WP1.1-User Requirements & Service Specification

Web 2.0 Best Practice Exchange Report - Sep07

From EU Practice

Web 2.0 Best Practice Exchange Paper - Dec07

Good summary of the report

ePetitions House of Commons Report - Mar08

Proposes an ePetitioning scheme that retains the direct involvement of constituency Members of Parliament in the petitions procedure. But also provides petitioners with advice and support and a route to follow up the petition after its presentation.

Understanding eParticipation - DemoNet Oct08

Understanding eParticipation - Contemporary PhD eParticipation research in Europe from DemoNet

UN eGov Survey 2008

Provides a really interesting index on eParticipation in 2008

Designing Citizen Centered Governance

Citizen-centred governance involves new ways of enabling local people, working with statutory and other agencies, to decide how public services can improve their quality of life. This study examined the relationship between new governance structures and the engagement of citizens, service users and the voluntary and community sectors, with the aim of identifying lessons for policy and practice.

UK "ePetitions Bill" 2009

Bill that has gone through the UK House of Commons and is going through its 2nd reading in the House of Lords called the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction. This is the text of the ePettions section. See the full Bill at : www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldbills/002/09002.i-v.html

Effective ePetitioning - the Internet Way

Practical ePetitioning guide from ICELE.

D1.1.1 User & Technical Requirements, v1.0

As submitted to the Commission on 30 June 2009

Regional User Requirements form

Form sent to all Cluster Members to get an early picture of each User Region and their current intentions and expectations for the system.

Study on Bundestag ePetitions system.

From eDEM 2008 proceedings.

EP PETI Committee Report for 2008

Gives an excellent overview of the work and issues of the PETI Committee, that EuroPetition will have to interface into. Note this is still the draft version.

EP PETI Report on Fact-finding mission to Ireland

This report that David Lowe gave me when we met on 3 Mar09, gives a very good idea of the spirit and depth of the PETI Member's follow up to Petitions. Again we must consider this in EuroPetition, as many local and national situations will not provide such an extensive follow up to petitions.