New Opportunities for Citizen Participation in an Information Society
What are the perspectives of e-democracy development? E-voting, TOM portal, civil rights in an information society – this and much more has been discussed during the conference labeled “New Opportunities for Citizen Participation in an Information Society”.
| 9:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Opening of the Conference |
| 10:10 | I session: Present situation and current developments
Moderator: Silver Meikar, Member of the Parliament e -participation solutions: international experiences – Prof. Alexander H. Trechsel, European University InstituteCivil rights in an information society – Ülle Madise, Chief Auditor, State Audit Office |
| 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 | II session: e-tools for active citizen participation Moderator: Liia Hänni, Program Director, e-Governance Acedemy,Analysis of the TOM Portal and ideas for its development – Peeter Marvet, TID+ project expert; Eero Elenurm, TID+ software developer
Citizens expressing opinions – governmental participation portal www.osale.ee – Hille Hinsberg, advisor to the State Chancellery, Introduction to the e-participation platform TID+; possibilities for implementation – Steven Segaert, TID+ project manager |
| 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.45 | III session: Perspetives on e-voting
Moderator: Heiki Sibul, National Electoral Committee, Chairman The e-voting experience: what have we learned and how to proceed? – Dr Guido Schwerdt, Ifo Institute for Economic Research Developing the Estonian e-voting project: m-voting – Tarvi Martens, e-voting project manager |
| 15:45 | Panel discussion: „Online Participation, The New Media and Politics: Who Needs to Take the Initiative?”
Moderator: Raul Rebane, media consultant Panelists: Jaanus Lillenberg (Postimees), Liisa Past (Eesti Päevaleht), Peeter Marvet (TID+ project expert), Hannes Rumm (Member of the Estonian Parliament) |
| 16.45 | Summary of the conference
Urmo Kübar, Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organisations, Executive Director Andrew Glencross, European Union Democracy Observatory |
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Estonian National Electoral Committee Government Office of Estonia
