Promoting electronic participation systems in the Balkans: the case of national press agencies Online publication date: Fri, 06-Nov-2009
by Yannis Charalabidis, Sotirios Koussouris, George Gionis, Dimitrios Askounis
International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG), Vol. 2, No. 2/3, 2009
Abstract: While e-participation systems are being deployed in many European member states, their operation in converging regions is still a problem. Socio-economic conditions, familiarisation with new democratic processes and low penetration of information technology still pose barriers for these e-participation applications and their successful deployment calls for joint participation and cooperation of citizens and organisational bodies in order to form a unified framework consisting of guidelines and common codes of ethics. This paper presents a case study of the establishment of an e-participation platform based on the cooperation of national news agencies in the converging regions of the Balkans.
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