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Knowledge Society Forum – October 19/20

If you can represent a EUROCITIES member or can wrangle an invite, this event might be of interest: Birmingham City Council and Digital Birmingham are hosting the autumn 2010 Knowledge Society Forum (KSF) from 19-20 October on the theme of … Continue reading

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CfP: for Special Issue of Journal of Information Technology and Politics Online deliberation

Call for Papers Special Issue of Journal of Information Technology and Politics Online deliberation: Developments and future directions Over the past ten years, a sizeable, multidisciplinary body of research has developed which is focused on analyzing new sites and practices … Continue reading

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The ECI: Can the European Council avoid killing it?

The ‘orientation debate’ on the ECI held on 23 April can be seen here on the Commission site (I’m not sure what the excuse is for the terrible quality of audio streaming). The council is trying to get the proposal … Continue reading

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Off to Malmö

I’m off to Malmö – two related reasons. First – the regular EuroPetition project meeting. I’m looking forward to how everyone is progresing in their cluster, and talking about our progress with the evaluation process. What I’ve seen so far … Continue reading

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Scottish Parliament debates their petitioning system

While I was away (on the 23rd), the debate on June’s report on the Scottish Parliament’s petitioning system took place: Petitioning the Scottish Parliament: What happens now? A blog entry on the Scottish Parliament’s debate on the (e-)petitioning system (34 … Continue reading

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