Title
eParticipation initiatives in Europe: learning from practitioners
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and derive the success factors of eParticipation initiatives according to the practitioners' view. For this purpose, a European survey took place using questionnaires. The results suggest that the tools and technologies currently employed are mainly general purpose and not specifically designed for eParticipation. The results further suggest that success factors can be grouped together in seven categories, namely commitment by the government; usability; combining online with offline channels; a thorough communication and promotion plan; security and privacy; organisational issues; and topics' complexity and quality of participation. A comparison with published success factors of eGovernment initiatives suggests there are similarities but also significant differences. We anticipate that the results will be of interest to practitioners as they distil others experience in a usable form. We further anticipate that this work will be of interest to researchers as it will enable validating eParticipation evaluation models.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-15158-3_5
ePart
Keywords
Field
DocType
offline channel,general purpose,success factor,egovernment initiative,european survey,communication technologies,published success factor,eparticipation evaluation model,main objective,eparticipation initiative,evaluation,information and communication technology
USable,Success factors,General purpose,Usability,Knowledge management,Information and Communications Technology,Engineering,Government
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
6229
0302-9743
3-642-15157-4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
17
0.87
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eleni Panopoulou1635.43
Efthimios Tambouris244352.25
Tarabanis Konstantinos395893.27