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Council of Europe Forum for the Future of Democracy
“e-democracy: who dares ?” PROGRAMME Wednesday 15 October - DAY ONE 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Registration of participants 4 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Opening of the Forum for the Future of Democracy 2008 Welcome by: Mr. Fernando Puig de la Bellacasa Aguirre, State Secretary, Ministry of Public Administrations, Spain Ms Ana Botella, Deputy Mayor of Madrid Opening Speeches: Right Hon Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Lluís Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr. Yavuz Mildon, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (speech in French) Mr. Christer Hallerby, State Secretary, Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden, representing the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers and reporting on follow-up to the 2007 Forum Session in Sweden 5.30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Break First Plenary session, Chair: Mr. Lluís Maria de Puig
Panel debate
Prof. Lawrence Pratchett, Head of Department of Public Policy, Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, United Kingdom
9 p.m.
Thursday 16 October - DAY TWO 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. / 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Six parallel workshop tracks
Sub-theme I: Democratic governance Workshop track No. 1
Rapporteur: Ms. Ella Taylor-Smith, Napier University, United Kingdom ICT for participatory democracy Chair: Mr. Thomas Buchsbaum, Ministry of European and International Affairs, Austria, Chairman of CAHDE: “COE standard setting on e-democracy” Speakers Prof. Ann Macintosh, University of Leeds, United Kingdom: Success, failure and challenges of e-participation Mr. Göran Lindblad, Chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: ICT for participatory democracy Mr. Csaba Madarasz, Council of Europe INGO Conference : Involving citizens in e-democracy
Prof. Herbert Kubicek, Institute for Information Management, Bremen, Germany: E-participation in Germany - an overview Mr. Víctor Agulló, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain: E-participation at the regional level in Spain Ms Joanne Caddy, OECD: From open to inclusive: Building citizen centered policy and services Opportunities for and challenges to representative democracy
Chair: Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly on the Forum for the Future of Democracy Speakers Mr. Gherardo Casini, UNDESA, Rome: ICT in Parliaments Mr. Andreas Gross, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: “E-democracy is only a tool we need”, Mr Alessandro Villani, Director for coordination of projects, e-Government and innovation, City of Florence, Italy, Council of Europe Congress: E-tools: a response to the needs of local authorities Mr. Bruno Kaufmann, Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe: Towards a transnational direct democratic infrastructure”, by Mr Bruno Kaufmann
Mr Dick Toornstra, DG EXPO, European Parliament: Perceptions from a cross-border parliament Workshop track No. 2
Rapporteur: Mr. David Ríos Insua, Professor of Statistics and Operation Research, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Vicerector of International Relations and
E-tools in citizen participation at local level Chair: Mr. Alejandro Arranz, Director General for Innovation and Technology, City of Madrid Speakers Mr. José Nuño, General Directorate of Quality Management and Citizen Relations, City of Madrid: Interactive local government on the web site of the City of Madrid
Mr. Helmut Himmelsbach, Mayor of the City of Heilbronn, Germany, Rapporteur of the Council of Europe Congress on Electronic democracy and deliberative consultation on urban projects: Using e-tools in urban/spatial planning (German version ) Mr. Rick Klooster, City of Apeldoorn, Netherlands: VirtuoCity - Urban planning through ICTs in Apeldoorn, Helmond and Tilburg Mr. Francesco Molinari, ALTEC, Italy: ICTs for urban planning in the City of Massa Mr. Rui Lourenco, Coimbra University/Portugal: Developing electronic documentation for citizen debates at community level Ms Gun Eriksson, Sigtuna, host city to the 2007 FFD session: E-participation in the Swedish town of Sigtuna e-participatory Budgets Chair: Ms Sandra de Lorite, City of Madrid Councillor on Citizen Participation
Speakers Mr. Manuel Arenilla, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain: : Participatory Budgets - A methodological approach (Spanish version) Mr. Victor Garcia Segador, General Director for Citizen Participation, City of Madrid: Participatory Budgets - the experience in Madrid Mr. Julio Andrade, Councillor for Citizen Participation, Málaga, Spain: e-Participatory Budgets in the City of Málaga (http://www.jcebrian.com/j_andrade.ppt.zip) Mr. Simon James, United Kingdom, Council of Europe Congress: Opening up the Council - Participatory budgeting in Kingston Mr. Claudio Forghieri, Modena City Council, Italy: A multichannel approach to the e-Participatory Budget: the experience of the City of Modena Mr. Daniel Chavez, Transnational Institute, The Netherlands: Sociological Aspects of Participatory Budgets Workshop track No. 3
e-voting: Recent developments and challenges
Chair: Mr. Luc van den Brande, Chairman of the Council for Democratic Elections, member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe First Session: Progress reports from Council of Europe member states Speakers Mr. Paul Docker, Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom: : E-voting the UK perspective
Ms. Ardita Driza Maurer, Federal Chancellery, Switzerland: Evolution of e-voting in Switzerland between 2006-2008 and outlook Mr. Danilo Rota, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland : E-government and electronic voting Prof. Alexander Trechsel, European University Institute, Florence, Italy: An analysis of the e-enabled elections in Estonia in 2005 and 2007 Mr. Robert Krimmer, E-voting.cc, Austria: E-voting in Austria, current developments and outlook Progress reports from other Council of Europe member states Second Session: Activities and projects by International Organizations and other stakeholders Ms Melanie Volkamer, University of Passau, Germany: The Common Criteria Protection Profile “Basic set of security requirements for Online Voting Products
Mr. Jordi Barrat i Esteve, University of Alacant, Spain: Certification of e-voting systems: what about transparency? Mr. John Borras, Election Markup Language (EML) progress report
Ms Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, member of the Venice Commission: The work of the Venice Commission in the field of e-democracy, in particular e-voting Concluding session: Looking ahead - Future prospects and challenges, and the role of the Council of Europe Sub-theme II: Empowerment Workshop track No. 4
Rapporteur: Prof. Tomas Ohlin, Telo Konsult, Sweden Access
Chair: Mr. Christer Hallerby, State Secretary, Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden Speakers Mr. Anders Nordh, Mr. Hansi Carlsson, IT Strategists, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR): Citizen e-participation in Local Authorities and Regions - a brief overview Ms. Ami Netzler, Strategy analyst, Ms. June-Ann Vincent, Project manager for Västerås 2026, Municipality of Västerås, Sweden: Young people’s e-participation for future Västerås, Sweden’s sixth largest city Mr. Antoni Bruel i Carreras, General Coordinator, International Committee of the Red Cross: ICT for vulnerable groups Mr. Kent Olsson, Sweden (EPP/CD), member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: How to get young people more interested in politics by e-democracy Mr. Matt Poelmans, Burgerlink, Netherlands: Using ICT for involving citizens in democratic processes Prof. Monique Leyenaar, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands: E-Democracy:
Proficiency Chair: Ms Reinhild Otte, Chair of the Council of Europe Advisory Group on Education for democratic citizenship and Human Rights Education Speakers Mr. Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho, Deputy Head of Unit H3: ICT for inclusion, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission: European Union Policy on e-inclusion Ms Jutta Croll, Foundation for Digital Opportunities (Stiftung Digitale Chancen), Bremen, Germany: Ways of improving people’s proficiency for engaging in the digital world Prof. Divina Frau-Meigs, Paris, France: How can formal education produce screen-smart and media and information literate children ? Workshop track No. 5
Rapporteur: Mr. Thierry Vedel, Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po, Paris, France The role of the media in promoting democratic participation
Chair: Mr. Patrick Segalla, Federal Chancellery, Austria Speakers Mr. Karol Jakubowicz, Poland, former Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Mass Media and New Communication Services (CDMC): The role and future of public service media Mr. Francesco Piccinini, Agoravox.it: The experience and possibilities
Mr. Alex Sergent, Catch 21 (“UK’s first internet television channel - run by young people, for young people”): What kind of e-participation do young people want and what role should the media play ? (Video recording e-activism / e-campaigning Chair: Mr. Zbiegniew Pisarski, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland Speakers Ms Sonja Kubisch, National Network for Civil Society (Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement), Germany: The Buergernetz, an online network for civic engagement Mr. Thomas Noirfalisse, Oxfam International: Does e-campaigning really work? An overview of successes and failures
Prof. Alexander Trechsel, European University Institute, Florence, Italy: Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) Ms Rachel Gibson, University of Manchester, United Kingdom: The use of new media by political organisations and candidates in campaigns and elections Sub-theme III: International and regulatory context Workshop track No. 6
Rapporteur: Mr Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College, Norway
Chair: Prof. Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany Speakers Mr Peter Ferdinand, Director, Centre for Studies in Democratisation, University of Warwick, United Kingdom : E-democracy and E-government Ms Valerie Frissen, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO): The report “Towards the user generated State: The impact of Web 2.0 on the government” Prof. Kim Viborg Andersen, Center for Applied ICT, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark: “Public Sector process rebuilding” Mr Jeremy Millard, Danish Technology Institute: “How Different Citizen Groups use e-Government Services in Europe” Mr Athanassios Chrissafis, Unit e-Government, DG INFSO, European Commission: “E-participation development in the EU” Mr. Michael Stanley-Jones, Aarhus Convention Secretariat, UNECE Geneva: Promoting e-democracy in support of environmentally sustainable development: the experience under the Aarhus Convention Regulatory aspects relevant to e-democracy Chair: Mr. Cyril Ritchie, Council of Europe Conference of INGOs Speakers Mr Thomas Buchsbaum, Chairman of CAHDE: Introduction Ms Sylvia Kierkegaard, IT lawyer, Denmark: “Access to public documents” Prof. David Souter, UK: Regulatory initiatives in the field of Internet Governance, in particular with regard to e-governance Ms Evika Karamagioli, Gov2u, Greece: Regulatory action in the field of e-democracy from an ethical perspective Prof. Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany: “A researcher’s perspective of regulatory issues” Ms. Antonella Valmorbida, Director of the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA): “Experiences of local and regional authorities” Ms Blanca Rodríguez Antigüedad, Ministry of Public Administrations, Spain: The Law on Electronic Access to Public Administration and its implications for citizen participation Friday 17 October - DAY THREE 10 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. Concluding Plenary session Chair: Mr. Lluís Maria de Puig Contribution by Mr. Jean-Marie Heydt, Vice-President of the Council of Europe Conference of INGOs Reports from workshops by the workshop rapporteurs:
Panel: Results and conclusions of the Forum for the Future of Democracy 2008
Break Chair: Ambassador Marta Vilardell Coma, Permanent Representative of Spain to the Council of Europe Presentation of the Forum conclusions:
Closing of the 2008 Session and invitation to the 2009 Session in Ukraine:
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