E-participation
January 25, 2009“e-Participation is about reconnecting ordinary people with politics and policy-making and making the decision-making processes easier to understand and follow through the use of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).”(European Union)
E-participation can be seen as a part of E-democracy as E-democracy is the use of IT’s by governments. It can be used by elected officials, media, political parties and interest groups, civil society organizations, international governmental organizations, or citizens/voters within any of the political processes of states/regions, nations, and local and global communities. E-participation results in a large number of people participating in policy making thus creating more active citizens.
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