Conferenza UDMS 2009

V. Lanza

Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy

D.C. Prosperi

Florida Atlantic University, Florida, US

urban data

management

society

Ljubljana 2009

Collaborative E-Governance:

Describing and Pre-Calibrating the Digital

Milieu in Urban and Regional Planning

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


INTRODUCTION

• What is participation?

• Current state of understanding

• Open Source and Free web-ware

• E-participation context: Collaborative E-Governance

LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONTEXT

RESEARCH PROBLEM

Collaborative E-Governance: Describing and Pre-Calibrating

the Digital Milieu in Urban and Regional Planning

urban datamanagementsociety

Ljubljana 2009

RESEARCH PROBLEM

• Analysis of Formal Web Sites

• Unofficial and/or Professional Web Sites

• Other Forms, Blogs and Newspapers, Etc.

• Other Forms of Sharing, the Newspaper Comment

RESULTS

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT

What is participation?

Current state of

understanding

Open Source and Free

Web-ware

E-Participation context:

Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


In the US much of what constitutes “urban

and regional planning” occurs on the local

level within the context of “comprehensive

planning” that itself contains elements of

“long range” and “current” planning.

In many EU contexts, urban and

regional planning is often associated

with concepts like spatial planning,

Both of these conceptual

approaches rely on the

government to provide

leadership and both point to

the assessment and

evaluation of the legitimacy

of government processes

focused both on democracy

and transparency and theRESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or

professional websites

Other forms, blogs and

newspapers, etc.

Other forms of sharing,

the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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with concepts like spatial planning,

territorial governance or whatever

policy directive is on the EU plate.

and transparency and the

potential role that “e-ing”

them could produce.

In these contexts, the

project rules (from small to

mega). Often, there is a

participation process and

sometimes a Web site

devoted to the project and

its processes.

Exist another conceptual approach,

that is urban planning based on

projects.

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


what is or could be meant by the term

“participation”

:

It is to seek the status of how e-participation tools are joined with

notions of a spatial/territorial information system

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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A review of the current status of e-participation

in urban and regional planning

description of the types of Open Source and Free

Web-ware that could be used

An idealized collaborative e-governance framework and a set of

criteria to begin to discuss and pre-calibrate the approach

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


Participation, like Arnstein observed in the 1969, is rather

eating spinach.

Everyone is in favor of eating spinach in principle,

because it is well known to be good for you.

The problem is that many of us, Popeye aside, don’t RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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The problem is that many of us, Popeye aside, don’t

actually like spinach all that much.

The participation process implies a greater

efficiency of the planning and programming

process, better information and greater

opportunities for citizens to be involved in the

governance of its territory.

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


Planning Process / GIS

Functions

Web Browsing

Static Map Images

Communication Channels

for Discussion

Interactive Map Based

Search, Query, and

Analysis

Scenario Building/

Online Editing

General Information

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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Plan Alternatives

Data

Analysis Tools

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


There is a small but rich literature that attempts to measure

and analyze the relationship between public participation and

publicly provided websites, focus on:

• general issues of citizen use of the internet

• evaluating government Web sites in generalRESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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• evaluating government Web sites in general

• measuring and assessing the Web sites of urban and regional planning departments

• review and gauge the Web sites of nonprofit or community development groups

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• GIS remains privileged in the discussion of e-participation

• organizational barriers are immenseRESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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• organizational barriers are immense

• informal processes arise and provide a more general milieu of participation

• the direction of involvement starts with the local government and radiates outwards

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• They are those that indicate the act of file sharing

SharingSharing toolstools

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• Videos Sharing

• Photos Sharing

• Documents Sharing

• Maps Sharing


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• YouTube

• Flickr

• DivShare

• SlideShare

• MapTube


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza




• They include the blog, chats, forums and web-communities, video conferencing, e-mail and instant messaging

Social Social toolstools

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• Videos Sharing

• Photos Sharing


• Maps Sharing


•Blog

•Chat

•Forum and Web Community

•Video Conference

•E-mail

•Instant messaging


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

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V. Lanza


• YouTube

• Flickr

• DivShare

• SlideShare

• MapTube


• Blogger

• WordPress

• Facebook

• Twitter

• MySpace


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza






RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

• They represent a valid way to promote the operative participation of the citizens in the planning decision process

Decision Decision toolstools

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• Videos Sharing

• Photos Sharing


• Maps Sharing


•Blog

•Chat


•Video Conference

•E-mail



RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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• Electronic Vote

• Online Survey

• Study Circles


INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• YouTube

• Flickr

• DivShare

• SlideShare

• MapTube


• Blogger

• WordPress

• Facebook

• Twitter

• MySpace


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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• SMARTe

• Lime Survey


INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza






RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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• They represent a valid way to promote the operative participation of the citizens in the planning decision process


• They are simply GIS systems and data that are published on the web

Mapping Mapping toolstools

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• Videos Sharing

• Photos Sharing


• Maps Sharing


•Blog

•Chat


•Video Conference

•E-mail



RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

• Electronic Vote

• Online Survey

• Study Circles


• WebGIS

• Visioning

• Database


INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


• YouTube

• Flickr

• DivShare

• SlideShare

• MapTube


• Blogger

• WordPress

• Facebook

• Twitter

• MySpace


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

• SMARTe

• Lime Survey


• OpenLayers

• MapTube

• WebGIS (MapServer)


INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

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V. Lanza




Decision Decision toolstools The marriage between

communication and

interaction appears to lie in

the set of existing and nearly

developed Open Source and

Free Web-ware tools.RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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All of these concepts and tools must be placed in a way that encourages

the direct participation of citizens in political life of its territory


Free Web-ware tools.

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


The formal system is challenged to create the desired dynamic of merging

the interests of the technical and institutional with the aims of the citizens

The use of Open Source software and Free Web-ware

can improve the current practice of urban and

regional planning by expanding the boundaries of the

dialogue beyond the normal planner-citizen dynamic

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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the interests of the technical and institutional with the aims of the citizens

The collaborative e-government milieu will emerge, regardless of the

intent of government

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


looking at the Web sites of all municipalities within Broward

County, Florida

looking at the set of “unofficial” Web as well as the Web

sites of professional planning organizationsRESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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sites of professional planning organizations

beginning a discussion of how to calibrate the more Open

Source and/or Free Web-ware tools

beginning this discussion about new forms of urban data

and dialogue

INTRODUCTION

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REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

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V. Lanza


RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


We presented an analysis of the

application of the sharing, social,

decision, and mapping criteria

for the formal government,

specifically the planning, of web

presence for these municipalities

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


We also examined both unofficial Web sites and the Web sites of

professional urban and regional planning organizations to determine

their sharing, social, decision, and mapping attributes.

Finally, we turned to the web presences of four organizations:

www.floridaplanning.org

www.floridaplanning/org/browardRESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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www.floridaplanning.org/treasurecoast

www.floridaplanning.org/goldcoast

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


We took a look at urban-oriented “blogs”, considering two examination

categories:

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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• The first category comprises six criteria (keep it short, use plenty of pictures, link, post frequently or at least on a schedule, use a statistics tracker and comments); this category give an idea about the quality of the blogs.

The first category

• The second category comprises two criteria (be opinionated and relevant comment) and demands a more widened “reading” that implies a constant monitoring in the time.

The second category

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understanding


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Collaborative

E-Governance

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RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

D.C. Prosperi


V. Lanza


We examined the comment section attached to various articles.

There are two intentions:

Fir

stF

irst examining the “response”

to various articles about urban and regional

Se

con

dS

eco

nd learning something about

the “social learning” contained in those

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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urban and regional planning Se

con

dS

eco

nd

contained in those responses

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

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V. Lanza


As an example, we reviewed urban and regional planning articles

in the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




Ljubljana 2009

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INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE

REVIEW AND

CONTEXT


Current state of

understanding


Web-ware


Collaborative

E-Governance

RESEARCH

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V. Lanza


63 comments provided by 58 different individuals.

63% were “on target” and provided interesting contributions

(some with real technical advice

37% and some with just suggestions and/or opinions

RESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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63%

37%

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understanding


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E-Governance

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The status of e-participation in official government Web

sites remains pitifully LOW

Web-based public participation occurs for projects instead

of normal planning functionsRESEARCH

PROBLEM

RESULT

Analysis of formal

websites

Unofficial and/or



newspapers, etc.


the newspaper

comment

DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION




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of normal planning functions

It does seem possible to create a collaborative e-governance

process

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WEB P-PLAN

PIT 2.0




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PIT 2.0

PLANNING OF PUBLIC SPACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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WEB P-PLAN

PIT 2.0

The aim of this work is to study and to construct the structure of a

Geographic Information System, with a web interface and supported

by a blog, that could help the municipal planning system to realize new

territorial planning instruments, like defined from local laws, and that,

at the same time, could promote participation in the plan process




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PIT 2.0


BLOG

WEBGIS

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E-PARTICIPATION

BLOG




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WEB P-PLAN

PIT 2.0

This work reports about an experience concerning the implementation

of a WEBSITE, a WEBGIS and a BLOG. They allow to promote a spread

of spatial data knowledge, to consult planning documents in the




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PIT 2.0


of spatial data knowledge, to consult planning documents in the

Internet, increasing transparency level of programming choices and

involving different stakeholders participation.

WEBGIS

WEBSITE

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E-PARTICIPATION

BLOG




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WEB P-PLAN

PIT 2.0




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PIT 2.0


The aim of this research is a survey in the context of public spaces for

young people, proposing propose a methodology based on the

implementation of logic tools of planning, enriched by some

participation instruments, like focus group/brainstorming meeting,

online survey with the support of social network (as FACEBOOK).

SOCIAL NETWORK

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E-PARTICIPATION

ONLINE SURVEY




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15-19 25-34

Young people




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20-24

Young people

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The participation-kit proposed can help in achieving the transparency, effectiveness

and efficacy of the decision-making and public participation process?

Why should the “e” give more plus value to the public participation process?

Why should that kit be the best tool for bottom-up communication?




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Why should that kit be the best tool for bottom-up communication?

What does support this statement?

Why should the citizens be interested in a blog (for example) simply because it has

been opened by a project? If the blog was not spontaneously opened maybe it was not

felt as being necessary.

Why does everyone be so interested to social network, Facebook in particular, but is it

so difficult for the citizens be involved in e-participation process?

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SUGGESTIONS?SUGGESTIONS?SUGGESTIONS?SUGGESTIONS?

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QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?

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