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A modest proposal… for the ECI

Posted on 26 Apr 2016 by

A commonsense proposal for making the EU’s Citizen Initiative (ECI) more lightweight and effective – based on some old research. Continue reading →

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ECI4all sytem: Replacement of OCS announced – but who are they?

Posted on 19 Feb 2013 by

You may be aware that the European Commission has been supporting the development of an online collection systems for online signatures for the European Citizens Initiative – it’s called OCS and hosted on the JoinUp platform. Now, the OCS has a … Continue reading →

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Petitions to the European Parliament – 2009 report

Posted on 24 Jan 2011 by

I’ve finally been able to write some notes from the European Parliament’s report on petitioning in 2009 – it was approved 7 June 2010, so really I have no excuse for being so late with this piece. Despite the delay, … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on privacy in UK and Europe

Posted on 17 Nov 2010 by

I was asked by a colleague to put together some notes on privacy, government and young people – I thought’d I’d share the results, if only to prove that this blog is still alive! I’d point out that though I do have … Continue reading →

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The EU Council moves towards simplifying the ECI. But is it workable yet?

Posted on 16 Jun 2010 by

Earlier this week, there was another General Council discussion on the ECI. A video of the last meeting has now been posted. It includes a link to a revised draft of the regulation (in case this insanely long link doesn’t … Continue reading →

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