Accessibility
On this website, it is possible to change the contrast of the content to make reading easier.
To enlarge the content, we recommend using the built-in functionality of the web browser: hold down the Ctrl key (Cmd key in OS X) and press the + or – key at the same time.
Another convenient option is to use the mouse: hold down the Ctrl key while moving the mouse scroll wheel. You can return to normal size by pressing the Ctrl and 0 keys at the same time.
All major operating systems include settings to increase the content displayed on the screen.
In Windows 7, you can find a program called Magnifier if you click on the “Start” menu button at the bottom left, type Magnifier (the first few letters are enough) and press Enter. A small window will open in which everything is magnified. By default, the program tracks the position of the mouse cursor. In Windows XP, you can find Magnifier by going to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > Magnifier.
On Apple computers, to use zoom, navigate to: Apple menu > System Preferences > Accessibility (or Universal Access) > Zoom.
Jelizaveta Krenjova-Cepilova was e-democracy expert and project manager at the e-Governance Academy. In 2012-2016, she coordinated a large-scale local government project in Ukraine, which focused on strategic support to e-governance development and on the implementation of technical e-government solutions in four cities and one regional administration in the Western part of Ukraine.
She is one of the main authors of the Situation Review of e-democracy developments in six EU Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
In addition, she contributed to the development of the anti-corruption platform for the third sector in Moldova. Most recently, she was the work package leader and the main expert in the project aimed at finding the ways to encourage more active democratic engagement and participation of young mobile EU citizens in their host countries.
Jelizaveta holds a PhD degree from Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology. Her research interests comprise participatory instruments at the local level, with a special focus on participatory budgeting.
She has published articles on the applicability of the different models of participatory budgeting, and on the implementation of this participatory tool in Estonia. Her PhD thesis “Participatory Budgeting: Theoretical Models and Applicability in Estonia and Beyond” is available here.
Jelizaveta is a native Russian speaker, she is fluent in English and Estonian, and knows basic French and German.
