Citizen 2.0

Kate Lundy: "In Australia, we have created a Gov 2.0 Taskforce"

Labor representative at the Australian Parliament, Senator Kate Lundy is probably one of the most active MPs involved in debates on the Information Society in her country. She was the first one to open a parliamentary blog in 1996 and she has been lobbying ever since for a more transparent, more participative and open government. Presented with the International eDemocracy Award 2010 by Phil Noble of PoliticsOnline, on October 14th in Paris, Kate Lundy made a presentation of her platform, Public Sphere, for consulting the citizens.

The winners of the e-Democracy Awards 2010

After the auditions for the e-Democracy Awards held in the city hall of Issy-les-Moulineaux and broadcast live on the internet, the winners were announced at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 14.

In the French category the award went to Jean-Paul Delevoye, Ombudsman of the Republic, in the European category to Xavier Crouan, Director of Information and Digital Innovation of Rennes Metropolis, France, and the International Award went to Australian Senator Kate Lundy. Last but not least, the People’s Choice Award was given to Ralph Benko, author of “The Websters’ dictionary”.

The jury members were able to vote after each audition via an electronic voting system based on three criteria ranked from 1 to 10: the originality of the system presented, its transferability and the estimated impact on the citizen engagement in the public life. The total score allowed to determine the winners in all three categories: International, European and French.

Whare are the best e-practices to win an election?

18 months ahead of the presidential election, French political parties are starting to get ready, preparing their campaign strategies. The Internet will obviously be an integrated part of the candidates’ strategies. It remains to be seen whether the digital strategy will be at the heart of their campaigns or not. Bearing in mind that the young people voting for the first time will be the first voters of the Net Generation (also known as Generation Y), we should expect to live exciting moments.

But what if we took a leaf out of what’s happening around us? The British have just experienced an election campaign with an unexpected result (a Centrist/Conservative coalition government) whereas the Americans are getting ready to vote in midterm elections beginning of November.

During the World eGov Forum, Phil Noble, Director of PoliticsOnline, will bring together a group of British and American specialists to present the latest examples of election campaigns. The session will take place on October 13th at Cisco Systems Headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Call for nomination for the 10 Who Are Changing the World of Politics & the Internet

PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are proud to open the call for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the eleventh year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world will help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.

Submit your nominations now

The winners will be invited as honored guests to the 11th World eDemocracy Forum October 13-15, 2010, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, (Paris, France), where they'll take part in an awards ceremony and other special programs throughout the two-day forum.

The World e-Democracy Forum becomes World e-Gov Forum

Since its first edition in spring 2000, hundreds of politicians, public and private decision makers, intellectuals, webusers over 70 nationalities gathered at the World e-Democracy Forum in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Paris, France) and discussed issues related to the impact of ICT in public life. Other similar conferences are now organized in Vienna, Berlin, New York, London or Barcelona. All are inspired by the model established by Mayor Santini in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The World e-Democracy Forum is changing its name to become the World e-Gov Forum and have for ambition to be the hub of an annual debate on e-Government tools. Next edition will be held on October 13-15, 2010.