Case Study List

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This is our list of Case Studies written by authors around the world.

The final case studies listed at the top are presented along with UK pilot project case studies on the UK Local E-democracy National Project site. Our UK highlights share all the final products while this page contains some bonus material below.

These case studies focus on specific projects and build on our feature-oriented priority briefs effort.

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Canadian International Policy eDiscussions forums hosted by the Strategic Policy Branch in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Community Blogging - In Northfield, Minnesota, a civic organization is leading an effort to encourage community members to blog. This case study will focus on the non-government bloggers and strategies that encourage community blogging and content aggregation. FYI - The UK pilot ReadMyDay blogging project for government officials involves Griff Wigley from Northfield.

Community Forums and News in Subang Jaya - Local Online Forums and News - USJ.com.my is an independent community portal created in 1999 that is shaping local council decision-making. Subang Jaya is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Listening to the City - The online component of this technology-enhanced in-person and online consultation exercise on the rebirth of the World Trade Center cite in New York City

NordPol - Northern Denmark political information site developed by public authorities.

Madrid Participa - Major city-wide online consultation effort.

Queensland's E-democracy Leadership - The State of Queensland has updated their E-democracy policy (perhaps the only -adopted- policy in the world) and are launching a second generation of their e-consultation system. Multimedia content will likely be provided by their E-democracy Unit

Seattle's Online Civic Engagement Initiative - An emerging initiative in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Seoul's Online Policy Forum - Seoul Metropolitan Government launched a new program on its Web site in February, 2003 to invite discussion on policy issues among citizens and reflect citizens’ opinion in city polices.

Continuing - DoWire Exclusive Case Studies

Updating - Consultation Management Tool - Sophisticated consultation management software helps governments (as well as companies complying with legal consultation requirements) track their traditional consultation methods and measure their actual stakeholder outreach compared to their stated goals.

Editing - e-Tampere - A case study focused on the e-democracy aspects of this ongoing initiative in Finland.

Editing - Baltimore CitiStat - Government accountability through regular reporting of statistics with mapping in Baltimore, MD, US.

Editing - Mogden Community - An in-depth profile on the tools and lessons learned by an effective online local activism effort related to the Mogden Sewage Treatment Plant.

Rural Access to Internet Services and Governance in India - A unique wireless Internet kiosk network demonstrates a real-time district manager meetings with 8 villages via wireless Internet video conferencing, chat, at small cafes in rural India. This case study ended up being an excellent digital divide case study. That puts it out of scope for the UK Local E-democracy National Project, but will remain on DoWire and be integrated into the wiki format.

Transparency and Accountability in India's Industrial Guidance Bureau - Use of the e-Platform in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India and it direct impact on government accountability and transparency. This includes electronic monitoring of cases which reduces the opportunity for corruption and increases democratic trust in government.

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Stakeholder Engagement Online - The use of interactive tools to involve stakeholders in the implementation of public policy represent a new avenue for e-democracy expansion. The Minneapolis Police Department have built online many-to-many networks of citizens, bar owners, and building security in downtown Minneapolis.

Development Scenarios - Cities in Canada are using an online and in-person support tool to develop long-term community scenarios.

E-Citizen Survey - The Paris suburb of Issy invites citizens to join an E-Citizen Panel on an anonymous basis. Citizens share demographic information initially. This panel received periodic surveys from the city administration. The results are valued by the administration and may be weighed based on the known demographics on the community.

Latin American Example - Possible case study from Chile is being explored.

Budget Accountability and the Rule of Law - The recently adopted Polish Freedom of Information Act requires local governments to place certain budget information online in a standardized format. The "Public Information Bulletin" tool was created to help cities meet this unique electronic dissemination requirement.

Transparency and Anti-Corruption - The OPEN system in South Korea is a well known tool designed to build trust in government. Another case, such as Yalova Turkey's system included access to wealth declarations of top officials (now suspended with new government).

Wired Representative - An in-depth profile of the online tools and presence used by the most technology savvy, democratic-spirited elected official we can find in the world. Nominate one.

Wired Elected Officials Blogs and Directory - Destemvan is Dutch site which aggregates the headlines from elected official blogs and provides a directory to such sites at all levels of government.

Public Interest Wireless Content Access - The City of Barcelona has implemented a limited free public access Wi-Fi network in public spaces around the community. Access is limited to a selection of government and community websites. Legal grumblings from telecommunications companies despite the fact that access was to limited sites raise a number of interesting issues for a case study. Moved to Wireless Internet brief.

Notes

We've received a handful of project submissions via our submission forms. We will add the projects that would qualify at first glance for full project-oriented case studies. We've been instructed to avoid duplicating the work of other projects and products generated by the [UK projects] with the UK Local E-democracy National Project. However, we will select case studies that complement or perhaps show a different approach to a similar issue.