20. 06.09:
Citizens decision-making through ICT
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy Support Programme of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) has launched a call dedicated to objective 3.5 of the 'ICT for government and governance' theme: eParticipation - empower and involve citizens in transparent decision making in the EU. The overall aim is to address current challenges in policy making with ICT-based solutions by:
- Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public administrations and facilitating their interaction with citizens and businesses;
- Opening up new market opportunities for innovative ICT based solutions for governments and administrations; and
- Strengthening and broadening the citizens' participation in decision-making and contributing to better legislation through the use of innovative ICT based solutions.
Financed actions will include:
- Strengthening the further adoption of approaches on eProcurement and on eID management;
- Introduction of innovative services for socially disadvantaged citizens;
- a thematic network bringing together the stakeholders in order to share experiences and build consensus and guidelines on user centricity of public e-services;
- the demonstration and adoption of tools for effective public debate and participation in decision-making (eParticipation).
Deadline: 23 September
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm
