Category: News

1: The Albanian November Students

One of 11 winning stories of the online competition “My e-participation Story” – “The Albanian November Students” – refers to the civic engagement and protest against the dismantling of Syrian chemical weapons in Albania. There were six stories submitted in Albania that dealt with migration and free movement issues. The winning Albanian story was submitted by Jora Risto, a student at the Faculty of Medicine in Tirana.

This is a story in a series of 11 citizen stories on e-Participation. Click HERE to read the full story.

MEP Lauristin and MEP Schöpflin about digital inclusion and e-Participation

What policies do policy makers at national and EU levels develop and implement to promote digital empowerment for citizens? We asked György Schöpflin, MEP (EPP, Hungary) and Rapporteur on ECI, and Marju Lauristin, MEP (S&D, Estonia) and Professor of Social Communication, teaching e-Participation, about their policy work and stances on the digital inclusion and e-Participation. Here are excerpts of our…

Meet Allies, Share Your Stories and Get Inspired at the Enabling Civil e-Participation in Europe Conference

Many citizens consider that the EU is something that happens in Brussels and does not concern them. In fact, EU policies impact on all aspects of our daily lives and the European institutions have created a number of online tools – Your voice in Europe, Petitions Web Portal – that every European citizen can use to take part in developing these policies and benefiting…

Telecentre-danmark continues “the fight” for IT: citizens need to learn how to influence the EU decisions

This autumn Telecentre-danmark continues to take e-Participation topic on the agenda in a series of 3 meetings with volunteer instructors working in ICT centers. The topic is even more relevant because Denmark will hold a referendum on its legal reservations in relation to EU cooperation (abolish the opt-out on legal matters and replace it with an opt-in agreement). Telecentre-danmark encourages volunteer instructors to teach students…

Winners of ‘My e-Participation Story’ competition announced!

The online competition ‘My e-Participation Story’ has ended counting nearly 60 entries. It was open from June till mid September 2015 and has collected the most compelling personal stories about using the EU or national e-Participation tools to influence policy-making and lives of others around. We are excited to announce the most active e-Citizens who will be awarded as the winners of…

Telecentre-danmark organises a workshop in Copenhagen

Telecentre-danmark and the Copenhagen municipality arranged a joint workshop for IT instructors from the various ICT centres in Copenhagen on the 24th August 2015. 25 instructors participated and Telecentre-danmark paid special attention to the e-UROPa project, where the instructors were guided through the project in order for them to be able to participate in the hands-on workshop. The participants in the workshop…

Public consultation on EU citizenship

The European Commission has launched a new online public consultation on EU Citizenship. Every citizen and organisation can share their experience of traveling, moving and living in another European country, and their view of how this can be improved. This is a great opportunity to tell if you have encountered any difficulties in the EU and if your rights as EU citizen…

European e-participation – a new challenge for telecentres?

An interactive session to learn and discuss The session on e-participation will be an interactive learning session held on the second day of our Annual Conference in Belgrade (25th September). The session will gather participants and experts to explore the topic of e-participation, describe some digital tools that exist for this purpose and discuss their actual use by citizens. Participants…

Video highlights of European e-Participation Day

The European e-Participation Day took place on 7th of May this year. Over 1,700 participants attended many activities – workshops, conferences, webinars – organised in 11 countries around Europe! This video features some event highlights from selected countries who have produced video footage.

Moving towards participatory democracy: European Citizens’ Initiative

e-UROPA project promotes the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), an EU agenda setting tool that allows European citizens to participate in the development of EU policies. On June 16 high-level policy makers and field experts were invited to discuss the history, challenges and potentials of the ECI and to debate about participatory democracy. What holds ECI back? ECI in its first…