During our seminar, and also in the recent postings and discussions on this blog, we had in dealing with policy and governance 2.0 2.0 deals primarily with the United States as an example and now and then a quick look at the situation in other countries such as Austria, thrown. What about, but it's actually in the EU (a broad topic can be found on our UNESCO Education Server ) that whose meaning is for the life of citizens within the Union at least as important as the Government of the country in which they live?
Comprehensive and well-presented information in the broadest sense, which go far beyond what, most nation-states are offered, in fact, and the clarity the presentation of this information to redesign the website Europe recently increased significantly once again. Remarkable and praiseworthy is that you have a drop-down box at the top right of the window to select your language. For the following description I have based on the German version. But there is also the investment opportunities, politics 2.0 excel? Yes, there actually. Access can be found on the Europa website by clicking the various links in the " Participate "
we go through the five sub-regions and consider which each hidden behind it. It starts with online discussions.
In the "Debate Europe " You can, after a brief sign-in discussions on a wide variety of topics such as climate change and energy Future of Europe Intercultural dialogue and participate in other more. In addition, it is - the link "Public consultations of the EU" - possible to very specific legislative proposals, both as an organization as well as individual citizens to take positions. I think a remarkable opportunity!
The subdivision governance also provides a link to the "public consultations" and also access to the European Parliament accredited lobbyists.
In related blogs, like the following screenshot shows many links to the blogs of Commissioners and commissioner, representatives of the EU in EU countries and the President and Vice President of the Economic and Social Committee.
The interesting thing about these blogs are not only the posts of the blog owner, but also some lively comments. Get this but even a Impression. Prerequisite for that is the knowledge of the English language. Alternatively, you can copy the articles but also easy to insert in Google Translate and translated automatically.
The content of videos - the EU on YouTube should be self-explanatory - it is but not quite. In this section, one finds a link to the offer RSS feeds that are offered in an extraordinary variety and make it a breeze to leave very, very targeted to keep each area to date automatically.
The subdivision more opportunities of participating turns out to be largely redundant, but there are only listed once the links that are already in the other, are already treated sub-areas.
Let me conclude this brief review with two summary remarks. Once is clear that the Union offers online information and participation opportunities that deserve to qualify as extremely remarkable, and in the sum does not have to hide behind what is currently observed in the United States in efforts (to see my presentation "Government 2.0 . The example of the Obama administration, which from next Tuesday on our Web site to Agora Download is available). In sharp contrast to the U.S., where "Government 2.0" and is discussed in depth tracks the specific relevant activities of the Obama Administration will carefully and critically monitored in numerous comments, the EU's offer is likely to know almost no one in this country.
This connects to an urgent appeal to the authorities in Brussels, much more attention than previously to make. And if we're on the proposals: Why not in the many existing forums as machine translation options, as offered Google Translate and how it naturally every day in my Gmail use client, install and enable in this way at least once in approaches, a discussion of language barriers and thus to promote what the EU needs with the most urgent, a really - segmented not along the Member States - European public. to use
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