Experiencie Book eParticipation

EXPERIENCE BOOK Good Practice Exchange on eParticipation Platforms among European Youth

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EXPERIENCE BOOK Good Practice Exchange on eParticipation Platforms among European Youth

Authors: Olga Ambrosiewicz, Pablo Biderbost, Marija Biljan, Guillermo Boscán, Alonso Escamilla, Marco Farina, Andrew Hadley, Trevor Keough, Nalia Rochin, Margherita Vaglio.

Proofreading: Zachary Ellis.

Design: Alonso Escamilla.

Visuals: Alonso Escamilla.

Published: 2017 © BB&R Editions Good Practice Exchange on eParticipation Platforms among European Youth. Project 2016-2-ES02-KA205-008260 implemented by Biderbost, Boscan & Rochin (BB&R) in collaboration with Human Right Youth Organisation (HRYO) and Momentum World.

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http://e-participation.eu

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Biderbost, Boscan & Rochin John Dalton, 38-52, Bajo J 37007 Salamanca, Spain bbyr@bbyr.com www.bbyr.com This project has been funded with support from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission. This publication 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.

CONTENTS

A 4 INTRODUCTION

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7 BEFORE-AFETER EVALUATION Questions 1 to 6

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16 SATISFACTION SURVEY Question 1 to 4 Comments

B 23 NEWSLETTERS

February to December 2016

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45 EVENTS AND MEDIA

Youth and Handbook Events Salamanca RTV Al Día REVCYL Europe Direct EURACTIV

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introduction This Experience Book was designed to offer a complementary perspective of the project Good Practice Exchange on eParticipation Platforms among European Youth (2016-2-ES02-KA205-008260). The partners seek to provide good practices on two specific aspects: (1) how to evaluate youth actions and transnational meetings, and (2) how to publicise the progress and results of Erasmus+ projects.

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In this regard, this book present four key aspects of the project. First, the assessment made by the youngsters in their session exploring and using DemocracyOS. The partners designed a before-after evaluation, where the youngsters had to punctuate from 0 to 4 their perception regarding civic competences, electronic platforms and their experience with DemocracyOS.

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Second, the survey designed to measure satisfaction of each transitional meeting. After each meeting, the partners evaluated what they thought of the exchange of good practices, if the information of the electronic platforms was useful and what they needed to improve for the next meetings (in particular) and the project (in general).

Third, the 10 newsletters developed to disseminate the progress of the project. The partners designed attractive newsletters for the general public. It is important to identify what information was disseminated during the life of the project. Forth and last, the visual elements of the project regarding their events and media presence. Erasmus+ demands a great work of communication, so we believe that these examples can give clues on how to successfully disseminate the instances of a project.

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We really hope that you enjoy this book and find inspiration to assess and disseminate your Erasmus+ actions and projects.

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Yours sincerely,

before-after EVALUATION

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU CAN INFLUENCE POLITICS?

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AFTER

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2,39

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How much do you think you can influence politics?

HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU USE AN ELECTRONIC PLATFORM TO VOTE AND TO CONTROL POLITICIANS? BEFORE

AFTER

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2,33

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Use electronic platforms to vote and to control politicians

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HOW MUCH WOULD YOU USE AN ELECTRONIC PLATFORM TO DISCUSS ABOUT TOPICS? BEFORE

AFTER

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Use electronic platforms to discuss about topics

AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU USE THIS PLATFORM TO MAKE DECISIONS IN SCHOOL, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS, WORK, GROUP OF FRIENDS?

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2,94

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Use electronic platforms to make decisions

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AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU SHARE YOUR VOTES, DECISIONS AND COMMENTS OF THIS PLATFORM ON YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKS?

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Share your votes/decisions on your social media

AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN MORE CIVICALLY EMPOWERED?

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Do you feel like you have been more civically empowered?

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Satisfaction survey

THE COORDINATION OF THE MEETING WAS ADECUASTE FOR SHARING INFORMATION/BEST PRACTICES

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Use electronic platforms to make decisions

THE INFORMATION SHARED REGARDING THE ePLATFORMS WAS USEFUL FOR THE PROJECT

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Use electronic platforms to make decisions

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THE EVALUATION FORM OF THE ePLATFORMS WAS USEFUL FOR THE TRANSNATIONAL MEETING

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Use electronic platforms to make decisions

THE FINAL FEELING/SENSATION AFTER THE MEETING WAS POSITIVE

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Use electronic platforms to make decisions

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PLEASES, SHARE ANY COMMENT REGARDING THE TRANSNATIONAL MEETING.

It is in general very useful to have these meetings because it keeps us up to date with the project and we know what everyone is doing.

Having the chance to discuss the online platforms allowed us actually to understand what the platforms do. We felt motivated to look at all the platforms after each meeting.

The whole project makes a lot more sense following these meetings. After each meeting are in a best position to move forward to the next steps.

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NEWSLETTERS

NEWSLETTER

Nº 1 - FEBRUARY 2017

The e-Participation project begins

BB&R, HRYO & Momentum World celebrate the kick-off meeting in Salamanca

Salamanca hosted the kick-off meeting of the project "Good Pr a c t i c e E x c h a n g e o n e Participation Platforms among European Youth”.

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BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World had the opportunity to detail each phase of the project and all the activities to be carried out to achieve the objectives.

E-Participation è uno scambio di buone pratiche e vede coinvolti Spagna, Italia e Regno Unito Page 2

e-Participation Platforms seeks to identify the key features that electronic platforms must have in order to empower the new generations of Europeans on civic competences and make them active citizens in democratic life.

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The project will have three phases. First, the three entities will exchange best practices

e-Participation launches its official website and social networks

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in order to explore ePlatforms and analyse what makes them successful. Second, each entity will develop practical sessions with youngsters, in order to know their opinion and empower them on civic competences. Third, the entities will elaborate an infographic manual with the key features of the ideal ePlatform.

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@eparticipation

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E-Participation è uno scambio di buone pratiche e vede coinvolti Spagna, Italia e Regno Unito

Lo scambio di buone pratiche sarà incentrato sui nuovi sistemi di partecipazione alla vita politica da parte dei giovani.

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Cambiano i tempi e cambiano anche i nuovi spazi di produzione del pensiero, delle critiche e quindi della partecipazione attiva.

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Avere cura di questi aspetti potrà permettere lo sviluppo di nuovi processi di partecipazione…

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Continuare a leggere: http://bit.ly/2liXxPX

@eparticipationplatform

http://bit.ly/2oDzrSF

e-Participation hace su primera aparición en los medios

e-Participation launches its official website and social networks

e-Participation has design a dynamic, interactive and responsive web page with all the information of the project.

At the same time, the project has created different social networks. Both platforms will allow the project to provide contents, tools and best practices on eParticipation Platforms and, at the same time, interact with social agents interested in the project.

e-Participation hizo su primera aparición en los medios.

Salamanca RTV Al Día publicó la noticia "Salamanca acoge un p ro y e c t o d e p l a t a f o r m a s electrónicas para la participación política".

Discover the web page and f o l l o w e - Pa r t i c i p a t i o n o n Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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En ésta, este medio salmantino dio a conocer los objetivos que se persiguen, la duración del proyecto, la metodología a utilizar y los resultados que se esperan obtener.

La noticia completa se puede leer en el siguiente enlace: http://bit.ly/2oSV8xt

GALLERY KICK-OFF MEETING

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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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@eparticipation

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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.

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Nº 3 - APRIL 2017

Photo: EUth Project

Knowing OP!N

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

OP!N is an all-in-one digital a n d m o b i l e p a rt i c i p at i o n toolbox to build professional eParticipation processes. The platform developed and tested different youth-friendly tools in o rd e r t o s u p p o r t q u a l i t y participation among young people.

processes among public administrations and youth organisations. Also, the platform concentrated practical tips to support eParticipation.

Some of their features are: Text Re v i e w, I d e a C h a l l e n g e s , Agenda Setting, Brainstorming, Spatial Tool, and Polling.

in political decision-making and increase their trust in European political institutions.

At the same time, OP!N allow to embedded participation

The final objetive of OP!N is to get more young people involve

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OP!N is developed in the framework of the project “EUth” with funds from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

OP!N: https://opin.me

Photo: D-CENT

Descubre la plataforma ‘Smart Vote’ y qué partido político encaja con tus ideas

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‘Digital projects and tools that will open democracy’ by D-CENT

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Discover the tools that BB&R, HRYO and Momentum use to manage eParticipation Page 2

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www.e-participation.eu

@eparticipation

@_eParticipation

@eparticipationplatform

http://bit.ly/2oDzrSF

Descubre la plataforma ‘Smart Vote’ y qué partido político encaja con tus ideas BB&R desarrolló la plataforma Smart Vote para las Elecciones Generales de España de 2016. En función de las preferencias expresadas por los usuarios a través de una encuesta interactiva, la plataforma detecta con qué partido político encaja cada votante. Además, Smart Vote también ha sido utilizada para las Elecciones Generales de Perú de ese mismo año.

‘Digital projects and tools that will open democracy’

by D-CENT

Photo: D-CENT

Discover the tools that BB&R, HRYO and Momentum use to manage eParticipation

In order to successfully manage the eParticipation project, BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World use different tools to design infographics, develop animated videos, analyse data,

We rescued this article written

by Eva Rueda for D-CENT, where she highlight different projects that aim to improve cities and make them more

open and democratic. You will find initiatives that intend to unite communities, strategies to foster the active involvement of citizens, or open source decision-making tools for massive groups.

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Read the full article: http:// bit.ly/2xXWVKd

send emails, compress documents, create surveys, make presentations and coordinate the project.

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In this same section, you will find reports, handbooks and experience books.

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Discover all the resources: http://bit.ly/2hp2bMe

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Nº 4 - MAY 2017

Photo: LOOMIO

Knowing LOOMIO

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

Loomio is an user-friendly open source software. This electronic platform was born with the aim to increase transparency and inclusion, decrease meetings a n d e m a i l s , m a ke b e t t e r decisions together, and and transform deliberation into real-world action.

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Loomio allow the users to create groups, request or track

participation, offer choices, m ea s u re p o p u l a r i t y, s e e k collective agreements, and prioritise options or vote. In this regard, the platform make easy the participation of the users through an inclusive, clear, and efficient design.

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One of the strengths of this platform is its Loomio School.

This is an online tutorial that

allows you to get familiar with its features, learn through case studies, develop workshops through coaching resources, and find inspiration based on podcasts, videos, and articles.

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Loomio was developed by the Enspiral Network located in New Zealand.

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Discover more in Loomio.

Photo: DECODE

FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLES ePARTICIPATION

Discover how to use, store, and manage personal data generated online

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Las redes sociales como un escenario de la discusión política

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TÍTULO

Do you know the framework and principles governing eParticipation?

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www.e-participation.eu

@eparticipation

@_eParticipation

Photo: DECODE

@eparticipationplatform

http://bit.ly/2oDzrSF

Discover how to use, store, and manage personal data generated online DECODE is an experimental project developed by a recognised Europe-wide consortium. Its aim is to provide tools that put citizens in control of their digital identity, so they are able to choice if they keep their personal information private or share it for the public good.

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Join the discussion and discover DECODE.

Las redes sociales como un escenario de la discusión política Este artículo, escrito por Henrique Parra Parra Filho, retrata cómo las redes sociales puede llegar a ser “burbujas de opinión” que convierten una

Do you know the framework and principles governing eParticipation?

BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World use the framework of ICT-supported participation of citizens in democratic life that is based in three concepts: eInformation, e-Consultation,

una fake news en verdad. Parra describe cómo esta situación ocurrió en la votación por el acuerdo de paz en Colombia.

Siendo la manipulación uno de los principales problemas de la democracia digital.

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Lee el artículo completo en el siguiente enlace.

and e-Decision-making. At the same time, the partners use the three levels of e-participation according to UN’s and OECD typology: e-Enabling, eEngaging, and e-Empowering.

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You can find more about the Framework and the Principles of eParticipation in the official website of the project.

FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLES ePARTICIPATION

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NEWSLETTER

Nº 5 - JUNE 2017

Photo: AIRESIS

Knowing AIRESIS

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

Airesis is a free software platform to enable citizens to organise themselves according to the principles of direct democracy and participation.

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This italian platform allow the users to coordinate participants, build groups, organise events, shared documents, propose opinions, deliberate through an open

space and vote. Moreover, the platform is available in more than 15 languages and in the 5 continents.

institutions, schools or parties.

Furthermore, the platform allow the collective intelligence to emerge.

In this regard, Airesis promote the creation, the discussion and voting on proposals in a transparent, democratic, constructive and participative way. Not only in citizens, but also in associations, companies,

Airesis was developed by Tecnologie Democratiche, as an outcome of the fusion of t w o p ro j e c t s : D e m o c ra c y Online and Agorà 2.0.

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Photo: JOINUP

METHODOLOGIES ePARTICIPATION

e-Government professionals share their experience with each other

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Estonia. La nación más digital y emprendedora de la Unión Europea

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eParticipation. Discover the methodologies used in the project Page 2

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@eparticipation

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e-Government professionals share their experience with each other Th e E u ro p ea n Co m m i s s i o n d e s i g n e d a collaborative electronic platform where Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens can share, find, choose, re-use, develop and implement interoperability solutions in the field of e-Government.

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Discover the contents and insight of Joinup.

Photo: JOINUP

Estonia. La nación más digital y emprendedora de la Unión Europea Úrsula O'Kuinghttons, para Retina de El País, aborda desde diferentes ángulos el porqué Estonia se ha convertido en la punta de lanza de la Unión

eParticipation. Discover the methodologies used in the project BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World develop and implement the eParticipation project through four methodologies: non-formal learning, exchange of good practices, working with

Europea en materia digital.

Realizar un sinfín de gestiones sin salir de casa o “llevar casi 10 años probando proyectos de blockchain” para la seguridad digital, son algunos ejemplos.

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Lee el artículo completo en el siguiente enlace.

youngsters, and multiplier events. These methodologies allow the partners to reinforce their capacity, take into account the needs of the youngsters, and share the project with a wider audience.

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Find out more about the methodologies on the official webiste of eParticipation.

METHODOLOGIES ePARTICIPATION

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NEWSLETTER

NÂş 6 - JULY 2017

Photo: ConsiderIt

Knowing Consider.it

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

The University of Washington developed Consider.it. An online conversational platform that assists communities in learning from one another and sharing ideas through online dialogue.

or contentious issues, and are able to rank the topic on a scale of importance to the community and comment on it by visually summarising what your community thinks and why.

Thank you to this platforms, users can suggest topics of conversation, such as budget reforms, political controversies

In this regard, Consider.it gets your community on the same page so you can take more effective action At the same

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Projects that demonstrate just how valuable Adult Education is

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Hear my voice! Amplify participation of young people in Europe!

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time, this platform is noted for its attractiveness, userfriendliness and data sharing, which makes it very easy to appeal to audiences.

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Although, it has a notable lack of social media presence, Consider.it is a very interactive platform, specially for the youth

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Discover who is funding TĂ?TULO this eParticipation project Page 2

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www.e-participation.eu

@eparticipation

@_eParticipation

@eparticipationplatform

http://bit.ly/2oDzrSF

Projects that demonstrate just how valuable Adult Education is The European Commission recently selected 8 successful adult education projects, based on their contribution to European policy priorities, their incredible experiences and outputs, and their possible interest for other organisations and the wider public.

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Discover the projects here.

Hear my voice! Amplify participation of young people in Europe!

J U G E N D f ü r E u ro p a , t h e German National Agency, in c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h S A LTO YOUTH and Bureau International Jeunesse (BIJ),

Discover who is funding this eParticipation project eParticipation is developed thanks to the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission. This programme is the EU's programme to support

organised the European Conference “Hear my voice!” on youth participation (6-8 October 2014 in Brussels). The results of this conference were systematised in a short movie with recommendations to boost youth participation.

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Watch the full video.

education, training, youth and sport in Europe.

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The aim of Erasmus+ is to contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and inclusion, and achieving the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy.

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Find out more in Erasmus+.

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NEWSLETTER

Nº 7 - AUGUST 2017

Photo: change.org

Knowing change.org

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

C h a n g e . o rg i s a n o n l i n e platform that allows anybody from anywhere in the world to start an online petition based on any controversial topic without any governmental intervention.

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Change.org allows for people to speak their mind and gain a voice in difficult subject areas.

However, there are some concerns because the platform

is only a resource and doesn’t support the user. Also, the work depends of the request p r o m o t e r ’s a c t i o n s . T h e positive result depends more of the advertising in mass media and social networks than in the platform. It has some content which is only accessible to payment users.

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Discover more in Change.org.

Photo: EUth

Photo: swissinfo.ch

Photo: EEAS

This platforms allow users to submit a petition in a given subject area in the hopes that the general public will read the

petition and sign off on it. In some cases, over 2 million people have signed petitions, including powerful government officials, and legal action has taken place.

The European External Action Service and Digital Diplomacy

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Window of opportunity for transnational direct democracy

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Open Summit about TÍTULO Youth eParticipation in Europe Page 2

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www.e-participation.eu

@eparticipationplatform

@_eParticipation

Photo: EEAS

@eparticipation

http://bit.ly/2oDzrSF

The European External Action Service and Digital Diplomacy Michael Mann, Head of Strategic Communications of the European External Action Service (EEAS), highlights how Twitter have come to play an absolutely crucial part in their communication strategy and hence their online engagement as Digital Diplomacy.

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Read the full article here.

Photo: swissinfo.ch

Window of opportunity for transnational direct democracy

Open Summit about Youth eParticipation in Europe EUth celebrates in Berlin, between 7-8th December 2017, an Open Summit about Youth eParticipation in Europe: The Future is now! During the event, participants will be

Daniela Vancic and Bruno Kaufmann argue in Swissinfo the fate of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). Both authors stand out that

European citizens have never had as many opportunities to set the political agenda as they possess today. This is because the ECI is a tool of participatory a n d d i re c t d e m o c ra c y at transnational level.

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Read the full article of Vancic and Kaufmann in Swissinfo.

involved in discussions around the questions: How to enable more eParticipation? What can youth participation learn from citizen participation? How to embed new communication channels in (old) decisionmaking structures?

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You can reserve a place here until 3rd October 2017.

Photo: EUth

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NEWSLETTER

NÂş 8 - SEPTEMBER 2017

Photo: OurSpace

Knowing OurSpace

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

OurSpace is a specially developed platform designed to bridge the debate gap between citizens and those who have the power to make important decisions.

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In this regard, the platform allow the users to engage on EU and National topics, influence EU and National policy-makers and connect

Impact of digitalisation and the on-demand economy on labour markets

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with peers online. Following the same system than other platforms, OurSpace allow users to propose topics and debate them, join open debates, vote for the best proposal and visualise the results.

who bring new users. However, the platform is only available in 4 languages, what can make it difficult for some users.

On the other hand, the users of the platform score according to their participation and those

OurSpace is promoted by 9 partners from 6 European countries.

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How online organisation helped a mass student movement

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R i g h t n o w, O u r S p a c e i s powered by different European Youth Organisations.

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@eparticipation

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@eparticipationplatform

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Impact of digitalisation and the ondemand economy on labour markets D i g i t a l i s at i o n i s t ra n s f o r m i n g b u s i n e s s landscapes. Nevertheless, has also created threats for employers and employees. This study examines the impact of digitalisation on employment and industrial relations in both traditional and digital businesses.

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Discover the complete study in CEPS.

Photo: Robert Atanasovski

How online organisation helped a mass student movement

eParticipation. Preparing everything for the youth sessions BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World are preparing everything to celebrate the youth sessions of the project.

Each entity will have a session with youngsters of secondary

Stefan Alijevikj, EUth journalist, describes clearly how Macedonian students managed to mobilise a massive number of young people and

organise protest marches against educational reforms between 2014 and 2015. In this successful case, social media served as a principal tool to inform and argue why these re f o r m s w o u l d d e v a s t a t e Macedonian higher education.

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level to present DemocracyOS. The youngsters will explore the platform, propose measures to tackle youth unemployment and assess it through the evaluation template.

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This sessions will allow the partners to actually know the opinion of the youngsters regarding eParticipation.

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NEWSLETTER

Nº 9 - NOVEMBER 2017

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Knowing Community PlanIt

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

Community Planit is an online platform that seeks to increase participation and involvement in communities. In order to achieve this, the platform allow users to participate through a series of games and rewards, competing with one another and influence local projects.

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Community Planit is free, and very user friendly with many

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video tour guides on how to sign up and use the platform to its highest potential. In this regard, the platform is noted with its exceptional ability to propose ideas and policies through highly interactive games.

users” out, and the nonpresence of social networks.

However, the platform suffers from a low level of security, its impossibility to keep “bad

The Engagement Lab at Emerson College is the entity behind Community Planit.

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This ePlatform is considered to be very attractive towards young people in today’s world, specially to the fact that uses an interactive game based system.

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DemocracyOS se hace presente en Salamanca BB&R celebró en Salamanca una sesión para promover las competencias cívicas y la participación política a través de plataformas electrónicos en jóvenes de nivel secundario.

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Los jóvenes exploraron las características de la plataforma DemocracyOS. Después, propusieron diversas medidas para contrarrestar el desempleo juvenil. Debatieron sus propias propuestas, las m e j o r a r o n y, fi n a l m e n t e , votaron por la que más les convencía. Además, los jóvenes evaluaron tanto la plataforma como su propia experiencia usándola.

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La evaluación y las propuestas de los jóvenes quedarán reflejadas en el Manual de eParticipation del proyecto.

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Keep the UK in the Erasmus Plus Programme

eParticipation arriva a Palermo La sessione di eParticipation che ha avuto luogo HRYO in Italia ha coinvolto giovani che hanno lavorato con la piattaforma DemocracyOS. Attraverso questa piattaforma i ragazzi hanno avuto la possibilità di dialogare e vedere altre proposte condivise all’interno della piattaforma, di discutere e creare le proprie proposte per contrastare la disoccupazione giovanile in Italia.

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Momentum World develop a youth session to address the necessity to keep the UK in the Erasmus+ Programme. As they point out, the chance to travel outside the UK it is one of the biggest opportunities to tackle youth unemployment.

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A questo proposito, l’obiettivo principale di questa attività è che i giovani esplorino la piattaforma, per sapere se la trovano attraente e se è possibile utilizzarla nella loro vita quotidiana.

Through DemocracyOS, the British youngsters discussed the aspects of the Erasmus+ that have worked best in the past, proposed alternatives to Erasmus+ in the scenario of Britain entirely outside of the programme, and how young people who have been benefiting from Erasmus+ can help shaping the future relationship between the UK and the EU.

I risultati si rifletteranno nel manuale di eParticipation.

The results will be reflected in the eParticipation Handbook.

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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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NEWSLETTER

NÂş 10 - DECEMBER 2017

eparticipation handbook Presenting the eParticipation Handbook

BB&R, HRYO & Momentum World present to society the results of the eParticipation project

BB&R, HRYO and Momentum World finished the elaboration o f t h e e Pa rt i c i p at i o n Handbook. This document, elaborated from an infographic approach, systematises all the results of the project throughout its life.

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The manual is divided, mainly, in three significant parts: in the evaluation template with which

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the platforms were analysed, the characteristics and the results of each platform, and the results-proposals of the youngsters with DemocracyOs.

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Thanks to this division, readers can follow the same path that the three entities have followed to implement the project and prepare the handbook. In addition, the infographic

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approach allows diverse agents to identify the aspects of the ideal electronic platform.

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With the creation of this h a n d b o o k , e Pa r t i c i p a t i o n sought to generate inputs that would allow civic empowerment of young Europeans, in order to move towards a more democratic Europe.

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Salamanca discover the eParticipation Handbook Agents from different fields assisted to the St Estanislao Kostka School to discover for the first time all the results achieved by the project. Also, were able to know the proposals of the youngsters to tackle youth unemployment: studies languages in other countries, spent more time on the subjects that students want to study and equal education in all Spain.

Palermo receives with open arms the eParticipation Handbook HRYO presented the eParticipation Handbook to Palermo society. The assistants discover the project, its results, and the features of the ideal

The eParticipation Handbook is present in the UK Momentum World presented in Glaramara the eParticipation Handbook. During an E u ro Pe e r s U K e v e n t , t h e assistants were able to discover all the electronic platforms

electronic platform to civically empower young Europeans.

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HRYO presented the proposals of the youngster to tackle youth unemployment: to have an employment center in the schools, to match a retired worker with young workers and a spot of the EU inside schools.

available in the market and the best uses for each one.

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Momentum unveiled the proposals of the youngsters to Keep the UK in the Erasmus+ Programme: shaping the future relationship between Britain and EU, alternatives to Erasmus in case of Brexit, and how to give strength to EVS.

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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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CLARIFICATION The logos and images of the electronic platforms that are shown in this document were obtained through their respective web pages. In this sense, it is important to mention that this book is used only for educational purposes and does not seek to generate any kind of commercial or econocimic gain.

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DISCLAIMER - CREATIVE COMMONS This document is under the licence AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NCND 4.0) This means that you must give appropriate credit and provide a link to the license, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use (Attribution).

You may not use the material for commercial purposes (NonCommercial). If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material (NoDerivatives).

Good Practice Exchange on eParticipation Platforms among European Youth. Project 2016-2-ES02-KA205-008260 implemented by Biderbost, Boscan & Rochin (BB&R) in collaboration with Human Right Youth Organisation (HRYO) and Momentum World.

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