1: Citizen Engagement Toolset

To develop a toolset that allows full advantage to be taken of a wide range of existing and well established social networking sites to engage citizens in two-way dialogs as part of governance and policymaking processes.

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Social networking technology provides major new opportunities for policy makers (eGovernment) to engage with the community (eSociety). We will develop a toolset that allows full advantage to be taken of a wide range of existing and well established social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, WordPress etc.) to engage citizens in two-way dialogs as part of governance and policymaking processes.

Stakeholder(s):

• Citizens


• Policymakers


• Facebook


• Twitter


• Bebo


• WordPress

Objective(s):

1: Opinions and Discussions

2: Seeding and Stimulation

3: Records, Trust and Privacy

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