Engaging Citizens in Policy Making

Edited by Tiina Randma-Liiv, Professor of Public Policy, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Veiko Lember, Senior Research Fellow in Public Management and Policy, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Visiting Professor, Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium

• Contents:1 Engaging citizens in policy making: The potential and challenges ofe-participation 1Veiko Lember, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Kadi Maria Vooglaid2 Framework for analysis of the management and organization ofe-participation initiatives 11Tiina Randma-Liiv, Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Veiko LemberPART I E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON NATIONAL LEVEL3 We asked, you said, we did: Assessing the drivers and effectiveness ofan e-participation practice in Scotland 26Benedetta Bellò and James Downe4 Parlement & Citoyens in France: An e-participation platformconnecting legislators and citizens for collaborative policy design 40Samuel Defacqz and Claire Dupuy5 (e-)Participation and propaganda: The mix of old and new technology inHungarian national consultations 56Sara Svensson, Andras Molnar and Agnes Batory6 Enhancing law-making efficiency, public value or both: Case study ofe-participation platform in Slovakia 71Matúš Sloboda, Katarina Staroňová and Alexandra Poláková Suchalová7 Participatory law-making in the digital age: The case of the e-publicconsultation platform in Croatia 91Petra Đurman, Anamarija Musa and Ivan Koprić8 The Estonian Citizens’ Initiative Portal: Drivers and barriers ofinstitutionalized e-participation 104Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Tiina Randma-Liiv9 From online participation to policy making: Exploring the successbehind Latvian legislative crowdsourcing platform MyVoice 120Visvaldis Valtenbergs10 Public online consultation in Lithuania: A political declaration or thereal empowerment of citizens? 136Rasa Bortkevičiūtė and Vitalis NakrošisPART II E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON LOCAL LEVEL11 Decide Madrid: A Spanish best practice on e-participation 152Vicente Pina, Lourdes Torres, Sonia Royo and Jaime Garcia-Rayado12 The pursuit of legitimacy as a learning process: A case of locale-participation in Sweden 166Alina Ostling13 Citizens’ engagement in policy making: Insights from an e-participationplatform in Leuven, Belgium 180A. Paula Rodriguez Müller14 The implementation of e-participation platforms in Ireland: The case ofOpenConsult 196Bernadette Connaughton15 How organizational factors shape e-participation: Lessons from theGerman one-stop participation portal meinBerlin 209Andree Pruin16 e-Participation in Austria: Digital Agenda Vienna 225Noella Edelmann and Bettina Höchtl17 Connecting participation and e-participation: The use of ICT in theparticipatory initiatives of Brno 244David Špaček18 Management and organization of e-participation: Synthesis from 15European initiatives 260Tiina Randma-Liiv and Veiko LemberIndex 280

‘In this book two key societal trends merge, making this book an important and inspiring one. On the one hand we see that since the emergence of the internet, new technological practices have emerged that enable political and public participation. On the other hand we see, all over Europe, that the legitimacy of democracy is under pressure, and that the role of representative politics in society is being questioned. Does the merger of these two trends create innovative e-participatory practices? By gathering and analysing practices of many countries, an interesting outlook is presented of relevant critical factors. This not only helps to fuel the academic debate concerning e-democracy, but also helps to shape the public debate.’