16-year-old Mila Grozdanovska shared her e-Participation story in English. For her different ICT tools and platforms have enabled her to learn more about the topics she likes, to understand how EU functions and what current policies are, to discuss her ideas and questions with others online. I’m thankful for the opportunity to be involved and find out more about how the EU works, because that’s…
Apps4citizens (http://apps4citizens.org/) is an initiative designed to promote participation and civic, social and political engagement through the use of mobile applications. Spanish citizens can find and propose apps, developers get inspired for their work, and organisations encourage social innovation. This is a story in a series of 11 citizen stories on e-Participation. Click HERE to read the full story.
Vukosav is an ICT engineer and a web designer. He has developed an official website for the municipality of Ljig, a small town in Serbia. But he had no idea that this website will become vital in tackling a crisis situation after catastrophic floods back in 2014. One of the fortunate circumstances in this misfortune was the System 48 hours which I have posted…
The Association for Urban Development in Romania is a very active advocate which aims to improve the lives of people living in urban areas. Their projects range from quick bus lanes, to clean streets for people, to an online space for lost and found, to name a few. This is a story in a series of 11 citizen stories on e-Participation. Click HERE to…
Two girls – Karolina and Klaudia – are the authors of this story. Coming from a small town in Poland, girls witness a lot of intolerance and indifference in their community. They have decided to do something about the problem using e-tools for civic engagement activities. This is a story in a series of 11 citizen stories on e-Participation. Click HERE to…
‘I was born in a small town in Lithuania. During my childhood I knew that only 5 telephones existed in my town. In need to reach any neighbour it was much easier visiting than calling,’ recalls Regina Dovidaviciute. Since then a lot has changed and ICTs took over the world. Learn how seniors like Regina can take advantage of it! This is a story in…
Arnita Vaitkus has organized a community event in Ventspils public library (Latvia) to inform her community about the possibilities of civic participation online. She has presented both national tools as well as EU tools that enable citizens to take part in decision making. This is a story in a series of 11 citizen stories on e-Participation. Click HERE to read the full…
“The problems related to the pollution concern all people in Taranto. The future of our city is actually our future as well,” say nine Italian students and three teachers of I.I.S.S. Pacinotti who were involved in the project and worked on it since May 2015. They took this opportunity to reach out to the European Parliament about the pollution of their city. Students have made a video…
This story is a perfect example of lifelong learning. The house at Hansa-Ufer 5 (Germany) has been a municipal retirement home since 1975. It was built for pensioners with a certificate of eligibility for public housing. Each tenant was promised that they could “Age in peace!”. But in 2007 the house was sold to a private investor by Berlin’s senate without any protection for the tenants.…
Aet Kiisla from Estonia wanted to help to make the traffic management in the city of Narva more intuitive and logical. She has created a Facebook group “Traffic in Narva logical!” (“Liiklus Narvas loogiliseks!”) that today counts over 800 members. Our undertaking has thoroughly positive and constructive nature. We do not protest or fight, we make friendly suggestions for making situations better. We bring out and map the…
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