02. Newsletter - March 2017 - eParticipation

NEWSLETTER

Nยบ 2 - MARCH 2017

Photo: DemocracyOS

Knowing DemocracyOS

BB&R, HRYO & Momentum World explore the features of this e-Participation Platform

DemocracyOS, created in 2012 by programmers and political scientists in Argentina, is an open source platform designed to promote citizen participation in the political decision-making process.

experiences stand out: Revoluciรณn Democrรกtica party in Chile, Podemos in Spain, the national governments of Mexico and Argentina, and the D-Cent program funded by the European Commission.

During the last years, the platform has had great relevance in different parts of the world, where the following

With this background, BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World explore the features of DemocracyOS during the kick-

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Design of a template to assess the features of e-Participation Platforms

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Interview about the project EUth, the platform OP!N, and youth participation

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-off meeting in Salamanca. The partners went deep into the bowels of the platform in order to analysed every aspect of it: interface design, user friendliness, security measures, sign-up process, connectivity with social media and methods of use.

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Discover DemocracyOS: http:// democracyos.org

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e-Participation reach more than 200 followers on Facebook Page 2

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www.e-participation.eu

@eparticipation

@_eParticipation

@eparticipationplatform

http://bit.ly/2oDzrSF

Interview about the project EUth, the platform OP!N, and youth participation Evaldas Rupkus y Andrea Ferrara told us about the objectives of EUth, introduced us OP!N (an all-in-one proven digital and mobile participation toolbox), and expressed why is important to involved youth in political processes.

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Listen to the interview on the program Conticinium of 03-30-2017 on USAL Radio.

Design of a template to assess the features of e-Participation Platforms The partners design an intuitive and innovative template to evaluate crucial aspects to the good performance of an eParticipation Platform.

e-Participation reach more than 200 followers on Facebook Just in one month, the eParticipation project reach 217 followers on Facebook and 2,101 people in the publication of Salamanca RTV Al DĂ­a. In the same length, the project has

The areas to be evaluated are: signing-up, security, social media, know how to use it, design, networking, using the platform. At the end, each platform will be classified through a quantitative scale.

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Discover the template: http:// bit.ly/2n9lvD2

re a c h e d 3 2 f o l l o w e r s o n Twitter, 9 on Instagram and 3 on YouTube. These numbers are expected to increase in the coming months.

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The partners have decided to use the Hashtag #eParticipation, in order to keep track of the impact of the project on social media.

www.e-participation.eu

This project has been funded with support from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission. This newsletter reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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