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1. EU Tackles Plastic Waste: (Matching tags: plastic waste,citizen participation); What should we do with plastic waste? European citizens have a say! Each year in the European Union alone we throw away 3 billion tons of waste - some 90 million tons of it hazardous. This amounts ...; Created on 07 March 2013
2. How ICTs and traditions work together in Botswana?: (Matching tags: European Union,European Citizen Initiative,Civil Rights,Gov2u Project,Citizens,eServices); ... in Gaborone. Botswana, like many African countries, has a strong history of traditional tribal leadership and administration. Botswana Speaks launched in October 2012 is a project that enables citizens, ...; Created on 08 February 2013
3. Betaville lets New Yorkers play real-world Sim City: (Matching tags: New York City,Sim city,Betaville,citizen participation,Levis Reyes); Looking like the Statue of Liberty's crown, five piers jut out of lower Manhattan's Battery Park. Filled with swirling waterways and trees, steps lead from the base of the crown to the top of its spiky, ...; Created on 07 February 2013
4. Technology Ranks World's Most-Trusted Industry in 2013: (Matching tags: technology; citizens); The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer. "As ...; Created on 22 January 2013
5. Urban planning with citizen participation: (Matching tags: Transparency,Government,European Union,web mapping,citizen participation,urban planning); Sweden reinvents urban planning with citizen participation using 3D and Facebook Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden, launches a unique 3D web service engaging citizens to contribute with ideas ...; Created on 14 January 2013
6. The Easiest New Year's Resolution Everyone Should Do: (Matching tags: Internet,OccupyWallStreet,Protest,Citizens,participation); If you’ve already got New Year’s resolutions, these six steps to protecting your identity online will be the easiest one of the bunch, and will only take a few hours. The year 2012 may well be remembered ...; Created on 03 January 2013
7. Social Networks support the European Citizen Initiative: (Matching tags: Collaboration,Gov2u Project,Citizens,European Union,European Citizen Initiative,); Facebook, Google, Twitter and other social networking sites will support European citizens’ initiatives that will be launched starting 1 April, corporate representatives said during ...; Created on 30 January 2012
8. GOV2U was at the Press Conference hosted by 1st ECI in the European Parliament: (Matching tags: European Citizen Initiative,European Commission,Gov2u News,Fraternite 2020,European Parliament); GOV2U took part in the Press Q&A session hosted within the European Parliament by Fraternite 2020, the first European Citizen Initiative registered by the European Commission. ...; Created on 13 July 2012
9. How to communicate on the ECI: Paris, June 29th: (Matching tags: Paris,European Citizen Initiative,Gov2u Project,Conference,Citizens); On April 1st 2012 the European Union launched the ECI as the very first transnational instrument of modern direct democracy. Toute l’Europe organised a conference in Paris on the themes ...; Created on 13 July 2012
10. Welcome to the European Citizens' House!: (Matching tags: Civil Rights,European Union,European Citizen Initiative,Citizens,eServices,Gov2u Project); ... of Fundamental Rights. And, for the first time, Europeans have a right to take transnational democratic initiatives: over one million citizens can demand a new EU law. There is often though a gap between ...; Created on 16 May 2012
11. How Will The Internet Influence Democracy?: (Matching tags: Civil Liberties,democracy,Citizens,empowerment,freedom of information,Freedom of Speech,Gov 2.0,Technology); ... are using the Web, not on how grassroots movements might be finding a voice. Democracy is not just about voting for our leaders. Democracy is about citizens who have the information and freedom of communication ...; Created on 19 April 2012
12. Stop ACTA - Sign the Petition today!: (Matching tags: European Union,Change,Freedom of Expression,European Citizen Initiative,Civil Rights,Censorship,Citizens); United for Change. A couple of weeks ago, 3 million of us signed a petition urging US Congressmen to reject SOPA on the ground that it choked innovation and our freedom of expression. It ...; Created on 31 January 2012
13. The Changing Role of Government: (Matching tags: service,services,communications,Government,citizen,responsiveness); (r)Evolution. The role of government has evolved over time as citizen needs have changed. In Governing’s November 2011 edition (p 20), there was an article entitled “Full-Service ...; Created on 12 January 2012
14. Five Challenges Accounting for the Emergence of Collaborative Models: (Matching tags: Citizens,democracy,Gov 2.0,Collaboration,Open Gov); Demands for Collaboration. Yesterday, we offered a contrast between the traditional deliberative and the emerging collaborative models of governance, with 10 ways to effectively ...; Created on 23 December 2011
15. Collaborative government: everyone can be the insider!: (Matching tags: Gov 2.0,Crowdsourcing,Citizens,democracy,Collaboration,deliberation,Internet); Deliberative Versus Collaborative Public participation in government has traditionally been limited to deliberation, but Web 2.0 technology has created significant opportunities for collaboration ...; Created on 22 December 2011
16. OccupyWallStreet: citizen participation comes in many forms: (Matching tags: Protest,participation,OccupyWallStreet,Citizens,Internet); OWS is so large it has its own spin-offs The OccupyWallStreet movement has been a major success in the sheer number and tenacity of its participants. Large part of this success is due ...; Created on 31 October 2011
17. U-speak: the key to open and collaborative governance: (Matching tags: Collaboration,Transparency,Citizens,U-speak); Citizen collaboration Think of this – a road side bump, a broken street light, an unidentified car parked in the neighborhood since 3 days, an overgrown branch outside window – and all it would ...; Created on 10 August 2011