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EJEG
Volume 7 Issue 2
Competent Electronic Participation Channels in Electronic Democracy
Dimitrios Zissis, Dimitrios Lekkas and Anastasia-Evangelia Papadopoulou
Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, Syros, Greece
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This paper discusses electronic participation channels implemented to digitalize decision processes in an electronic democracy. The task of e-Participation is to empower people with Information and Communication Technologies so as to effectively engage in decision processes and to develop social and political responsibility. Competence in e-democracy depends heavily on the selected technologies. A number of tools which are targeted at increasing e-participation have been identified; an extensive report, which presents a number of criteria and requirements recognized as preconditions for the successful deployment of such tools, provides methodically structured information. These criteria were carefully selected to maintain a balance in sought after technical requirements and social needs. Meeting the goals stated and effectively countering the acknowledged requirements is always a complex step in system design necessary to lead to real world operating systems. The selection of electronic methods to be implemented, according to identified requirements, is of grave importance.
Keywords:
e-democracy, e-voting, e-participation, e-methods comparison
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