E-democracy best practice analysis for the UK government

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The UK highlights page highlights a list of the final case studies and briefs sent to the UK Local E-democracy National Project.

Contents 1 About E-Democracy Best Practices 1.1 Next Steps 1.2 Join the Best Practices Leadership Team 1.3 Honorariums

About E-Democracy Best Practices

I've (Steven Clift) been commissioned by the UK Local E-Democracy National Project to lead a global e-democracy best practices case study effort between now and the beginning of February 2005.

Visit the UK project site.

I believe the "intelligence is in the network." The over 2800 members of DoWire network can produce more shared value in one day than I can in 10 years. My goal is to provide a focused structure for our knowledge on e-democracy to emerge in the coming months.

To make a quick submission use our collection of Submissions forms.

While this assignment focus on examples and strategies relevant to UK local e-democracy, we can share lessons and examples from all levels of governance and community for all corners of the world. Submissions from within the UK will be collected and forwarded appropriately, but our assignment is to scour the world outside the UK. This will complement other parts of the UK project.

Next Steps

We will work to make this the world's greatest collection of e-democracy case studies to date. And you can be a part of it.

Templates for Priority briefs and Case Studies are online. Briefs will mostly consist of a sub-set of fields with case studies representing the full deal. I've created an initial set of 15 "open" pages for the briefs, which focus on e-democracy features, technologies, and techniques. Then up to 12 of the best project-focused briefs will be selected for completion from our emerging Case Study List.

Join the Best Practices Leadership Team

If you'd like be part of the e-democracy best practices leadership team, volunteer today. Fill out this simple leadership team form on the submissions page.

Team members will become:

1. Part of an important inner circle and sounding board with access to one another.
2. Eligible for small honorariums as described below. (Government staff need not accept honorarium if this is part of your job.)
3. A member of our internal e-democracy best practitioners e-mail list. All accepted members must introduce themselves and select a portion of the wiki for monitoring and editorial assistance.

Honorariums

I have a budget for a handful of BP Honorariums for those who substantially draft case briefs as well as complete full case studies of a required quality and usefulness. They must directly applicable to UK local government e-democracy efforts from areas outside the UK.

The honorarium for a well edited and researched case brief that is accepted will be 50 GPB (~70 Euros, $90 US). In addition, 12 full case studies on projects will be commissioned for an honorarium of 250 GPB. All payments will be made in U.S. dollars to PayPal accounts only - no exceptions.

All final case study and brief content will be turned over to the UK Local E-Democracy National Project. They are paying for this effort and will be diseminiating the final results and hold the copyright on this content as noted in this sites disclaimers page.