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…
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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…
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