Browsing the "open government" Tag

PDF09: Liz meets Mark Belinsky and talks about how to make “Digital Democracy” happen!

August 4th, 2009 | by Liz Azyan

Digital Democracy has been working for two years with the Burmese community in Thailand,Bangladesh, India, and China as well as with resettled Burmese populations in Indiana, Washington, DC and New York. D2 staff have published and presented research on Burma with an emphasis on technology use by displaced Burmese groups. In addition to Burma?s borders, we have conducted research in Cuba, Armenia, Mali, Zimbabwe,South Africa, and Israel


Liz talks to Steven Clift from e-democracy.org at the Personal Democracy Forum Conference 09

August 3rd, 2009 | by Liz Azyan

This interview covers the following issues and questions: Steven talks about his most recent project - Neighbourhood to neighbour engagement. Steven talks about how local authorities get involved within this online neighbourhood. Citizen to citizen engagement and value. Does the local authority make themselves known as an authority to the public within the online community? Mix of email and online forum. What are the main tools that you use? Groupserver.org People need to choose their own technology. What does it mean to you to have an open government



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