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VoicE
Full title: Giving European People a Voice in EU-legislation
Keywords: eLegislation, eParticipation, eInformation, eDemocracy, eConsultation
Homepage: http://www.give-your-voice.eu/
Aims:
Promote the dialogue between citizens from European regions and policy makers from the European parliament, the Assembly of Regions, other EU institutions as well as regional assemblies
Description:
Give your VoicE!
Technical innovations all around Web 2.0 also create new opportunities for direct communication between citizens and political decision-makers (eParticipation). Within project VoicE, an ambitious new model for eParticipation on the European stage will be tested and implemented. Relying on the state-of-the-art platform Gov2DemOSS, our consortium will design sophisticated tools for citizens from the regions of Baden- Württemberg and Valencia to deliver input into the European legislative process.
VoicE is designed as a trial project featuring several new concepts:
- a regional focus designed to implement direct communication channels between citizens from a region and "their" elected representatives and vice versa
- a thematic focus on the issue of consumer protection, which is of direct high relevance for citizens, e.g. Telecommunication, Consumer Market Watch, Toy Safety/CE-sign, Energy, Nutrition
- a strong commitment to proper content development and intensive platform management
Our dedicated and highly-specialised project consortium encompasses a leading European public innovation agency (MFG), regional pro-European non-profit associations (EZBW/FCVRE), scientific expertise in analysing and understanding EU decision-making processes and eParticipation (Eurosoc / University of Koblenz-Landau), providers of award-winning technology for eParticipation (gov2u) and public authorities from the regions (GVA, StM) with expertise in the field of EU consumer protection policy (MLR).
Start date: 2008/01/01
End date: 2010/12/31
Funding body(ies): co-funded by the European Commission, under the eParticipation preparatory action 2007
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Contact: info@give-your-voice.eu
Stage policy cycle: Decision making
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Additional references:
Scherer, S, Karamagioli, E, Titorencu, M, Schepers, J, Wimmer, MA, and Koulolias, V
(2009)
Usability Engineering in eParticipation
European Journal of ePractice(7).
Schneider, C, Holzner, M, and Wimmer, MA
(2008)
Giving European People a VoicE in EU-Legislation: Methodology and strategy of the VoicE project
In: Electronic Government: Proceedings of ongoing research and projects of EGOV 08. 7th International Conference, EGOV 2008 , ed. by Enrico Ferro, H. Jochen Scholl, Maria A. Wimmer, pp. 273-278, Linz, Trauner Druck. Informatik # 27.
Scherer, S, Wimmer, MA, and Ventzke, S
(2009)
Requirements and recommendations for eParticipation applications
In: Proceedings EDEM conference 2009, 7.-8.9.2009 University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, pp. 187-197.
Holzner, M and Schneider, C
(2008)
Consumer Protection, European Decision-Making and the Regions - the eParticipation Project VoicE
In: Collaboration and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies Part 1, ed. by Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham, pp. 351-356, IOS Press.
ePart2011 - Deadline extended to 14 April 2011
