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AA-ECONETAA-ECONET

NILGA Offices

Wednesday, 1st November 2006

Caitriona Strain

ERNACT EEIG

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AA-ECONETAA-ECONET

Atlantic Area eCommunities Centres of Excellence Network

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PartnersPartners

6 Partners involved in project from the following regions:

Galway

Donegal

Derry

Wirral

La Rioja

San Sebastian

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FundingFunding

The project is funded by INTERREG 3B(Atlantic Area)

Amount %

INTERREG IIIB

(Atlantic Area)€1 million 61%

Project Partners €0.7 million 39%

Total Budget €1.7 million 100%

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AimAim

To use the Internet to enable better consultation between citizens and the different levels of Government involved in the regional and local development process

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ObjectivesObjectives

Develop an Internet based system to support effective consultation in regional/local decision making process

Test the usefulness of the system by carrying out a number of consultations

Test the feasibility of using the system to establish and maintain a network of public consultation good practice, knowledge and expertise across Europe.

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OutputsOutputsAn online multi-lingual consultation system that provides increased involvement of citizens in the local/regional decision making process and improved access to local/regional authorities, Detailed user manual.

A web based Centre of Excellence containing all best practice methodologies and processes derived from the project as well as links to project partners, demo of the system, link to open source application developed by La Rioja.

A business plan detailing characteristics of the product, market and marketing strategy and financial plan that explores the sustainability and diffusion of projects results

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System FunctionalitySystem Functionality

The ECONET application currently allows users to enter text in four languages:

EnglishSpanishBasqueIrish

The Application allows the user to input a consultation:

Displayed in any of the listed languagesStart date and end dateTitleDescription

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System FunctionalitySystem Functionality

Consultation can be open to the general public or closed and targeted to specific people.

Registered Users will be notified when a relevant consultation is published

Documents relevant to the consultation can be added and viewed by the participants.

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System FunctionalitySystem FunctionalityQuestionnaires may be added to consultation in any of the listed languages with a variety of options for responses including:

check boxes, True/False, Yes/No List Box Free text answers.

Results from questionnaires may be recorded, manipulated and displayed in various formats:

Pie ChartGraphsText

The Application provides Discussion forums.

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Screen ShotsScreen Shots

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Screen Shot – Consultation DetailsScreen Shot – Consultation Details

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Screen Shot - Adding DocumentsScreen Shot - Adding Documents

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Screen Shot - Defining QuestionsScreen Shot - Defining Questions

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Screen Shot - Defining AnswersScreen Shot - Defining Answers

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Screen Shot - Questions DisplayedScreen Shot - Questions Displayed

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Screen Shot – Results DisplayedScreen Shot – Results Displayed

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Screen Shot – Results DisplayedScreen Shot – Results Displayed

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Screen Shot – Results DisplayedScreen Shot – Results Displayed

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Link to Live ConsultationsLink to Live Consultations

http://aa-econet.ernact.net/econet/

http://83.70.148.61/econet/

http://www.donegal-consultation.ie/ECONET/home.aspx