Jun 18

Written by: Momentum
6/18/2010 12:58 PM

On 6 May 2010, MOMENTUM (a Support Action to the eParticipation Project co-funded by the European Commission) organised a workshop ‘EU eParticipation Prepatory Action: Results & Future Directions’ during eDEM10 (4th International Conference on eDemocracy) in Krems, Austria. As the MOMENTUM Project’s financing from the European Commission is going to end at the end of June 2010, it was important to highlight the main findings and results of the support action. MOMENTUM’s results provide the eParticipation domain with a unique and universal methodology to monitor and evaluate eParticipation projects and relevant findings on their implementation such as that Web 2.0 portals remain the most widely used to inform and consult citizens, while Office Automation Tools and Mobile Devices remain unexplored. MOMENTUM workshop presented the results of the eParticipation Preparatory Action through a sample of its projects: HuWY, represented by Dr. Ralf LINDNER (Senior Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research- ISI, Karlsruhe Germany), WAVE and eMPOWER, presented by Ms. Olga LACIGOVA (Project Coordinator, 21c Consultancy), and VIDI, represented by Mr. Sinan SEN (Research Scientist, Research Center for Information Technology). In addition, Mr. Peter REICHSTAEDTER represented the Federal Chancellery of the Austrian Republic for the Austrian ICT-Strategy. Mr. Daniel VAN LERGBERGHE (President & Executive Director, POLITECH INSTITUTE) led the workshop panel discussion.

 

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