Archive for January, 2010
Test the citizen engagement platform at www.public-policies.eu: STEP 2
Once the “Problem identification form” is submitted and an administrator aproves it, a script generates the “Problem’s page” as seen in the picture below. At the top, there is the name of the category of the problem, the title of the problem and a “share” widget that allows for easier dissemination over the Internet. The body of the [...]
January 31, 2010
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Tags: public policies, smart method, step 2 · Posted in: 1 SMART Method of Public Policy, 2 Participative Democracy
Test the citizen engagement platform at www.public-policies.eu: STEP 1
The online citizen engagement platform available at www.public-policies.eu allows you to publish a problem of European public concern and offer your solutions to the problems already published. We are currently testing the work that the programmers have done so far and invite you to check it out. We are interested in the overall feeling of the participation experience. [...]
January 24, 2010
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Tags: public policies, smart method, step 1 · Posted in: 1 SMART Method of Public Policy, 2 Participative Democracy
“Democracy is fulfilling dreams” officially accepted for competition
The two-minute clip “Democracy is fulfilling dreams” has been officially accepted for competition in the Democracy Video Challenge 2010 and is up for Round 1. It is also now live on the contest page, at http://www.youtube.com/democracychallenge. Here is what follows next (Source: the rules of the contest): Round 1: Contest Sponsors will evaluate Video Submissions at [...]
January 20, 2010
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Tags: democracy is ..., democracy is fulfilling dreams, democracy video challenge · Posted in: 2 Participative Democracy
My video for the Democracy Video Challenge 2010: Democracy is fulfilling dreams
The challenge is to create a short video that completes the phrase “Democracy is …” Winners will be selected from every continent to meet in the United States. It took me all day to interview 16 people about their dreams, create the clip and register it in the contest. It was fun, though pretty tiresome. [...]
January 17, 2010
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Tags: democracy is fulfilling dreams, democracy video challenge, your video, your voice · Posted in: 2 Participative Democracy
Invitation to test the participation platform on www.Public-Policies.eu
This post is indeed an invitation to anybody interested in the field of “participative democracy.” I am developing the citizen engagement platform “public policies made by citizens” together with partners from Romania, Italy, France and Greece. We managed to win a grant from the European Commission’s Youth in Action Programme. My first important deadline for [...]
January 7, 2010
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Tags: participative democracy, public policies europe, public policies made by citizens, smart method of public policy · Posted in: 1 SMART Method of Public Policy, 2 Participative Democracy
