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Title:
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E-PARTICIPATION FOR THE REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY DESIGN IN ROMANIA |
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Author(s):
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Muresan Mihaela |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-07-6 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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e-Participation, e-Voting, regional development strategy, bottom-up decision making process |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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149 |
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Last Page:
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156 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper aims to present an innovative view related to the e-Participation process focused on the regional strategy development, as a solution for increasing the public engagement of the citizens around the issues that affect their lives. The regional development is the main driver for increasing the competitiveness and attending the goals of the Lisbon Strategy. Consequently, in Romania, the efforts of the local government focus on finding the best ways of strengthening and enlarging the regional partnership, integrating the regional knowledge and expertise resources, for creating a holistic approach related to the regional strategy design. The analysis of the regional development strategy process in Bucharest-Ilfov region revealed a gap between rhetoric and reality, such as the lack of a consistent dialogue between the local governance and the regional stakeholders, especially the citizens. Consequently, changing the system-oriented strategy design process to an actor-driven one represented the main challenge of the research. The solution proposed relies on the web technologies, integrating e-Knowledge, e-Consultation and e-Voting tools in the regional portal, aiming at facilitating the bottom-up decision making process. The regional virtual portal provides simultaneously a quantitative approach represented by the information concerning the regional opportunities and possible evolution trends, based on advanced modeling tools and indicators, and, complementary, a qualitative approach using various tools for the direct expression of the specific actors opinions, direct interactions and participative actions. |
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