9. e-Governance                                                                               <- Back to categories

Banishing Bureaucracy

Article on Change management within governments and the need for 5 types of strategies:
1. Core Strategy
2. Consequences Strategy
3. Customer Strategy
4. Control Strategy
5. Culture Strategy

e-Democracy from the Top Down 

Bristol City Council is pleased to have commissioned this report as part of its role as evaluation lead for the Local e-Democracy National Project. Outside of this role Bristol has considerable experience of implementing council led approaches to e-consultation and e-democracy. This evaluation report looks at the ways in which councils can most effectively use new technologies to engage with their citizens. The relationship between local authorities and citizens has traditionally been driven from the top down, with councils making decisions about what information to share with the public, and what issues to consult citizens on. It is widely believed that by employing some of the new communication technologies that are becoming increasingly idespread citizens can have a far greater say in political decisions making. The potential of these new technologies is exciting, and the idea that they might revitalise democracy is seductive. However we must recognise that there is more to this process than simply providing a range of electronic tools. E-engagement entails a range of practices, techniques and technologies which do not comprise inherent 'solutions', but must be integrated into a broader adaptation of government-citizen relationship-building.

e-Democracy Survey 2005 (UK) 

Local e-Democracy National Project survey on local authorities' experiences of democracy on and off line. Published March 2005.

Electronic Commerce and Electronic Democracy: Two Sides of a Coin  

This paper discusses the relationship between electronic democracy and electronic commerce, and argues that they are two aspects of the emerging paradigm for the information society. It will start by outlining what each of these terms means, and how they apply to a range of essential activities for both governments and businesses. It will then consider the stages of e-government, and suggest some avenues for exploring how these can lead to better governance.

Innovate from Within 

An Open letter from Charles Leadbeater to the New Cabinet Secretary

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