The future of eDemocracy
Dr. Andy Williamson - keynote
speaker at the European eDemocracy Conference
Director of Digital Democracy, Dr. Andy
Williamson, gave a keynote address at the European eDemocracy Conference in
Krems, Austria. The speech, entitled 'Embedding Citizens at the Heart of
Democracy' took a challenging look at how digital democracy initiatives have
failed to engage citizens in a climate of individualism, government technocracy
and risk aversion. It set out some routes to overcome these problems such as
allowing solutions to emerge from both government and civil society through
effective partnerships that can help overcome the distrust felt. The speech will be available to read here shortly, in the meantime Andy answered five questions on the future of eDemocracy in this short video:
http://vimeo.com/11559689