political informatics: which e-participation for ngos?

Partners or Foes?Exchange of Good Practices in Monitoring of Government Policies and Processes in

Enlargement Countries

Skopje, Macedonia, 4th of July 2012

New Technologies and Participation: A Cure or a Pretext?

Political informatics: which e-participation for NGOs?

Simon Delakorda, M.Sc.

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Institute for Electronic Participation

Electronic participation refers to...

“ICT-supported participation in processes involved in government and governance. Processes may concern administration, service delivery, decision making and policy making.” (Rose et al 2007, 3)

ICTs & political democracy

Models of democracy Elitist-

competitive Legalist Pluralist Plebiscitary Participatory

e-access x x x x x e-petition x x e-consultation x x x e-voting x x e-referendum x e-forum x x x

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e-poll x x x

Source: Delakorda, 2003

Transparencyof participation

Societal conflictsmanagement

Accountable decisions

Good governance

Legitimacy

Innovative approach

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Meaningful resultsdelivery

Administration of relevant information

Argumentative responsiveness

Stakeholders inputs facilitation

Since 2006...

more than 1.000 published contributions 25.000 unique visitors 9 consultation reports from facilitators 17 official feedback from MEPs ePractice Editors Choice recognition 2007 Informal learning NEFIKS recognition 2011

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Strengths and weaknesses

strengths weaknesses

e-petition

low costs

easy to implement

easy to use

viral dissemination

community building

“click democracy”

critical mass

political power game

impact?

privacy / security

e-consultation

deliberation

interactivity

users generated content

institutionalization

impact (feedback)?

complexity

user-centred design

resources

facilitation

privacy / security

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Needs of NGOs in e-participation area

Central and Eastern European Citizen's Network (CEE CN) and Institute for Electronic Participation (INePA) 2012 survey:

- partnerships / networking

- education / training

- funding

- technical support

- human resources

Present & future developments

NGOs Political parties Governance

grass-roots digital democracy

user participation

user-centered design

user-generated content

openness

collective intelligence

collaboration

community building

pirate politics

swarm

liquid democracy

inner party democracy

adhocracy

political innovation

global dimension

e-governance

citizens sourcing

citizens driven participation

co-creation

open innovation

collective opinions / governance

continuous engagement

life event / identity driven engagement

Democratic risks of digital society

digital inequality internet control* commodification of internet technocratic e-government* fake e-participation*

* Essential for non-governmental organizations to address these issues as e-democracy intermediaries (research, advocacy and watchdogging).

e-Participation challenges for South East Europe

e-Participation development gap unclear state of the art political, social, cultural and legal issues addressing common regional issues based on cross-border

cooperation a unique eParticipation potential in relation to the western

Europe (regional approach to eDemocracy)

Institute for Electronic Participation – INePA NGO

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