Tag Archives: petitioning

Has e-petitioning been ‘useless’?

I think I’ll use my first blog post of 2011 (Happy New Year by the way) for a quick refresher on (e)petitioning. One of my favourite quotes on the subject of e-petitions is from a letter to the Telegraph of … Continue reading

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Consultation on epetitions procedures for England

As Fraser Henderson noted last week, the UK Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has launched a consultation on the e-petitions process for English councils. This consultation runs for 12 weeks from Wednesday 2 December 2009 until Wednesday 24 … 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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EU review of eParticipation, petitions and empowering communities

Thinking about challenges for e-participation projects – reporting on my visit to a transdwatch event in Brussels, and linking it to the report on community participation published by CLG. Continue reading

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Why it’s important to have a clear petitioning process

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