Political Technologies

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Political Technologies Democracy An EU
Perspective

• byDaniel van Lerberghe
• President Executive Director
• POLITECH INSTITUTE

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Overview

• New Challenges
• Cyberspace A New Environment
• Modern Politics Changes Transformations
• From e-Voting to e-Participation A New Challenge
  for Europe
• From e-Government to e-Governance
• A Multi-level e-Governance Model for Europe
• About us

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New ChallengesCyberspace A New Environment

• A New Form of Collective Intelligence (Pierre
  Levy) in a New Transnational Environment
• New Forms of Human Interactions, Exchange of
  Information and Organization Home, Work with
  Governments
• A Global Civil Society ? for Anyone, Anywhere,
  at Anytime
• Cyberspace has become a key media
• global scale public debates
• exchange of information
• more transparency
• No Time, No Space
• ICT Convergence
• ? The New knowledge-based Democratic society

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New ChallengesModern Politics Changes
Transformations

• The Growing Gap btw Political Actors Citizens
  (One-Level Governance Multi-level Governance)
• The relationship constant dialogue btw
  political actors citizens
• The participation of the citizens to the
  democratic process
• The Political Entrepreneur
• more efficient competitive, mobilize its
  stakeholders and resources to achieve public
  affairs objectives
• Create a sustainable relationship with the
  citizens
• Accountable respond to the demands of its
  constituencies
• Increase public support for its actions
  (National International)
• Constant Campaign.
• The Active Citizen The Knowledge Civil
  Servant

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New Challenges From e-Voting to e-Participation

• e-Voting (e-Vote project France, GE Switzerland)
  ? e-Campaigns (UK elections, French Referendum) ?
  e-Participation
• ? The natural development of e-Administration to
  e-Democracy

POLITICAL ENTREPRENEUR
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
ENHANCING REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
KNOWLEDGE CIVIL SERVANT
ACTIVE CITIZEN
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From e-Government to e-Governance

• This new paradigm implies the following
  evolutions and areas of research
• From service providers in serving the
  community by producing policies, services and
  knowledge to community developer in enabling
  the community to plan and manage its own affairs
  (Bovaird and Loffler (2001)).

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A Multi-level e-Governance Model for Europe

• E-Governance 4 dimensions of converging
  domains
• ? e-Government - e-Democracy - e-Politics -
  e-Diplomacy
• To strengthen EU key aspect of Good Governance -
  Openness and transparency, to stimulate active
  citizen participation in collaborative
  decision-making processes and enhancing
  representative democracy
• Transforming the relationships between levels of
  government from hierarchical to co-operative
• Inclusive of all stakeholders - systemic
  approach
• A European e-Strategy to anticipate
  socio-political and technological changes by
  being inclusive, sustainable, convergent,
  friendly and interactive.

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ABOUT POLITECH INSTITUTE

• A European Center of Political Technologies for
  better use of ICT to overcome the key challenges
  of digital governance, politics and democracy in
  a citizen-driven digital world
• An innovation-driven Do Tank a Sustainable
  and Permanent European consultation Framework
  bridging ALL stakeholders to actively shape
  modern democracy governance in Cyberspace
• Delivers powerful and expert activities, services
  and instruments to empower, train, ?educate,
  activate and mobilize public, academic, civil and
  private stakeholders
• The European Review of Political Technologies
• Dynamic partnerships with key actors (e.g. Global
  Cities Dialogue and e-Forum) and with prominent
  international events (Worldwide Forum on
  e-Democracy, Global Forum, Shaping the
  Future).

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Conclusion

• Tomorrows challenge
• for
• European Leaders and Actors
• A common European strategic vision in a
  multi-level governance framework

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THANK YOU

• Daniel van Lerberghe
• email danielvl_at_politech-institute.org
• POLITECH INSTITUTE
• European Center of Political Technologies
• Address Saint Bernard, 67 Brussels B-1060
  Belgium
• email info_at_politech-institute.org website
  www.politech-institute.org