EuroPetition - eParticipation through Petitioning in Europe
EuroPetition will be a trans-European Local Authority service providing distributed citizen engagement and interaction with the European Parliament’s PETI Petitions Committee and the Commission’s Citizens Initiative online procedures using a proven open-source UK ePetitions service and experience, and building on the innovative and state-of-the-art Web 2.0 applications from previous eParticipation projects. The project will Pilot Trial the coordination and submission of cross-border and pan-European Citizen Initiative EuroPetitions from 5 regions in ES, IT, NL, SE and the UK and involving over 4.9 million citizens across the EU, to strengthen and broaden citizens' participation in democratic decision-making and contribute to better legislation through applying the latest available innovative ICT tools and concepts in concrete cases.
The project will work with clusters of Local Authorities and citizens in each of the 5 pilot territories in ES,IT,NL,SE,UK, in order to build both local and trans-national petitions for submission to PETI and a Citizens Initiative to the Commission. The project aims to create a simple and scalable process which will build local support for petitions and then to migrate these to other territories to achieve cross-border and ultimately pan-European support.
The main project objectives are the following:
- Demonstration of a local and European-wide EuroPetition service.
- Increased participation of citizens in EU issues and/or cross-border issues among EU countries.
- Sustainable operation of the EuroPetition Service