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DEMO-net is a Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission
DEMO-net:DEMO-net:Overall Project Overall Project PresentationPresentation
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Fact SheetFact Sheet
DEMO_net Contract Number: FP6-2004-IST-4, 027219
Duration: 4 years
Budget: 6.000.000€
EC funding: 6.000.000€
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The Consortium (1)The Consortium (1)
• Digital North Denmark (DK)• The University of Leeds (UK)• Örebro University (S)• University of Koblenz (D)• Fraunhofer AIS (D)• University of Bremen, ifib (D)• University of Macedonia (GR)• National Technical University of Athens (GR)• Copenhagen Business School (DK)• Aalborg University (DK)
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The Consortium (2)The Consortium (2)
• Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, FNSP (F)
• Technical University of Košice (SK)• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT)• University of Bergamo (IT)• Yorkshire and Humber Assembly (UK)• European Projects & Management Agency /
Vysocina Region, EPMA (CZ)• Napier University (UK)• University of Iceland (IS)• University of Helsinki (SF)• University of Southern California (US)
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DEMO-net ObjectiveDEMO-net Objective
• To strengthen scientific, technological & social research excellence in eParticipation:1. To achieve a lasting integration of currently fragmented
research in eParticipation2. To stimulate joint research in DEMO-net's agreed research
areas 3. To disseminate DEMO-net research amongst eParticipation
stakeholders 4. To provide a barometer of research effectiveness for
eParticipation in Europe by establishing a corpus of lessons-learnt resource to show what kind of projects have delivered what kind of results and thereby considered effective for eParticipation.
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Objectives will be achieved byObjectives will be achieved by
– Co-ordinate & integrate research activities clustered around the research objectives
– Analyse existing eParticipation research across Europe– Mobilise relationships among all stakeholders– Achieve co-operation between government & academia
to improve quality of research & understanding– Provide technology platform for discussion, co-operation
& data exchange– Disseminate research outcomes for the benefit of
researchers, government & citizens– Ensure growth and sustainability
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Research ObjectivesResearch Objectives
1. Establish a corpus of material of empirically based research and policy documents related to eParticipation– Research knowledge architectures to support access to corpus– Research interfaces to support evidence-based decision-making
2. Investigate barriers to eParticipation across Europe – Research discourse analysis techniques to explore agenda setting,
and alliance building at different levels.– Map of current & emergent eParticipation
• technological infrastructures• eParticipation methods.
3. Establish criteria for evaluation of future eParticipation initiatives in a systematic & standardised way– Harmonise & align concepts, terminology & methods
1. from academic disciplines.2. from the various non-academic stakeholders, eg European,
national, regional and local governments
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Integration Strategy - 1Integration Strategy - 1
• Integration Plan– Investigation of integration challenges and how to
overcome them– Setting up European eParticipation virtual research centre – Exchange of researchers between institutions – Placement of researchers in regions – Focused workshops– PhD student seminars– Students’ exchange programs – Students’ field studies
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Integration Strategy - 2Integration Strategy - 2
• Joint Research Programme– Gap analysis and roadmap– Knowledge and collaboration platform – Application and use– Large scale discourse analysis– eParticipation tools and methods– Management of diverse information and knowledge – Virtual Communities– Large scale public participation – How and what to evaluate– Emerging standards and business models – Transferability of concepts, methods, standards, tools
etc
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Integration Strategy - 3Integration Strategy - 3
• Spreading of Excellence Plan– Planning – Requirements of supporting Technical Infrastructure – Training Activities – Dissemination and Promotion activities
• Consortium Management
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DEMO-net partner relationshipsDEMO-net partner relationships
Other research groups in Europe
Research groups contracted to DEMO-net
R&D groups outside EU
R&D
Authorities
Industry
Regions
Industry
DEMO-net:building the
eParticipation community
Eg: the EU-NSF networking at eGov
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DEMO-net will deliverDEMO-net will deliver
• Virtual centre of excellence in eParticipation research which will ensure:– Research community that advances IST applicable to
eParticipation & an environment that encourages collaboration
– Sustainable eParticipation research community– Significant contribution to PhD development– Critical exposure of researchers to pressing
democratic problems– Significant input to government policy development
for citizen engagement both in individual EU countries and the EU as a whole
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Overall aimsOverall aims
The DEMO-net project aims to • to promote and develop technological
and socio-technical excellence in the emerging field of e-Participation.
• build on the experience accumulated by leading European research organisations that have studied the underlying principles of e-Participation and actively worked with governments across Europe in applying and evaluating e-Participation
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Work PackagesWork Packages
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WP1: Integration StrategyWP1: Integration Strategy
- Collects barriers and challenges from WP2-6- Legal, institutional, cultural, linguistic,
professional, infrastructural and financial
- Will develop a coherent integration framework which address 3 dimensions of integration- Research among disciplines- Research and application- Geographical dispersement
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WP2: Educational and student WP2: Educational and student exchangeexchange
- Develop educational and support structures for research students in eParticipation
- Ensure a common body of research knowledge in eParticipation
- Puts in place funding mechanisms for:- cross fertilisation of ideas- development of connections with regional
innovation programmes- Identification of emerging research agendas
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WP3: Research exchange WP3: Research exchange programmeprogramme
- Promotes cooperation between technical and socio-technical researchers, government specialists and industry specialists
- Aims to:- create cross-disciplinary teams working on
research and innovation projects- develop funding opportunities for new projects- stimulate wide discussion and dissemination of
research results to develop and stabilise expert networks
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WP4: Setting challengesWP4: Setting challenges
- Identify and respond to developing global research and innovation challenges in eParticipation- Analyse the European eParticipation research
landscape, comparing it with international developments
- Develop research agenda and roadmaps to govern future direction and future of network
- Put together research teams and thematic networks to respond to evolving challenges
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WP5: Joined eParticipation WP5: Joined eParticipation technical researchtechnical research
- Understand existing tools and technologies used for eParticipation
- Analyse the technical challenges of eParticipation
- Develop standards and ontologies for information structuring
- Utilise methods of Knowledge Management for large scale eParticipation
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WP6: Joined eParticipation WP6: Joined eParticipation socio-technical researchsocio-technical research
- Develop the theoretical basis for cross-disciplinary socio-technical research in eParticipation to introduce and implement eParticipation in different application areas
- Establish ways to support internal relevance (quality of online discourse) and external relevance (way eParticipation outcomes are used by political actors)
- Support socio-technical theoretical basis of technical solutions and their implementation
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WP7: Establishing information WP7: Establishing information infrastructure for the NoE infrastructure for the NoE
programmeprogramme- Gather fragmented research and best
practice in eParticipation- Provide an infrastructure for
management of the network- Design and construct a suitable
collaborative and knowledge platform- Develop a business model for the
sustainability of the information feeding from within and outside the network partners
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WP8: DisseminationWP8: Dissemination
- Disseminate and demonstrate the project’s results
- Inform eParticipation stakeholders in Europe about DEMO-net and possibilities for cooperation
- Prepare relevant training material