Information Day on the eParticipation Call for Proposals 20May08

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Information Day on the eParticipation Call for Proposals 2008 - Draft Agenda

20th May 2008

Centre Albert Borschette - Salle 0A
Rue Froissart 36
B1049 Brussels

9h15 – 10h00	Registration
10h00 – 10h15	Welcome address

10h15 – 10h30	eParticipation and eGovernance, David Broster, Head of Unit, DG INFSO-H2
10h30 – 10h50	The eParticipation Preparatory Action and the 2008 Work Programme, Thanassis Chrissafis, DG INFSO-H2
10h50 – 11h10	Guidelines for applicants and evaluation criteria, Willy VAN PUYMBROECK, Head of Unit, DG INFSO-H5
11h10 – 11h30	Question and Answer Session
11h30 – 11h45	Coffee Break

11h45 – 12h15	Presentation of the current projects, Anna TRIANTAFILLOU, Coordinator of MOMENTUM, eParticipation Support Action project
12h15 – 12h45	Presentation of potential proposals (3min each)
12h45 – 13h00	Final round of questions & clarifications
13h00 – 14h30	Networking and bilateral meetings with Commission staff
14h30	End of meeting

For more information, go to: http://ec.europa.eu/eparticipation

eParticipation preparatory action

The objectives of the eParticipation Preparatory Action
are to demonstrate how using modern ICT tools and applications can make
it easier for people to participate in decision-making and can
contribute to better legislation. The action was initiated by the
European Parliament and launched in 2006. It supports pilot projects in
real-life environments that demonstrate the use of Information and
Communication Technologies to bolster citizens’ participation in
democratic decision-making.

More information

The
Preparatory Action lasts for three years (2006-2008). Through a set of
trials in real environments, the action promotes the use of ICTs in the
legislative and decision-making processes at local, regional, national
and EU level. . The trial projects are using new digital technologies
to make legislative texts clearer and to help citizens have easier
access to information about new ideas for legislation and to give them
the tools to express their opinions.

So far,
14 projects have been funded. In the first year six trial projects were
selected and in 2007 a further seven trial projects as well as a
support action to coordinate and promote the eParticipation projects
were chosen. The European Parliament, national parliaments and local
and regional authorities are actively involved. State-of-the-art ICT
tools are being tested to facilitate the writing of legal texts,
including translation into different languages, and the drafting of
amendments as well as making the texts easier for non-specialists to
find and understand. New digital technologies are also being used to
give citizens easier access to information and the more opportunity to
try to influence decisions that affect their lives.

2008

The
adoption of the Work Programme for 2008 and the launch of a new call
for proposals are scheduled for May. The draft work programme this will
be available shortly.

An Information Day has been organised
to give interested applicants further details. It will be held in
Brussels on 20th May 2008 at the Centre Albert Borschette. For more
information, click here.

More information soon.

2007

In
2007, the preparatory action was granted a budget of €5 million. Eight
projects were selected for funding and started on 1st January 2008:

CitizenScape
'eParticipation in Legislation Implementation': helping citizens to
debate and engage with the implementation of EU environmental
legislation at a local level with the use of state-of-the-art Web 2.0
social networking tools.

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