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The European Citizens’ Initiative and the Promise of Participatory Democracy

e-UROPA project is promoting the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), a tool that allows citizens to participate in the development of EU policies. Tomorrow high-level policy makers and field experts will be invited to discuss the history, challenges and potentials of the ECI in Brussels. The ECI Campaign is a grassroots coalition of democracy advocates and over 120 European NGOs dedicated to the…

European Citizens’ Initiative Day 2015

European Economic and Social Committee has released this multi-language video about the European Citizens’ Initiative! The ECI is the first possibility worldwide for citizens to participate in direct democracy.

Watch the video:

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To learn more about other European tools for civic participation, join us on the European e-Participation Day taking place on May 7th!

Latvia getting ready for the e-Participation day

On the 7th of May Latvia will face e-Participation events in many locations all around the country. The e-Participation day in Latvia is organized by LIKTA in cooperation with Latvian Library Network (represented by Culture Information systems centre) and e-Participation portal http://www.manabalss.lv. In order to introduce regional libraries to the project goals and e-Participation tools a webinar took place on…