Digital democracy & democratic deficit in the EU The Democratic Society are working on a project to find out how people would like to communicate ideas directly to the institutions of the European Union. It’s about citizens feeding in to policy-making and having a say more than just once every five years in the European […]
Category archives: Open Policymaking
Open EU – first two events
With the support of the European Commission, we have launched Open EU: a project that has been funded by the European Commission, so that we can show them how open policymaking can be done in practice. We are creating a shared action plan on opening EU institutions – a collaborative statement of the areas in which experiments […]
Conference decisions leave Green party exposed – FT
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18568e96-a612-11e4-abe9-00144feab7de.html#axzz3Pybcw7Bs
Speaker’s Commission creates a powerful narrative for better democracy
On #openpolicy, history matters
http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/10161/history-matters/
All political parties must commit to open government | Joint letter
Open EU – How do you want to talk to EU policymakers? (Citizens & the third sector)
Open EU is a project that has been funded by the European Commission, so that we can show them how open policymaking can be done in practice. We are creating a shared action plan on opening up EU institutions – a collaborative statement that highlights the areas in which experiments could take place, the best standards of […]
Open EU – Bridging the political divide (representatives, policymakers & the democratic sector)
27th February in Edinburgh Open EU is a project that has been funded by the European Commission, so that we can show them how open policymaking can be done in practice. We are creating a shared action plan on opening EU institutions – a collaborative statement of the areas in which experiments could take place, the best […]
Assemblies for Democracy
This coming spring three grass roots Assembly events will be happening in London, Manchester and Glasgow, where people will come together to discover and discuss democracy and power in the UK. The plan is for these events to generate questions about who and what holds power in the modern British democratic system and what the […]
Inside Obama’s effort to use science — and find policies that actually work
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/19/7628801/obama-evidence-based-policy