Local eDemocracy National Project

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Local e-Democracy National Project

• Isobel Harding,
• North Lincolnshire Council
• Lead Authority

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Local e-Democracy National Project

• 4m budget
• Approved by National Project Board
• High profile - government national media
• Timescale - deliver by December 2004

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Background

• In The Service of Democracy - public
  consultation 2002
• ODPM commitment
• E-democracy workshops and seminars throughout
  2003
• Project Board established - November 2003

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Democratic challenges

• political management
• representation scrutiny
• partnership governance
• community leadership
• social inclusion hard to reach groups
• neighbourhoods and communities
• new institutions practices

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New technologies - role in renewing local
democracy

• success of e-voting
• new opportunities enhancement
• sustainable democratic engagement and
  participation
• support tools for councillors - listen engage
• internet/phone/SMS/digital TV

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Project board membership

• Local authorities
• Kingston upon Thames
• St Albans
• Shrewsbury Atcham
• Blackburn with Darwen
• Wolverhampton
• North Lincolnshire
• LB of Lewisham
• SE London E-Gov Services
• Surrey CC
• Bristol City
• Stroud

• Organisations
• ODPM
• Office of the E-Envoy
• Hansard Society
• IDeA
• LGA
• De Montfort University

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Workstreams

• developing the e-democracy environment
• strengthening existing democratic practices
• addressing the democratic deficit
• evaluating e-democracy
• marketing and dissemination
• project management

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Developing e-democracy environment

• Making the case for e-democracy developing
  strategies - guidance and toolkits
• establishing a sustainable framework -
  identifying existing and future funding streams

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Strengthening existing practices

• Supporting the work of councillors - national
  contact service training packs and guidance
• panels forums and citizen engagement - e-enabled
  citizens panels moderation case studies and
  open source software
• information, communication citizenship
  micro-democracy and e-petitioning
• democratising cross-cutting issues
• partnerships

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Addressing the deficit

• connecting communities - increasing access
• building democratic communities - testing tools
  such as webcasting internet forums and sites,
  such as BBC iCAN
• overcoming barriers - accessible interfaces and
  channels working with particular groups

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Evaluation

• Public and stakeholder research - identify
  current attitudes and opinions
• sampled and open surveys
• quantitative and qualitative methodologies
• deliberative polling
• stakeholder conferences

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Marketing resource database

• Database
• mapping of e-democracy activity
• case studies contacts
• develop on-line community of practice
• state of the nation pamphlet

• Marketing
• brand image
• publicity
• conferences events

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Opportunities for partnership working?

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