| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service |
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| Publisher | EU |
| Series Title | Study |
| Series Details | February 2018 |
| Publication Date | February 2018 |
| ISBN | 978-92-846-2263-4 |
| Content Type | Report |
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Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.Digital tools could create stronger connections between European citizens and the EU decision-making process and, by doing so, might contribute to reducing the EU democratic deficit. This report investigated what lessons can be drawn from local, national and European experiences of the use of digital tools for the functioning of EU decision-making procedures and institutions. For that purpose, a review of current literature on e-democracy and the European public sphere was carried out; twenty two local, national and EU experiences with existing digital tools were investigated and evaluated; and an analysis made of the suitability of the most promising digital tools for implementation and use at EU level. The most important factors for successful e-participation identified in the report were: + a close and clear link between e-participation processes and a concrete formal decision-making process A related earlier study by some of the same researchers was published in 2011. |
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| Source Link | http://dx.publications.europa.eu/10.2861/201697 |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
