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Category Archives: E-Democracy
Parliamentary online petitions
So, online petitions for Parliament? In an attempt to reduce what is seen as a disconnection between the public and parliament, ministers will ensure that the most popular petition on the government website Direct.gov.uk will be drafted as a bill. … Continue reading
YouChoose
In what looks like a pretty interesting collaboration between what was the LGA Group and YouGov, YouChoose is an online budget simulator that: encourages members of the public to consider where council budget cuts should fall, where efficiencies might be … Continue reading
Posted in E-Democracy
Tagged consultation, engagement, participatory budgeting, youchoose
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Democracy, decisions and politicians
I’m thrashing around with a post about consultation, engagement and crowdsourcing and why efforts in this direction haven’t been massively successful for governments – whether in the UK or elsewhere. I’ll get it into a fit state to publish one … Continue reading
The biggest mistake councils made with online engagement
It’s frequently costly. It almost always achieves little. It lets people tick the “use the internet to engage with the public” box without actually achieving much. I am, of course, talking about webcasting council meetings. The idea has honourable roots. … Continue reading
Posted in E-Democracy, Guest post
Tagged democracy, engagement, government, local government, localgov, localgovweb, Video, webcasting
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Local Authority Audit of Online Consultation
Bristolian eDemocracy dudes Delib have published their audit of local authority online consultation offerings across the UK. Delib – Local Authority Audit of Online Consultation It’s interesting reading. Personally, I’m still not convinced I really know what proper consultation looks … Continue reading
Posted in E-Democracy, egovernment
Tagged consultation, decision making, delib, engagement, local government, localgov
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