Thursday, 25 October 2007

International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy

The International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE) aims at providing best practice advice, support and practical solutions to help local authorities increase national eParticipation rates. Amongst a numerous resources included in the centre's website, one can find some interesting documents, namely:

  • 'Reach out with Local eDemocracy' is an easy-to-follow guide for local authorities focusing on how to promote democtaic participation through ICT tools;
  • 'VOICE Local Authority Administrators’ Guidebook' is a guide which explains how VOICE (a national web service offered by ICELE, primarily aimed at Local Authorities. It is based on a bespoke software development by the DCLG for community groups and the third sectores) works, how to set-up a portal and describes each of the system functions and features.

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