Evaluating the Efficacy of E-Participation Experiences
Abstract
In the last decade, a number of e-participation experiences have been collected based on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). These projects have made a contribution to the revitalisation of democracy by increasing transparency in governance and creating new political spaces for communication and participation. Whilst different studies have evaluated the overall success of e-participation experiences, few studies have analysed their impact and added value. The authors of this paper stress the importance of evaluating e-participation experiences along three factors: Efficiency (doing things correctly); Efficacy (achieving goals) and Effectiveness (doing what is right). A framework for evaluating these three impact values is currently being developed. The paper at hand digs into efficacy and presents a set of attributes and indicators for the evaluation of the efficacy of e-participation. These indicators - as part of the overall evaluation framework for efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness - have been applied to a real-life e-participation project that utilised the cognitive democracy experience known as e-Cognocracy. This project was implemented in the municipality of Cadrete (Zaragoza), Spain.
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Pérez-Espés, C., Jiménez, J. M. & Wimmer, M. A.,
(2013).
Evaluating the Efficacy of E-Participation Experiences.
In:
Wimmer, M. A., Janssen, M., Macintosh, A., Scholl, H. J. & Tambouris, E.
(Hrsg.),
Electronic Government and Electronic Participation - Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research of IFIP EGOV and IFIP ePart 2040.
Bonn:
Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V..
(S. 250-257).
@inproceedings{mci/Pérez-Espés2013,
author = {Pérez-Espés, Cristina AND Jiménez, José María Moreno AND Wimmer, Maria A.},
title = {Evaluating the Efficacy of E-Participation Experiences},
booktitle = {Electronic Government and Electronic Participation - Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research of IFIP EGOV and IFIP ePart 2040},
year = {2013},
editor = {Wimmer, Maria A. AND Janssen, Marijn AND Macintosh, Ann AND Scholl, Hans Jochen AND Tambouris, Efthimios} ,
pages = { 250-257 },
publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.},
address = {Bonn}
}
author = {Pérez-Espés, Cristina AND Jiménez, José María Moreno AND Wimmer, Maria A.},
title = {Evaluating the Efficacy of E-Participation Experiences},
booktitle = {Electronic Government and Electronic Participation - Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research of IFIP EGOV and IFIP ePart 2040},
year = {2013},
editor = {Wimmer, Maria A. AND Janssen, Marijn AND Macintosh, Ann AND Scholl, Hans Jochen AND Tambouris, Efthimios} ,
pages = { 250-257 },
publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.},
address = {Bonn}
}
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ISBN: 978-3-88579-615-2
ISSN: 1617-5468
xmlui.MetaDataDisplay.field.date: 2013
Language:
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Content Type: Text/Conference Paper