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On-line Citizen's Forum European Debates
Name of contact person Simon Delakorda, M.Sc., director
Country/countries of operation Slovenia, European Union
Implementation period of your project
Started in 2006. Sustainable ongoing project.

Short description of your project

Citizen's forum European debates http://www.evropske-razprave.si/ is providing a national on-line deliberation space for facilitated public debates and consultations on relevant European issues in Slovenia. The main goal of on-line forum is to establish a permanent online dialogue between Slovene public (citizens, NGOs, civil society) and European decisionmaking institutions (primarily Slovene members of the European parliament) on current EU policies and topics. Citizen's forum e-participation process is based on principles of deliberative and participatory democracy and is open to all internet users without prior registration. On-line discussions can be initiated by citizens or NGOs and consultations are initiated by Members of the European Parliament. Consultations include video messages and invitation from MEPs, information about the policy context, phase of political decision-making, time frame, relevant documents and starting questions. Inputs posted in the forum or submitted by e-mail or paper questionnaires are summarized into reports by facilitators and sent to Members of the European Parliament to provide feedback. Different web 2.0 features like Facebook, You Tube, RSS and Twitter are used to involve public combined with press conferences, on-line video streaming and chat rooms covering live forums with MEPs from Slovenia.

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