Nilda Bullain European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Engaging Citizens in Policy and Social Action: The Role of Information Technology Nilda Bullain European Center for Not-for-Profit Law

Public participation & IT Legislation E.g., Freedom of Electronic Information Act, Hungary Policy framework E.g., E-Government / Wi-Fi Country, Estonia Institutional mechanisms E.g., Poland, Public Benefit Council Internal regulations

BUT THEN… WHAT HAPPENS?

WHAT MAKES PARTICIPATION EFFECTIVE?

UN Climate conference, Poznan, 1 - 12 December 2008

Priority Actions You can make a real impact, right now. With just a few minutes of your time you can apply pressure to the world's governments to end human rights violations across the globe.                                                                  Congo: Help protect civilians Call on the UK government to ensure that the UN Security Council takes further steps to protect civilians in  13635 actions sent  

We have a say! Rights based advocacy 12 NGO projects in Hungary Drug use Access to information (consumer protection) Child protection NGO decision making via e-devices

Effective participation NGO ability to engage supporters on a personal level Enabling legal & policy environment Appropriate technological platform

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