| Abstract: | Even though many countries invest significant amounts of money in engaging citizens in public decision-making using information and communication technologies (ICT), they do not pay corresponding attention in evaluating these efforts. Since e-participation is a relatively new approach it is necessary to evaluate it carefully, in order to understand it better and identify both the benefits and advantages it offers, and also at the same time its disadvantages and problems. In this direction in this paper initially are reviewed existing frameworks which can be useful for structuring the evaluation of e-participation. Then a framework is developed for evaluating a number of e-participation pilots in the legislation development process that will be implemented as part of the LEX-IS project (‘Enabling Participation of the Youth in the Public Debate of Legislation among Parliaments, Citizens and Businesses in the European Union) of the ‘eParticipation’ Preparatory Action of the European Commission. |
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