The ePassports EAC Conformity and Interoperability Tests willbe hosted by the Czech Republic this week. Experts from the field, test and solution providers and public officials are expected.
If you are interested in this domain, you can look for more details in the website for the Prague testing event here.
The Google Elections Video Search gadget is the last tool designed by the Mountain View giant to follow the US election year.
Through this new feature, anyone can now browse and search hundreds of political videos and find out what a candidates said about any specific topic of interest.
The interface is very simple and allows the user to enter a set of keywords, a phrase or simply the topic she is looking for. After clicking the Search Videos button, the different pieces available -where this or that politician speaks … Continue Reading
The International Centre of Excellence for local eDemocracy, ICELE, a top international institution in the field of eDemocracy, has recently launched People Finder, a new tool to ‘help network all the digital democracy, participation and empowerment practitioners from across the world’.
Practitioners who are interested in adding their profiles to the database are invited to do so. It is also possible to search the People Finder, either by the area of Expertise, by Country, or by Keyword.
Areas of Expertise include, eGovernment, eDemocracy, Digital Divide, Citizen Empowerment, Elected representation or Participatory Technologies, among others. It is also possible to search for … Continue Reading
We have learned from target=”_blank”>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 from national parliaments.
Main topics to be put forward for debate are ‘the future of Europe’, ‘climate change’, and ‘intercultural dialogue’.
According to the institutional preliminary website that is already online, MyParl.eu will offer parlamentarians a unique online … Continue Reading
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 changing the electoral process. In the second day, the goal will be to analyze how government uses technology to serve or connect with the public.
Leaders and referents from different fields like journalism, technology, business, blogging or activism are expected, including Vint Cerf, Lawrence Lessig, … Continue Reading
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 take place in Catalonia and Lithuania in cooperation with the relevant parliaments.
For more information please contact Evika Karamagioli at evika{at}gov2u.org or visit www.demosatwork.org
We would also to invite you to narrate your story in a few words regarding smoking in the story … Continue Reading
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.
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.
Action in the US Democratic primaries continues. In this case, Hillary Clinton receives a very special endorsement
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This is an interesting article recently appeared in The Economist print edition, about the development of e-Democracy.