Dividing the wheat from the chaff: How to find real value of e-participation
Abstract
Technology enabled participation is the key element of the open government movement. During the last decade plenty of e-participation initiatives have emerged across the European Union, mostly driven from above by different level authorities. Considering that these projects cost a lot of tax-payers money and that the citizens haven’t felt any significant results in their everyday life it’s logical to raise several questions. (1) How to measure the effectiveness and the success of e-particiation projects? (2) How could we be sure that prefix «e» added to conventional names of instruments and methods makes policy making process better? In this article the key components of methodological assessment of e-participation project in EU environment are discussed.
About the Authors
C. . Leitner
Дунайский университет в г. Кремс (Австрия)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
R. . Müller-Török
Университет публичного управления и финансов в г. Людвигсбург (Германия)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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