Welcome to our online debate entitled: “Stakeholders’ Community to Federate European Citizens’ Initiatives” Join the debate at the bottom of this post ! European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECI) as well as Political Parties’ debates and campaigns could play a key role in the running up to 2014 European Elections. We can distinguish 3 main phases: Phase… » read more
Posted by Dominique Ostyn
August 24, 2011
The European eDemocracy Award is a well-established and international annual award prepared and coordinated by Fondation EurActiv PoliTech in the framework of the World eGov Forum, organised by André Santini, former Minister, Deputy of Hauts-de-Seine, Mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. The European eDemocracy Award 2011 will take place at Issy-les-Moulineaux (France) on 10-12 October 2011 and… » read more
Posted by ODS_EU
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citizen, ECI, eDemocracy, eParticipation, European Citizens' Initiative, participation, social media |
Guest post by Eberhard Rhein, former Chef de Cabinet to the European Commission VP in charge of external relations and Director responsible for the Mediterrranean and Arab world. See also Rhein.BlogActiv.eu On April 1st 2012 an interesting innovation of the Lisbon Treaty will see the reality. At that date, the implementing legislation for Art.… » read more
Posted by Dominique Ostyn
Join the debate at the bottom of this post ! Last Wednesday, BlogActiv.eu hosted its 1st BlogActiv Bloggers Café bringing together around 30 EU bloggers and European Citizens’ Initiative stakeholders. This Bloggers Café presented the audience BlogActiv.eu new design and the Online Debate on “Stakeholders’ Community to Federate European Citizens’ Initiatives” in partnership with BlogActiv.eu.… » read more
Posted by ODS_EU
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1st phase - novel 'participatory instrument', campaign, citizen, ECI, eDemocracy, English, eParticipation, ePetition, European Citizens' Initiative, european elections, participation, social media |
July 13, 2011
EU leaders are too focused on the short term of upcoming elections and lack a strategic vision to give new impetus to European integration and better connect with citizens, said Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in an interview with EurActiv. Speaking on the margin of a conference on how to revitalise the European dream organised by French… » read more
Posted by Dominique Ostyn
To forge a real sense of ownership and belonging, EU leaders and politicians should better market the European project, said the Indian dean of French business school INSEAD, Dipak C. Jain, in a recent interview with EurActiv. Having followed the American Dream and now seeking to live the European Dream, the Indian says that Europe’s… » read more
Posted by Dominique Ostyn
July 12, 2011
Join the debate here ! Mr. Jahier, President of Group III, launched the initiative to organise a seminar on the European Citizens’ Initiative, the most innovative and concrete transnational tool of the Lisbon Treaty. He stated that this seminar offered the possibility to bring together forty participants from outside the “Schuman box”. Coming from nineteen… » read more
Posted by Marine Jacob
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1st phase - novel 'participatory instrument', ECI, English, European Citizens' Initiative, participation |
June 29, 2011
Join the debate here ! Question 1: Will the European Citizens’ Initiative transform the European democratic life and reduce the widening ‘Democratic Gap’ between its citizens and decision-makers? “The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) will introduce a whole new form of participatory democracy to the EU. It is a major step forward in the democratic life… » read more
Posted by Dominique Ostyn
Stakeholders' Community Federating European Citizens' Initiatives
