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Key documents
E-voting
. Recommendation Rec (2004)11 on legal,
operational and technical standards for
e-voting
. E-voting handbook - implementation of
e-enabled elections
. Guidelines on certification of e-voting
systems
. Guidelines on transparency of e-enabled
elections
. Reports of biennial Reviews 2008 and
2010
. Council of Europe studies on e-voting
. National developments on e-voting
E-democracy
. Recommendation (2009)1 on
e-democracy and Explanatory
memorandum
(PdF version - Word version)
. Practical tools to Rec(2009)1
. Glossary of technical terms in the field
of electronic democracy
Internet governance
. Recommendation (2004)15 and
explanatory memorandum
UN WSIS/ IGF
Texts submitted by the Council of Europe
for:
. IGF 2010
. IGF 2009
. IGF 2008
. WSIS 2005
. WSIS 2003
Internet literacy
Internet literacy handbook
Publications
. Highway to democr@cy – the Council of
Europe and the information society
. Guarding the watchdog – the Council of
Europe and the media
Useful external links
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. E-democracy
. Internet governance
. Internet literacy
. Media & elections
Green paper – The Future of Democracy in Europe
- Green Paper : the Future of Democracy in Europe - Word version - Executive Summary - Introduction - Part I. Challenges and Opportunities - Part II. Processes and actors - Part III. Recommendations for reform
Our “wish list” of recommended reforms
1. Universal citizenship 2. Discretionary voting 3. Lotteries for electors 4. Shared mandates 5. Specialised elected councils 6. Democracy kiosks 7. Citizenship mentors 8. Council of denizens 9. Voting rights for denizens 10. Civic service 11. Education for political participation 12. Guardians to watch the guardians 13. Special guardians for media guardians 14. Freedom of information 15. A “yellow card” provision for legislatures 16. Incompatibility of mandates 17. Framework legislation 18. Participatory budgeting by citizens 19. A citizens’ Assembly 20. Variable thresholds for election 21. Intra-party democracy 22. Vouchers for funding organisations in civil society 23. Vouchers for financing political parties 24. Referendums and initiatives 25. Electronic support for candidates and parliaments (“smart voting”) 26. Electronic monitoring and online deliberation systems 27. Postal and electronic voting 28. An agent for the promotion of democratic reform
Conclusions