Information Management, Bremen, Germany Embedding e-participation processes - Media Mix and Meta Communication Debate (15.30 � 16.00) Coffee break 17.45 Reception offered by the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe TUESDAY 24 APRIL 2007 09.00 - 12.30 Theme III The return of the citizen: new forms of social networking Chair: Mr Keith WHITMORE, Member of the Congress Introduction by the Rapporteur, Mr Daniel van LERBERGHE, Politech Institute, Brussels, Belgium Ms Evika KARAMAGIOLI, Gov2u, Greece Gov2u: Using the Power of Online Communities and Social Networks to Create Change Mr Tom STEINBERG - theyworkforyou.com, UK Ms Sara ERIKSEN and Ms Annelie EKELIN, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Blekinge, Sweden Mr Matteo MAGGIORE, BBC, UK NN of Derni�res Nouvelles d�Alsace (DNA), Strasbourg, France Mr Ignacio ARSUAGA, HazTeOir.org, Spain The HazteOir.org Case Study: Building a Community and Influencing Politics Debate (10.30 - 11.00) Coffee break 09.30-12.30 Theme IV E-campaigning Chair: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Introduction to the theme by the Rapporteur: Mr. Thierry VEDEL, Researcher, Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), France The role of the internet in campaigning: what we know and what we are learning Mr Finn STUBTOFT, Secretary General, Danish Social Democratic Party, Denmark Mr Eoin DUBSKY, Greenpeace International Mr. Lorenzo MOSCA, European University Institute, Florence, Italy Mr Graham COVINGTON, Advocacy Online, provider of e-campaigning technology and services, UK Ms Ariane SELINGER, debat2007.fr, France NN, Party e-worker in Estonian parliamentary election campaign Debate (10.30 - 11.00) Coffee break 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00-17.30 CONCLUDING SESSION Chair: Mr Michael REMMERT, Project Manager "Good Governance in the Information Society?, Council of Europe Reports from the parallel sessions by the theme rapporteurs Presentation of Symposium findings and e-democracy issues for further research by the Symposium General Rapporteur: Mr Lawrence PRATCHETT Debate Closing remarks *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://DoWire.Org *** To comment/for links: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=342 To network: http://groups.dowire.org Submit posts: http://dowire.org/submit Member profile for Steven Clift: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/stevenclift ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/topic/a0yrpYDTGczegvbuNt6AT For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. 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