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Active participation at the nonformal education lab

The Romanian Agency for the Youth in Action Program organized the nonformal education lab at Gura Portitei, in Romania. SMART Method of Public Policy was one of the 14+ methods that were tested. During one day, I made 5 theoretical presentations for the 45 participants, followed by two sessions of practical training. As a result, [...]

July 9, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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Recommendations to promote access to e-participation

The recommendations below are aimed at making e-participation more important in generating change in the community. They are the result of the working group on “promoting access to e-participation” organized within the Expert Seminar New Ways of Participation in Multicultural Youth Work from Budapest, Council of Europe Youth Center, during June 14-18 2010. Good working [...]

June 22, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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The Brochure of SMART Method of Public Policy now ready

This brochure tells about SMART Method, citizen engagement problems, advantages of SMART Method compared to other forms of citizen engagement, the management team of the project “Public Policies Made by Citizens,” the partners of the project, and its objectives. Enjoy!

June 10, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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Citizen engagement workshop ended in Moeciu, Romania

The international workshop “Public Policies Made by Citizens,” financed by the European Commission, has ended. The European citizen engagement platform available at www.public-policies.eu, as well as the national citizen engagement platforms for Romania (www.politicipublice.ro), Italy (www.politiche-pubbliche.it), France (www.politiquespubliques.fr), and Greece (www.public-policies.gr) have been tested and are now ready to be used. However, we have yet [...]

May 30, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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The international workshop “Public Policies Made by Citizens” currently unfolding in Moeciu, Romania

During May 17-23, the international workshop “Public Policies Made by Citizens” is taking place in Moeciu, Romania. We are together 21 young people from four countries – Romania, Italy, Greece and France – who are coordinating the five platforms of participative democracy available at this moment: www.Public-Policies.eu for Europe www.PoliticiPublice.ro for Romania www.Politiche-Pubbliche.it for Italy [...]

May 20, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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Problems and solutions have been posted on PoliticiPublice.ro at NGOfest

NGOfest has been a real success for “SMART Method of Public Policy” and for the citizens who used the citizen engagement platform www.PoliticiPublice.ro (www.Public-Policies.eu for Europe). They published problems regarding public health, education, environment, research/innovation, social relations and unemployment, but also offered solutions to the problems that were already posted on the website. The participation [...]

May 9, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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We are attending NGOfest in Bucharest!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May 7-9) we are attending NGOfest with the project “Public Policies Made by Citizens.” We’ll be awarding certificates of “GOOD CITIZEN” to the good citizens who will be publishing solutions to the problems of public concern posted on www.PoliticiPublice.ro or www.Public-Policies.eu. The methodology is simple: you walk around, visit our stand, [...]

May 5, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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I am looking for European partner NGOs to attend the Citizen Engagement workshop in Romania during May 17-23, 2010

I am currently developing “SMART Method of Public Policy” with European Union funding under the project “Public Policies Made by Citizens.” During May 17-23 I am organizing, together with my team, a citizen engagement workshop aimed at testing the participation platforms that serve SMART Method. We are also going to discuss about citizen engagement problems [...]

April 28, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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The first two real problems of European public concern on www.public-policies.eu

The first two real problems of European public concern have been published on www.public-policies.eu. Now, everybody can give solutions and ideas to the issues of Mass adoption of e-invoicing within the European Union and the EU strategy for the Danube Region. As the European citizen engagement platform is developing and coming to its final version, [...]

February 28, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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Test the citizen engagement platform at www.public-policies.eu: STEP 3

Once a problem’s page is generated, any person interested in the problem in question can offer a solution, filling in the “solution form” at the bottom of the page. The scoop is for the problem to receive as many solutions as possible. These are filtered according to the three criteria (valuable, feasible and sustainable) by [...]

February 8, 2010 · Radu Oprea · No Comments
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