http://www.egovblog.com eGov Blog scans the world for those trends, concepts, projects, events, technologies, ideas and people that will shape the governments in this new century Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:46:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have learned from euobserver.com about a very interesting initiative that is being developed right now. The project, creatively named MyParl.eu is said to become a social networking website, to link MEPs and MPs from all accross Europe and foster debate about legislative proposals coming both out of Brussels and ... http://www.egovblog.com/2008/06/09/myparleu-the-myspace-for-politics/ Internet and technology are changing politics and the Personal Democracy Forum 2008 addresses this matter broadly. This year, the gathering will take place at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, and will treat two main topics. During the first day the discussion will focus on how technology is ... http://www.egovblog.com/2008/06/05/personal-democracy-forum-2008/ A European-wide discussion on the harmful effects of smoking between citizens and members of regional and national parliaments through the creation of an online platform is the objective of Demos@Work project. The project, which is co-financed under the 2007 eParticipation call, was launched in January. The first pilots will ... http://www.egovblog.com/2008/04/05/european-wide-discussion-on-the-harmful-effects-of-smoking/ The website provides services to young people aged between 15 and 24 years old, and is 'contributed to by about 40 Hong Kong Government departments and bureaus and more than 140 related organisations'. You can visit the portal here. http://www.egovblog.com/2008/03/15/an-online-services-portal-for-youngsters-in-hong-kong/ We posted about the endorsement received by Hillary Clinton. In this case is Barack Obama who gets the attention. Interesting to see how YouTube and other similar services are gaining more and more space as valuable marketing tools among constituents, supporters and campaign teams. http://www.egovblog.com/2008/03/11/the-mariachis-support-barack-obama/ Action in the US Democratic primaries continues. In this case, Hillary Clinton receives a very special endorsement http://www.egovblog.com/2008/03/09/the-joker-endorses-hillary-clinton/ This is an interesting article recently appeared in The Economist print edition, about the development of e-Democracy. Read More http://www.egovblog.com/2008/03/05/the-road-to-e-democracy/ The gathering, organized by the Institute for Politics Democracy & The Internet (IPDI), will take place on March 4 & 5 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. Some of the featured speakers for this edition include Phil Noble, Founder of PoliticsOnline; Michael Palmer, eCampaign Director, John McCain for President; Colin Delany, ... http://www.egovblog.com/2008/03/02/politics-online-conference-2008-in-washington/ This is a column written by Nicolas Perrotta Bengolea, co-founder of eGovBlog, for the International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG) in 2007. Read More: http://www.egovblog.com/2008/02/27/towards-e-government-20/ It is now time for the Spanish politicians to join the YouTube revolution.Together with the Radio y Television Española (RTVE), they have launched an interesting initiative called Elecciones Generales '08. Voters are invited to interview the politicians. Until February 28th people can upload videos with their questions. Politicians will then answer ... http://www.egovblog.com/2008/02/25/youtube-and-rtve-link-spanish-candidates-with-voters/