Potential and Challenges of e-Participation in the European Union
Study
06-06-2016
This study was commissioned and supervised by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee. European countries have started exploring e-participation as a way to regain citizens' trust and revitalise European democracy by developing a more responsive, transparent and participatory decision-making process. The main objectives of the study are to identify best practices in EU Member States, describe e-participation tools and initiatives at the EU level, and explain the benefits and challenges of e-participation.
Study
External author
Elisa LIRONI (European Citizen Action Service - ECAS)
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Keyword
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- citizens' Europe
- civil society
- communications
- decision-making
- direct democracy
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Europe
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- executive power and public service
- Finland
- GEOGRAPHY
- governance
- impact of information technology
- information technology and data processing
- legal basis
- management
- parliament
- petition
- political framework
- political geography
- political involvement
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- public consultation
- regions of EU Member States
- Scotland