Abbreviation to indicate interaction among government bodies and business section actors.

Abbreviation to indicate interaction among government bodies and individual citizens and citizen groups.

Government to government communication.

Abbreviation to indicate the interaction among government bodies and non governmental organisations (NGOs) or non profit organisations (NPOs).

Web applications that support information provision and discussion of on the basis of geographical information (usually in the form of an interactive map). To this purpose they may use satellite data. They are used for participation in planning and in environmental consultations. They are also used for citizens to inform local authority of specific problems.

Source(s):

DEMO-net. DEMO-net Deliverable 5.1: Report on current ICTs to enable Participation. Deliverable, DEMO-net Consortium, 4 2006.
DEMO-net. DEMO-net Deliverable 13.1: Development methods and support environments to build eParticipation tools. Deliverable, DEMO-net Consortium, 2007.

Groupware is defined as computer-based systems that support groups of people engaged in collaborative tasks.Groupware technologies provide an interface to a shared environment, which may combine diverse technologies towards a comprehensive toolset, e.g.: videoconferencing, instant messaging, email, wiki, blogs, etc. Groupware can be divided into three categories: electronic communication tools, electronic conferencing tools, collaborative management tools. Groupware in general is strongly related to the research domain of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).

Source(s):

DEMO_net. DEMO_net Deliverable 5.1: Report on current ICTs to enable Participation. Deliverable, DEMO_net Consortium, 4 2006.