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Organ, James. "Decommissioning Direct Democracy? A Critical Analysis of Commission Decision-Making on the Legal Admissibility of European Citizens Initiative Proposals." European Constitutional Law Review 10, no. 3 (2014): 422–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s157401961400131x.
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European Citizens' Initiative – Direct democracy: power to the people? – Legal framework of the Citizen's Initiative – Review and critical analysis of Commission Registration decisions for European Citizens' Initiative proposals – Admissibility criteria – Inconsistency in registration decisions – Increased legal burden on European citizens' initiative organisers – Institutional mediation or direct democracy?
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Davies, Bleddyn. "Giving EU Citizens a voice: Regulation 211/2011 on the EU Citizen's Initiative." Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 33, no. 3 (2011): 289–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2011.626253.
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Red'ko, Aleksandr. "Legal awareness and legal education as a form of implementation of legal initiative." Advances in Law Studies 9, no. 3 (2021): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.29039/2409-5087-2021-9-3-1-5.
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The modern society of the Russian Federation is faced with the massive incompetence of specialists in various fields of activity and branches of knowledge. The situation reached such a climax that a person and a citizen began to be openly afraid to get sick, to turn to law enforcement or human rights bodies, to delve into the essence or content of laws in the event of any kind of tort. Setting ourselves the goal of understanding such destructive processes for the state, as well as the ways of their counteraction, we came to the conclusion that these phenomena of objective reality are associated with both external and internal causes, and one of the ways to eliminate them may be recognition and the development of the right of active citizens and civil society to legal initiative.
 Considering that the sphere of research interests was in the plane of law, it became possible to conduct a study in the field of legal awareness and legal education, which does not exclude the possibility of using the identified positive and negative aspects for other spheres of human and citizen's life.
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Al-Yaseen, Hussein, Anas Ratib Al-Soud, and Saheer Al-Jaghoub. "Assessing Jordan's e-Government Maturity Level." International Journal of Electronic Government Research 9, no. 4 (2013): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2013100101.
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Similar to other developing countries, Jordan started a national e-government initiative aiming to streamline government procedures and make information and government services available to business and citizens online. This paper presents the results of a study that assessed factors which could influence the awareness level, acceptance and use of e-government services in Jordan. It investigated issues such as: accessibility of e-government, citizen's attitude toward various privacy and security, the required services and costs. A survey has been distributed in one of the largest governorates of Jordan. The results of this preliminary study suggest that awareness of e-government has not reached the required level. These findings are hoped to be useful for researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
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Bowerman, Mary. "AUDITING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: THE ROLE OF THE AUDIT COMMISSION IN THE CITIZEN'S CHARTER INITIATIVE." Financial Accountability and Management 11, no. 2 (1995): 171–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0408.1995.tb00168.x.
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Verhoeven, Imrat, and Evelien Tonkens. "Bewonersinitiatieven: partnerschap tussen burgers en overheid." Beleid en Maatschappij 38, no. 4 (2011): 419–37. https://doi.org/10.5553/benm/2011038004005.
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Citizen’s initiatives: partnership between citizens and government In recent years the Dutch welfare state has invested substantial sums of money in activation of citizen’s initiatives in deprived neighbourhoods. As a policy concept citizen’s initiatives refers to enhancements by citizens to the quality of life in their neighbourhood. Is this activation policy productive or counterproductive for citizen participation? This question is answered by analyzing the representativeness of the activated citizens, the nature of their initiatives, the type of relations they develop with institutions, and whether they develop more competences due to their initiative(s). Our findings indicate that the activated citizens are more often female, below 50, lower educated, and 40 percent is migrant, which makes them more representative than the participation elite (male, 50+, white, and higher educated). They form a new vanguard that activates many participants through initiatives that focus on connecting people and on social problems such as anonymity, isolation and nuisance. Many contacts with professionals contribute for them to a partnership relation geared toward cooperation instead of consumerism or dissatisfaction. Also these citizens develop democratic, bureaucratic and social competences as well as social reflexivity and empathy for other citizens and institutions. We conclude that activation of citizen’s initiatives has positive effects on citizen participation.
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Bellamy, Richard, and John Greenaway. "The New Right Conception of Citizenship and the Citizen's Charter." Government and Opposition 30, no. 4 (1995): 469–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.1995.tb00139.x.
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MANY COMMENTATORS HAVE VIEWED THE CITIZEN'S CHARTER programme as a cynical exercise, having little to do with either the political participation one associates with citizenship or the establishment of a general bill of rights in the manner of the great Charters of the past. Although these criticisms possess some force, they fail to recognize that a distinctive conception of citizenship and rights underlies the initiative. In section one, we give an outline of this view of the citizen and trace its origins in the New Right critique of the social-democratic theory that predominated during the post-war period. This exercise forms a necessary preliminary both for understanding the objectives of the policy, the task of section two, and for assessing its coherence and plausibility, the aim of section three. We shall conclude that the scheme fails because it either substitutes the market for the state where it is inappropriate or omits to do so where it might provejustified. In these respects, the combination of politics and markets from the mixed-economy perspective of the social democratic conception of citizenship may well be superior.
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De Keersmaecker, Filip, and Philippe Liesenborghs. "Building bridges between organisations and the local community." International Journal of Integrated Care 23, S1 (2023): 758. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic23293.
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Introduction: People long for connection. Yet, our society is increasingly diverse and people can be vulnerable in a number of ways (poverty/(mental) illness/language barriers/...). There is an ever growing need for inclusion, for openness.
 Objectives and methods: Since 2016, I seeked to improve my wellbeing - even to recover - by participating in activities outside of the mental health sector. A chance meeting led to a volunteering opportunity for opgewekTienen vzw, a citizen's initiative in my home town. This led to a string of other opportunities, both for myself and others. I helped members of the community - vulnerable or otherwise - to become participants or to enter this vast network of volunteers and witnessed others do the same. Partnerships were forged between the community, the city and a number of social organisations, between the informal and the formal sector, to increase inclusion, both among volunteers as well as participants.
 Key findings: People can experience (social) recovery, an increased sense of purpose and belonging, as well as significant personal growth through volunteering.There is a degree of chance in entering the volunteer network. Bridges (bridge figures/partnerships) are helpful and often even instrumental in the participation of vulnerable groups, either as volunteers or participants. Bridges can be built starting from either side (citizens/professionals). However, more often than not it is the community that takes the lead. Employees can be volunteers after work without either the employee or the employer taking advantage of this existing link. Some of the strongest leaders in the volunteering community are employed in the social/mental health sector. Inclusion is not always easy for the network of volunteers. Support is welcome, but can be lacking.
 Conclusions: Bridges foster inclusion. 
 Implications: Be open as an organisation and look actively around for citizen's and community initiatives in your area. Even the smallest of informal initiatives can offer opportunities for inclusion.
 Identify, reach out and connect with bridge figures and social entrepreneurs. Explore existing links: volunteers in your own workforce. Stimulate employees and clients to volunteer or participate. Foster interconnection.
 Turn these links into a win-win situation and provide support, not by 'taking over' but by being present.
 References: www.opgewektienen.be
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Schiavo, Luca Lo. "Quality Standards in the Public Sector: Differences Between Italy and the UK in the Citizen's Charter initiative." Public Administration 78, no. 3 (2000): 679–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9299.00224.
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Breen, Michael E., and Brian R. Johnson. "Citizen Police Academies: An Analysis of Enhanced Police-Community Relations among Citizen Attendees." Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 80, no. 3 (2007): 246–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/pojo.2007.80.3.246.
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One current initiative used by many police agencies across the United States to foster better police-community relations is the Citizen's Police Academy (CPA). While CPAs lack a precise academic definition, they can be considered to be a planned programme created by law enforcement agencies to educate their citizens on police operations and management. Over the last 20 years, CPA programmes have rapidly expanded among police agencies in the United States, where it is estimated that approximately 15% of all police agencies have some type of these programmes. This article expands upon the limited research on CPAs by analysing their impact on attendees. Specifically, this article explores changes in the attitudes of 48 CPA attendees who completed a 12-week/36-hour CPA programme at a Sheriff's Department in the state of Michigan. Based on the analysis of pre- and post-test responses, this study found that this particular CPA had a positive impact on the attendees' attitudes towards the police, and their understanding of police operations, crime, and quality-of-life issues in their community.
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Tárnok, Balázs. "Minority SafePack: A milestone in EU minority policy." Drustveni horizonti 3, no. 5 (2023): 79–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/drushor2305079t.
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The paper examines the Minority SafePack, a European Citizen's Initiative launched in 2013 that called upon the EU to adopt a set of legal acts to improve the protection of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities and strengthen cultural and linguistic diversity in the Union. Firstly, we shall briefly describe the legal framework and the political perspective of the different EU institutions regarding the EU-level protection of national minorities. Secondly, we shall analyze the subject-matter, history, and signature collection of the Minority SafePack, its refusal by the European Commission, its achievements, including its legal and political relevance, and possible effects on the improvement of the rights of national minorities in the EU in the future. Finally, we shall explain why this initiative, and generally the protection of national minorities within the framework of the EU, is important from a Hungarian perspective, and why the EU should do more to protect the cultural and linguistic identity of national minorities, and thus, uphold national characteristics of the different regions of the EU, including those inhabited by national minorities.
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Oude Vrielink, Mirjan, and Ted van de Wijdeven. "Ondersteuning in vieren." Beleid en Maatschappij 38, no. 4 (2011): 438–55. https://doi.org/10.5553/benm/2011038004006.
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Professional support of citizen’s initiatives – a typology In the Netherlands it is widely acknowledged that neighbourhood oriented citizen’s initiatives often require some professional support. Little is known, however, about the various types of support that professionals may provide. Moreover, Dutch policies usually tend to take an instrumental stance towards citizen initiatives, focussing on their possible contribution to governmental goals. In this contribution we make an effort to develop a typology of different types and roles of professional support. Four basic types of professional support are derived from two axis. The first axis distinguishes between an instrumental approach and a more personal approach, the second between professional support focussing on the initiative/the initiator or on the broader institutional and civil society context. From our empirical findings we conclude that a vital context for citizen initiatives may be produced through the combination of an instrumental and personal approach. The latter comprises efforts of empowerment attuned to both the specific personal needs and capacities of citizens and the typical neighbourhood context. A combined approach may reduce the risk of ‘crowding out citizenship’ that exists when citizen’s initiatives become an instrument in a government’s policy.
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Uziębło, Piotr. "Innowacyjność obywatelskiej inicjatywy ustawodawczej w Finlandii." Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego 79, no. 3 (2024): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2024.03.02.
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Finland was relatively late in introducing the institution of the citizens’ legislative initiative into its legal order, only in 2012. However, it can be said that the solutions adopted, both constitutional and statutory, differ to some extent from typical regulations. There are both formulated and unformulated initiatives, and the choice of the form of initiative depends on the initiators. Moreover, the digitisation of the initiative submission process is noteworthy. Particularly noteworthy is the creation of a generator of such initiatives. It has translated into a significant interest of citizens in this form of initiating the legislative process. However, this does not change the fact that the success rate of such initiatives is not particularly high. This concerns both the successful collection of signatures of support and the eventual subsequent acceptance of the citizens’ proposal by the Finnish parliament.
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Pachuau, Ramthanpuia. "Citizen’s Charter a Mechanism for Accountability: An Analysis of India Conditions." Senhri Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 5, no. 2 (2021): 41–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.36110/sjms.2020.05.02.005.
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The initiatives of Citizen’s Charter are an effort in solving citizen’s problems that they encounter regularly over a long time while dealing with the government or any other organizations. It is a document of an official statement that ensures the accountability of the organization and their commitment towards the citizen in providing the quality of service. The charter aimed to revolutionize public service by empowering the people who were so long regarded as a silent spectator and a mere receiver on the government policies and programmes. In a democratic country, citizens have become more vocals towards the government responsibilities and they expect the administration not only to respond to their demands but also to foresee their needs in the future. In India, the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in Government (DARPG) is in charge of organizing, directing, formulating, and operationalizing Citizen's Charters at the Central Government as well as States Government. However, the fulfillment of Citizen’s Charter in India faced many difficulties due to its government bureaucratic structure and resistant to change in its working system.
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Putri, Primi Suharmadhi. "Transformative Transparency for Local Natural Resource Revenue Management." Nordia Geographical Publications 54, no. 1 (2025): 1–90. https://doi.org/10.30671/nordia.159825.
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Extractive sector transparency has emerged as an important policy tool in addressing resource-related challenges. However, the implementation of extractive sector transparency initiatives has not often had transformative impacts on the ground. The initiatives often fall short in increasing public knowledge of the sector and revenue management, and fail in enhancing public’s capacity to discipline powerholders' behaviors. This thesis proposes that for a transparency initiative to be transformative, it needs to move beyond information disclosure and focus on the state-citizen interaction in natural resource revenue management. In this thesis, transformative transparency refers to a mechanism that simultaneously makes salient information available for the targeted citizen, promotes citizen action, and cultivates decision-maker sensitivity and responsiveness from the outset. The main objectives of this thesis are to identify and examine conditions that influence transparency transformative processes in natural resources revenue management and investigate how the design and implementation of localized transparency initiatives can be enhanced from the vantage points of citizens. To address these goals, this thesis answers the following overarching questions: 1) What elements are necessary for a transparency initiative to be transformative and how should they be integrated?; 2) What factors impact citizens’ involvement in the transparency processes?; 3) What are the key issues policymakers need to consider when designing a transparency initiative? This thesis answers these questions by assessing the transformative potentials of transparency initiatives and associated policies in places where (1) extraction activities take place, (2) transparency initiatives and associated policies are being implemented, and, importantly, (3) impacted citizens are living. Using a qualitative case study approach, the thesis focused on two oil-rich districts in Indonesia, Bojonegoro and Pelalawan Districts, that have designed and implemented localized transparency initiatives and related policies to improve their natural resource and their revenue management. It also assessed Indonesia’s Mineral and Mining Laws to investigate the rights and roles of citizens living in resource-rich areas as defined by the state throughout the development and governance of natural resources in Indonesia. Materials for this thesis were collected through 1) document analysis, 2) semi-structured and structured interviews, 3) informal discussions, and 4) non-participatory observations, all conducted in 2018–2022. This thesis shows that for a transparency initiative to be transformative it must simultaneously include three elements from the outset. These elements include information disclosure, citizen action, and accountability measures to ensure the state actively listens and responds to citizens’ concerns. This thesis develops Transparency Cube that integrates these elements as an analytical framework to design transformative transparency initiatives and assess the transformative potential of existing initiatives. Further, the thesis reveals that citizens’ involvement in transparency processes is influenced by their rights and roles stipulated in extractive sector legislation, the impact of extraction on their everyday lives, and the perceived political distance between citizens and their leaders. Moreover, this thesis highlights the importance of identifying the target audience and the contextual and spatial conditions of the place where targeted citizens live, and where the initiative will be implemented. All these are crucial considerations when designing a transparency initiative for a specific place. This thesis contributes to the academic and scientific discussions on transparency in extractive sector management in four ways. First, it adds to the discussions on what constitutes transformative transparency in the extractive sector and its revenue management. Second, the thesis proposes a Transparency Cube as an analytical framework to facilitate research on the effectiveness of transparency initiatives that work through state-citizen interaction. Third, it emphasizes the roles of place of extraction to influence citizens’ involvement within and throughout the transparency process. Fourth, it highlights the dissonance between the elite’s transparency narratives and citizens' interpretations of transparency in natural resources revenue management by focusing on the power dynamic between these groups. In conclusion, this thesis challenges the assumption that transparency can be universally applied across all locations and contexts, an assumption that often disregards the spatial and everyday realities of citizens affected by extractive industries. Instead, the thesis deals with the transformative process of transparency by investigating the design and implementation of localized transparency initiatives and related policies from the vantage points of citizens living close to extraction sites. It identifies the key elements necessary for transparency to promote transformative process and provides the proponents of extractive sector transparency and policymakers information about what they need to consider when designing, implementing, assessing, and promoting extractive sector transparency.
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Aldera, Saja. "Linking Social Media with E-Government Services (Saudi Arabia case study)." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 11, no. 2 (2016): 2731–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijmit.v11i2.4866.
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Governments around the world are adapting the e-government initiative to provide new ways of delivering their services. The e-government initiative aims to increase government performance efficiency; however, there are a number of limitations facing the success of the e-government initiative. One of the key limitations is the citizens’ lack of knowledge about the e-government services which, in turn, requires an in-depth understanding of the citizens’ needs in order to provide them with the right service, at the right time. One way to accomplish this is by using the life-event approach, which is considered to be a citizen-centric approach that matches the citizen’s life-events with the needed e-government services. Moreover, with the increasing population using or organising their lives on social media, some services are turning to organising and recording a person’s life. One such example is the ‘timeline’ on Facebook, in which the events in a person’s life are being recorded, and considered to be a source for capturing citizen’s life-events and needs.This research aims to develop a mechanism to advertise e-government services to citizens by using social media based on the life-event approach. Accordingly, the Social Media - Norm-Based Life-Event (SM-NoBLE) system is implemented with a mechanism for extracting citizen’s life-events from citizen interactions with social media. Then, it matches life-events with relevant e-services using the Norm-Based Life-Event (NoBLE) framework and the concept of norms borrowed from organisational semiotics for the matching mechanism. This research creates a case study of Saudi Arabia to apply the SM-NoBLE system to evaluate accuracy and functionality.
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Sakamoto, Mayumi, and Haruhisa Nakamichi. "Open Science Initiatives by Sakurajima Volcano Observatory." Journal of Disaster Research 19, no. 1 (2024): 154–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2024.p0154.
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The sudden eruption and tragedy of Mt. Ontake in 2014, a volcano located in central Japan, showed the fact that the volcanic eruption is the event with uncertainty, and it is important to let citizen to be aware of such uncertainty. To find measures to raise citizen’s disaster awareness, this study focuses on the risk communication between citizens and volcano observatories, which are attached to universities. It examines the role of observatories, focusing on the activities of the Sakurajima Volcano Research Center, which monitors Mt. Sakurajima, one of the most active volcanoes in Japan, and suggests the necessity of human resource development that is able to connect citizen and science.
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Barbosa, Luisa, Carlos del Cañizo, and Gema Revuelta. "Participatory citizen science in solar energy research: going beyond data collection to promote the energy transition." Journal of Science Communication 21, no. 02 (2022): N06. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.21020806.
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Despite the societal relevance of energy research, there is a distinct lack of citizen science initiatives in the field. This paper reports the experience of a participatory and innovative strategy to develop a citizen science initiative for solar energy research. A number of stakeholders participated in the definition and implementation of the initiative, and tools such as surveys and a hackathon were employed. The process described aims to provide a blueprint for transforming the relationship between citizens and research into societal challenges. Here we describe the collaborative process and analyse the main opportunities, limitations and future perspectives.
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Haloi, Nipan. "Assam Government Proactive Initiative for Sustainable Future: The Context of Amrit Brikshya Andolan." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 4, no. 43 (2023): 58–60. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10549700.
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Abstract:This paper mainly tries to focus the Assam government initiatives for protection and preservation of environment. Till today, there are many initiatives has been taken by government of Assam for encouraging people to involve in protecting the environment. Among such initiatives Amrit Brikshya Andolan is very significant which tries to bring the responsibility among the citizen for protecting the environment with a motive of sustainable future. The Assam State Government has started this Amrit Brikshya Andolan Yojana to prevent indiscriminate cutting of trees and give financial assistance to the Assam State Citizens, so that the citizens are encouraged to plant saplings and the citizens acquire positive results by taking benefit of the yojana. However, this initiative has faced a lot of criticism from different stakeholders with regard to timing of plantation that has been chosen by the government.
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Malczyńska-Biały, Mira. "Obywatel Unii Europejskiej – konsument jako podmiot polityki konsumenckiej." Politeja 21, no. 1(88/3) (2024): 199–212. https://doi.org/10.12797/politeja.21.2024.88.3.13.
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CITIZEN OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – A CONSUMER, AS A SUBJECT OF THE CONSUMER POLICYThe article is based on the analysis of selected EU legal acts, literature on the subject and official websites of the European Union. The article aims to present the consumer – a citizen of the European Union and his role as a subject of consumer policy. The article analyses the concepts of consumer and European Union citizen and indicates the elements of their convergence. The idea of the European Citizens’ Initiative was characterised as one of the forms of participation of EU citizens in the process of establishing consumer rights. In particular, was made a detailed analysis of initiatives in the „consumers and health” category, as an element of the participation of European Union citizens in creating consumer policy.
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Romaniuk, Paweł. "Administrative and legal conditions for the right to citizen initiatives in the adoption of resolutions in a local government unit." Gubernaculum et Administratio 30, no. 1 (2024): 45–59. https://doi.org/10.16926/gea.2024.02.01.03.
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Nowadays, local government authorities take many initiatives aimed at encouraging citizens to participate in the process of implementing public tasks. The right to citizen legislative initiative in local government finds its normative source in local government laws. The article in question refers to the adopted doctrinal findings, directing the assessment of the shaping of the civic civic initiative to its formulation through properly conducted administrative policy. De lege ferenda assumptions will also be presented, the main task of which is to indicate the importance of the legislative initiative, supported by appropriate commitment, creativity and knowledge of the local government community.
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Vasiliades, Michalis A., Andreas Ch Hadjichambis, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Anastasia Adamou, and Yiannis Georgiou. "A Systematic Literature Review on the Participation Aspects of Environmental and Nature-Based Citizen Science Initiatives." Sustainability 13, no. 13 (2021): 7457. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13137457.
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It is commonly argued that, despite the tremendous resonance Citizen Science (CS) has shown in recent years, there is still lack of understanding of important aspects defining citizens’ participation and engagement in CS initiatives. While CS initiatives could provide a vehicle to foster forms of participation contributing to the democratization of science, there is still limited attention paid to the “Citizen” component of the Citizen Science term. For the purpose of this work, we systematically reviewed the available literature for empirical studies in respect to citizens’ participation in environmental and nature-based CS initiatives established during the last two decades, using the PRISMA methodology. The participatory facet of the retrieved 119 CS initiatives was analysed on the basis of: (a) exclusion and inclusion demographic factors, (b) CS models and practices, (c) facilitators and constraints of citizen’s participation, and (d) environmental citizenship. Our findings show that the majority of the CS initiatives did not place restrictions on gender participation; however, we have identified that mostly highly educated adults participated in the reviewed initiatives. In addition, most of the CS initiatives reported in the literature were situated in the EU and USA, were mostly limited to the local scale, and primarily followed the contributory model. Academic institutions were found to coordinate the majority of the CS initiatives examined. By using digital technologies, academic scientists were able to control and increase data quality, as well as to engage a broader audience, even though they were mostly treating volunteers as “data collectors”, desiring their long-term engagement. Therefore, it will be of CS benefit to be better aligned with the mentality and needs of citizens. In this direction CS initiatives should trigger citizens’ learning gains and interpersonal/social benefits and personal, environmental, and social motivations, but also to shift their goals towards contributing to science and citizens’ connection with nature. On the other hand, there is a need to overcome any design and implementation barriers, and to enhance democratization through a more participative engagement of active and aware citizens, thus promoting environmental citizenship.
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Gawron, Grzegorz. "The Relationship of the Public Sector and Citizens – Co-production in Polish Local Government Units. Empirical Study on Forty-One Units Forming Metropolis GZM." Przegląd Prawno-Ekonomiczny, no. 4 (December 1, 2022): 9–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/ppe.13465.
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The concept of co-production offers a solution to some of the challenges facing modern societies. It provides an original model for relationship building and a platform for initiating and managing the practicalities between the state and citizenry. When scaled down to the local level, co-production takes on a special role, i.e., public administration liaises directly with citizens through public services. Subsequently, there is value to be gained in observing how co-production develops in this domain. The main purpose of this article is to present the findings regarding the potential co-production has in the implementation of three types of local civic initiatives (Participatory Budget, Local Initiative, Village Fund), all of which may be optionally undertaken in Polish local governments. The empirical basis for this study is the author’s research, conducted in forty-one cities and towns forming one of Polish metropolis GZM.
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Akashdeep, Singh. "ICT: A Powerful Tool to Facilitate e-Governance." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 3, no. 12 (2018): 215–18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2313416.
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Electronic Governance (e-governance) aims at providing simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent government services to the citizen. Over the past decade or so the government of India has been implemented various e-governance initiative in the country. The success of these initiatives, inter alia, depends on the well organised use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in these initiatives. ICT is a powerful media to transmit information and knowledge to the citizens. This paper identifies the pivotal role of ICTs for successful implementation of e-governance projects in India.
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Edelenbos, Jurian, Ingmar van Meerkerk, and Todd Schenk. "The Evolution of Community Self-Organization in Interaction With Government Institutions: Cross-Case Insights From Three Countries." American Review of Public Administration 48, no. 1 (2016): 52–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0275074016651142.
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This article deals with the evolution of community self-organization in public administration. Within the literature of interactive governance, increasing attention is being paid to how communities take initiative in dealing with societal issues. However, we know little about the factors contributing to the durability of self-organization. We analyzed three cases of community self-organization in three different countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands. We found that community self-organization initiatives are strongly embedded in governmental environments, leading to different modes of interaction that change from phase to phase and in response to reciptiveness (or the lack thereof) among government counterparts. These modes of interaction strongly influence the evolution of community self-organization efforts. Moreover, we conclude that it is important that self-organized citizen initiatives represent and capture the perspectives and interests of large groups of citizens. This condition positively influences the evolution and duration of citizen initiatives. Those who manage to link with other citizens, including via community and volunteer organizations, can succeed. Those who do not can lose their legitimacy and fail.
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Liu, Xianbing, Yanli Dong, Can Wang, and Tomohiro Shishime. "Citizen Complaints about Environmental Pollution: A Survey Study in Suzhou, China." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 40, no. 3 (2011): 193–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810261104000308.
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This paper discusses environmental complaints made by citizens living close to industrial polluters in China. Data collected from a questionnaire survey in Suzhou City is used for the analysis. The results confirm a marginal level of citizen environmental complaints in the study area at present. Meaningful findings include the fact that citizens have a tendency to complain collectively, and that perception of the level of environmental information provided by companies significantly determines a citizen's likelihood of lodging environmental complaints. Therefore, the disclosure of corporate environmental information must be emphasized continuously; citizens must be encouraged to correctly understand the environmental performance of companies so that they might make appropriate complaints. Governments need to show their support for citizen-led environmental complaint initiatives. The successful cases would convince them to keep a closer eye on their neighbouring polluters.
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Tomor, Zsuzsanna. "The Citipreneur." International Journal of Public Sector Management 32, no. 5 (2019): 508–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-02-2018-0060.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of local entrepreneurs, embedded in both the civil and the business arena, in creating public value by establishing strategic collaboration around smart technologies. Design/methodology/approach The paper suggests a novel – the local entrepreneurial – type of smart bottom-up initiative between civil grassroots and market-based initiatives. This idea is further evolved in the paper to define the patterns of this alternative type of smart bottom-up initiative. For this purpose, the paper conducts a case study of a community-based sustainable energy and mobility system launched by a local entrepreneur in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Findings The local entrepreneur has played a catalyzing role in public value creation by initiating and upscaling cooperative practices around smart technologies. This success has mainly been achieved due to the entrepreneurial attitudes of pioneering and risk-taking as well as the capability to bridge between the state, the market and society to accelerate urban sustainability transition. Practical implications This paper offers a practical illustration of the potential of local entrepreneurs to evolve cooperative practices with smart technologies for societal change. It also shows the vital role of local governments in the achievement of bottom-up initiatives contributing to urban smartness. However, in the case of commercializing initiatives, governments also need to take a balancing role to safeguard the needs of all citizens based on fairness and equity, which is at the core of public value creation. Originality/value The study adds to the citizen participation literature by revealing a novel type of active citizen grasping technological opportunities to mobilize networks to cooperate for the collective good. The research also contributes to a better understanding of the bottom-up smart city as a form of governance, and its advantages as well as drawbacks concerning public value creation.
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Ilia, Eleni. "Casting Votes into the Void." Nordic Journal of European Law 7, no. 3 (2024): 50–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.36969/njel.v7i3.26276.
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The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is a unique instrument promising to enable direct democracy, by enabling citizens to directly request the European Commission to propose legislation in areas where the Commission has the power to do so. The instrument is designed to promote democratic participation and increase the transparency of the EU decision-making processes. This article assesses the effectiveness of the ECI as an instrument to enhance citizen participation in the EU decision-making processes, with a particular focus on initiatives relating to environmental concerns and climate change. Despite the ECI’s potential to empower citizens and facilitate their input in EU policymaking, the instrument has been criticized for its complexity, limited impact and inaccessibility. Additionally, there are concerns that the ECI process may not be an adequate tool for addressing complex issues such as environmental concerns or climate change. This article explores these weaknesses and evaluates the extent to which the ECI can be utilized as a tool for enhancing citizen participation in environmental policymaking, analysing case studies of past initiatives in this area and examining their outcomes to determine the ECI’s ability to influence EU policies.
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R. Al-Soud, Anas, Hussein Al-Yaseen, and Saheer H. Al-Jaghoub. "Jordan’s e-Government at the crossroads." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 8, no. 4 (2014): 597–619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-10-2013-0043.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the maturity level of the Jordanian electronic Government (e-Government) program from the citizen’s perspective. This assessment aims to help in determining whether the Jordanian e-Government strategy, set back in 2002, has achieved its main objectives which are delivering services to people across society, irrespective of location, economic status, education or ICT ability; improving the ICT readiness and infrastructure; and developing new service delivery channels and increase the involvement of citizens through the use of ICTs. Jordan started a national e-Government initiative aiming to streamline government procedures and provide government information and services to the public online. This paper reveals the levels of citizens’ awareness, acceptance, usage and willingness to use the e-Government services in Jordan. It investigates issues such as Jordan’s e-Government maturity level, citizen’s preferences when dealing with e-Government, citizen’s attitude toward using various e-services, citizen’s concerns and the required services. Design/methodology/approach – To achieve the research purposes, which needed a high rate of respondents to generalize the findings, we opted for quantitative research through questionnaires as an appropriate instrument base to address the citizens’ awareness and usage of e-Government services. In total, 7,238 distributed surveys were conducted across Jordan. The average of the responses rate in the three regions was 58.6 per cent. Findings – The citizen’s interest in e-Government services is declining, as the citizens’ level of awareness of e-Government and its services is still modest after more than ten years of the start of the e-Government program in Jordan. Citizens’ attitude toward using e-Government services is changing and determined by various factors and issues reported in the paper. Research limitations/implications – The selected governorates might not be the best governorates to represent the three regions of Jordan, the data took almost 15 months to be collected and analyzed which may have resulted in some changes to the reality. Finally, developing countries are not a homogenous group and, therefore, the results of this paper may not be generalizable. Originality/value – The findings present a number of key factors that hinder Jordan’s e-Government development. These findings can be useful for researchers and practitioners, as they provide rich insights on e-Government development. The findings can be also useful to other developing countries, as they can help them in understanding citizen related challenges when designing, planning and implementing their e-Government initiatives.
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Sarkar, Sukanta. "CRIME AGAINST SENIOR CITIZENS IN METROPOLITAN CITIES IN INDIA: TREND, EFFECTS AND GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES." VIDYA - A JOURNAL OF GUJARAT UNIVERSITY 4, no. 1 (2025): 18–28. https://doi.org/10.47413/p5t4rc11.
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The paper discussed the incidences of crime against senior citizen in metropolitan cities in India. It has found that there are more incidences of crime against senior citizens in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. There are also incidences of crimes against senior citizen’s in Ahmedabad, Indore, Nagpur, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Lucknow, and Kolkata, but comparatively low. There is no crime against senior citizens reported in Patna, Ghaziabad and Kanpur. The incidences of crimes are counted on the basis of Crime in India, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 reports published by National Crime Records Bureau, Government of India. Crimes against the senior citizens have been on the rise in India over the years. While the fear of crime is stronger in the middle class, the main source of fear is lack of social inclusion for old people. Theft, burglary and fraud are the most common crimes against senior citizens. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 has provisions for food, clothing, shelter, medical care, health care, entertainment etc. for senior citizens. Government has implemented schemes, such as Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, National Pension Scheme, tax benefits, bank interest rate advantages etc. for socially empowerment of the senior citizens.
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Gisondi, Silvia, Paolo Giardullo, Alice Lenzi, Emanuele Di Buccio, Pio Federico Roversi, and Alessandro Campanaro. "Engaging me softly: Comparing social drivers for continuative citizens’ participation in a long-term citizen science initiative on protected species monitoring." PLOS One 20, no. 6 (2025): e0324701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324701.
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The engagement of volunteers in Citizen Science (CS) projects is a relevant issue that needs to be addressed to ensure long-term sustainability, scientific relevance, and public participation. Given this, the present paper analyses the social drivers of volunteers’ involvement in a long-term CS initiative to monitor protected species and habitats all over Italian national territory. This initiative was initially born as the LIFE11 NAT/IT/000252 MIPP (Monitoring of Insects with Public Participation), then changed name to “InNat” benefitting from Italian national fundings, and it finally ended in 2024. Overall, it counts more than 1600 participants to whom a dedicated survey was submitted in 2022 to compare and analyse different factors potentially driving participation (potential enablers) and fostering engagement within the project. Based on the survey results (22.3% response rate of 1632 invitations sent), different drivers for participation are modelled (socio-demographic features, interest in scientific topics, environmental attitudes) considering the following main factors: (i) the level of commitment to the initiative, (ii) the seniority of the citizen scientist involved, (iii) the attitudes towards nature conservation and species monitoring, (iv) the value assigned to CS activities. In this context, socio-demographic variables have been compared to attitudes and practices connected to open-air monitoring activities (e.g., recording protected species and habitats by taking pictures in nature). The proposed analyses tackle a variety of cultural and social components as well as their relationship, highlighting some of the features (e.g., active interest in CS activities reverberating in both commitments to engage other volunteers and active search for CS initiatives) that characterize constant participation. We classified volunteers into two categories (i.e., Consistent Volunteers and Non-Consistent Volunteers), comparing these two categories along potential enablers of engagement. Results show homogeneity among volunteers for several parameters (e.g., similar education level, age, occupational status) but also differences in personal motivation and active interest in citizen science initiatives.
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Bezhentsev, A. A. "Citizens' appeals: guarantees of ensuring their rights and freedoms in the administrative process." Proceedings of Southwest State University. Series: History and Law 15, no. 2 (2025): 100–119. https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1501-2025-15-2-100-119.
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Relevance. In modern conditions, the most important, priority areas of state activity should include ensuring and protecting the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, developing and implementing the relevant legal forms and mechanisms for this purpose. There is no doubt that the right to appeal to state bodies, their officials, and, where appropriate, to interstate organizations, is one of the most important, fundamental rights of man and citizen.The purpose of the study is to consider such citizen appeals as: proposals set out in written or oral form; applications (petitions); complaints.Objectives: to study the stage of initiating proceedings on a citizen's appeal; to analyze the stage of considering a citizen's appeal, making a decision on it; to study the stage of appeal, protesting the decision on a citizen's appeal; to consider the stage of implementing the decision made on a citizen's appeal.Methodology. The scientific research was implemented using complex methods of general scientific dialectical cognition of legal regulation; systems approach; logical-semantic method; historical-legal method; formal-logical and sociological methods of scientific research; comparative-legal method; system-structural method; sociological method.Research results. The solution to the problem of organizing work with citizens' appeals helps to productively identify the opinions and moods of society, positive and negative trends in the implementation of their competence in the administrative process by public authorities, to provide information resources and effective functioning of government bodies, enterprises, institutions and organizations.Conclusion. It is proposed to amend the federal law «On the procedure for considering appeals of citizens of the Russian Federation»: 1) to consolidate the term «notification» along with the concept of «proposal»; 2) to add to the concept of «application» to a citizen's request for assistance in the implementation of his constitutional rights, freedoms and compliance with his duties; 3) to fix the «Tasks of proceedings on citizens' appeals» in a separate article.
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Doliwa-Klepacka, Anna. "Uwarunkowania prawne europejskiej inicjatywy obywatelskiej – od pierwotnych założeń do postulowanych zmian." Przegląd europejski 2 (March 5, 2019): 87–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.0806.
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The aim of the article is to analyse legal regulations on the conditions for pursuing the European Citizens’ Initiative. First, the requirements for pursuing the initiative and collecting the necessary statements of support and submitting an initiative to the Commission are presented. Afterwards, the scope of responsibilities (and discretion) of the Commission in relation to the pursued initiatives is discussed. In addition, the article proposes a thesis that the European Citizens’ Initiative is an important instrument to support democratisation in the European Union, but the possibilities of real impact of European Union’s citizens on the European Commission in the area of submitting a legislative proposal seem insufficient. Finally, some modifications of the European Citizens’ Initiative are recommended, which could increase its effectiveness significantly.
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Auer, Andres. "European Citizens' Initiative." European Constitutional Law Review 1, no. 1 (2004): 79–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1574019605000799.
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The European citizens' initiative (ECI) is a new device of participatory democracy, which has its own characteristics, unknown to date at any level of national or trans-national government. It is designed to allow the citizens to take an active role within the law-making process of the EU. The specific features of this process affect the legal nature as well as the functioning of the new participatory device. Both will depend strongly on the European law, which shall determine the procedures and conditions required for the ECI.
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Sarran, Dave. "Determinants of E-participation in Government Initiatives based on Theory of Planned Behaviour: Insights from Guyana." Journal of Information Systems and Informatics 6, no. 3 (2024): 2006–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.51519/journalisi.v6i3.797.
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E-participation is growing increasingly relevant as a tool that facilitates citizens’ participation in policymaking and decision-making activities while studies surrounding the intention of citizens to engage with e-participation in developing countries remain limited. Thus, it is essential to understand the factors that may or may not influence a citizen’s intention to engage with e-participation initiatives in order to build successful initiatives. This study proposes a conceptual model that extends Theory of Planned Behaviour to incorporate the construct, Trust in Technology. Using data collected from an online survey of 344 Guyanese citizens, the model was tested and validated using Partial Least Square - Structural Equational Modelling (PLS-SEM). The quantitative results proved that citizens with stronger perceived behavioural control and subjective norms positively affects the intention to engage with e-participation. Additionally, the study found that attitude and trust in technology have no significant effect on citizen intention. The findings presented in this document present a vivid idea of the factors that impact citizens' intentions to participate in e-participation programmes in Guyana. These findings can help practitioners in designing effective and efficient e-participation programs.
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B.T., Bharath. "DIGITAL INDIA TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE AND EMPOEWRED NATION." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 6, S2 (2019): 218–35. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2566901.
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<em>Digital India is a initiative by our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to make India a digitally blossoming country. His vision is to help each individual grow digitally. It was launched on 1 July 2015. </em><em>The programme has 3 visions primarily: Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Indian citizen, Governance and Services on Demand, and Digital Empowerment of Citizens. This paper presents a comprehensive study on major initiatives of Digital India and it's aims towards become a sustained and inclusive nation.</em>
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Jopang, Jopang, Septian Aryatama, Muazzinah Muazzinah, Qamal Qamal, and Ansar Ansar. "Exploring the Relationship Between E-Government, Transparency, and Citizen Trust in Government Services." Global International Journal of Innovative Research 2, no. 6 (2024): 1354–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.59613/global.v2i6.206.
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This study investigates the relationship between e-government initiatives, transparency, and citizen trust in government services. By synthesizing existing literature and analyzing case studies from various countries, the research aims to understand how digital governance and transparency can influence public trust in governmental operations and services. E-government, which encompasses the use of digital platforms and technologies to deliver government services, is found to play a significant role in enhancing transparency and accessibility. The study reveals that e-government initiatives facilitate greater openness by providing citizens with easy access to information and services, thereby reducing opportunities for corruption and enhancing accountability. This increased transparency is shown to be crucial in fostering a more informed and engaged citizenry. Transparency in government is identified as a key factor in building citizen trust. The research highlights that when governments are open about their processes, decisions, and use of resources, citizens are more likely to perceive them as reliable and trustworthy. Transparency initiatives, such as open data platforms and online public consultations, allow for greater scrutiny and participation, which in turn can increase public confidence in government actions. Citizen trust in government services is essential for the effective functioning of a democratic society. The study indicates that trust is significantly influenced by the perceived transparency and accessibility of government services. When citizens trust that their government is transparent and accountable, they are more likely to engage with and utilize government services, leading to greater societal cohesion and cooperation. In conclusion, the interplay between e-government, transparency, and citizen trust is critical in shaping the effectiveness and credibility of government services. The study suggests that enhancing digital governance and transparency can lead to increased public trust and more effective government operations. Future research should explore the specific mechanisms through which e-government initiatives can further enhance transparency and trust in different socio-political contexts.
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Brandsen, Taco, Willem Trommel, and Bram Verschuere. "The state and the reconstruction of civil society." International Review of Administrative Sciences 83, no. 4 (2015): 676–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852315592467.
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The current relationship between the state and civil society in Europe is a curious and historically unique one. This is no longer a situation in which participation and association prepare citizens for the offices of the state; rather, it is the state urging a sometimes-reluctant citizenry to engage actively in civil society. This phenomenon stems from a combination of changes in prevailing governance paradigms and of the more general process of social liquefaction. In the article, we analyse these two intertwining trends and discuss the new type of relationship between the state and civil society that may be emerging. Points for practitioners The article puts the current vogue for renewed state–civil society relationships in a larger context. It shows that, however commendable many initiatives may be, there is the risk that the desire on the part of governments for their citizens to participate and self-organize may lead the state to take over such initiatives, leading to a manufactured civil society that has little to do with spontaneous citizen initiatives. Another possible consequence is that truly spontaneous citizen initiatives will shun collaboration with the state and focus only inwards, to the detriment of broader public values. Therefore, in this area, the state must strike a delicate balance between encouragement and restraint.
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Yocheva, Katerina. "Data Protection Requirement for a Successful European Citizen’s Initiative." Yearbook of the Law Department 9, no. 10 (2022): 242–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33919/yldnbu.20.9.8.
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Under consideration in the present article is the legal regulation of the data protection requirement with regard to European citizen’s initiatives (ECI). The legal regulation aims to guarantee that when organising and monitoring an ECI all the involved parties – organisers, Member States and the European commission–guarantee full data protection of the supporters to the given ECI. Regarding the review of Regulation (EU) 211/2011 there is reference to a technical study made in 2017, entitled Study on data requirements for the European Citizens’ Initiative. It was made with regard to one of the major issues of ECI that concerns the level and the variety of data provision in support of a given ECI.
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Huttunen, Janette, and Henrik Serup Christensen. "Engaging the Millennials: The Citizens’ Initiative in Finland." YOUNG 28, no. 2 (2019): 175–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1103308819853055.
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Millennials’ disengagement from institutionalized politics has been a cause for concern among scholars and pundits. Consequently, there is an increased interest in possibilities to mobilize them through new participatory mechanisms, but the results are still unclear. We contribute to this research agenda by examining whether the Finnish citizens’ initiative mobilized the millennial generation with data from the Finnish National Election Survey from 2015 (FNES2015). Furthermore, we use the civic voluntarism model (CVM) to explore what factors explain the involvement of millennials in supporting citizens’ initiatives to determine whether users differ from non-users and whether CVM works differently for millennials as compared to the general population. Our results show that millennials are frequent users of the initiative. We find few significant differences between millennial users and non-users, suggesting that using the citizens’ initiative is egalitarian among millennials. We also find no evidence that the CVM model works differently for millennials.
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Organ, James. "EU citizen participation, openness and the European Citizens Initiative: The TTIP legacy." Common Market Law Review 54, Issue 6 (2017): 1713–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/cola2017147.
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This paper analyses the European Citizens Initiative, consultation, and transparency in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, to assess what it tells us about EU citizen participation and the principle of openness. It focuses on the institutional mediation of citizen participation and the degree to which the Commission facilitates such participation and accepts citizen influence over policy-making in EU external affairs. Three categories of openness are used in the analysis: institutional transparency with little or no participation; a democratically weak institutional approach as a means to improve the effectiveness of governance and support existing policy; and thirdly an institutional acceptance of effective citizen participation that facilitates citizen influence over agenda-setting. It is argued that the Commission has made some progress during TTIP in terms of transparency, but that the Commission does not take a strongly democratic position on citizen participation in external affairs. It only engages with citizens as passive actors who can support the effectiveness of EU governance.
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Zdanowicz, Mieczysława. "Europejska inicjatywa obywatelska. Nieefektywnie wykorzystane pokłady społecznej aktywności." Przegląd europejski 2 (March 5, 2019): 105–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.0828.
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The main purpose of this article is the analysis of the practice of using the European citizens’ initiative. Initiatives which were refused for registration; withdrawn; and those with insufficient support were analysed. Conducted research shows that it is valuable initiative for democratisation of the European Union. However, high ratio of refusal of registration and low quantity of successful initiatives indicates necessity of carrying out changes in current law.
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Zdanowicz, Mieczysława. "The European citizens’ initiative. Over one million support, and what next?" Przegląd europejski 4 (February 2, 2020): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.7887.
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The subject of the analysis in this article are European citizens’ initiatives, which during 12 months gained the support of over 1 million of the EU citizens from at least seven Member States. The aim of the article is to examine, what actions have been taken in these matters by the European Commission. The following research questions were posed: (1) What was the effect of the Commission’s call to submit, under its power, proposals, for which, in the opinion of the citizens supporting the initiative, the application of the Treaties requires a legal act of the Union? (2) What actions has the Commission taken and what is their justification? The analysis demonstrates that these initiatives have been taken into account by the Commission to a very small extent in the procedures for establishing legislative acts of the European Union. Therefore, it is reasonable to amend the Regulation on the European Citizens’ Initiative.
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Tajika, Tomoya. "Signature requirements for initiatives." Journal of Theoretical Politics 30, no. 4 (2018): 451–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0951629818791035.
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Signature requirements serve as barriers to prevent citizens from overusing initiatives. This study investigates the properties of optimal signature requirements by proposing a model in which the initiative process is a game played among citizens, a campaigner, and a legislature. Under the optimal requirement, the campaigner succeeds in collecting the required signatures only when it creates welfare that exceeds the cost of holding a referendum for the final decision. I specify the condition that such an optimal requirement is achievable. In addition, I perform comparative statics analyses to investigate the validity of the differences in signature requirements among countries and petition types. The results reveal a high optimal requirement when citizens have low variance regarding their opinions or do not consider the campaigned issue important. Finally, I evaluate the suggested reforms in the real world, such as imposing an additional cost on the campaigner to initiate a petition and a ban on paid petitioners, and show that while the former reduces citizen welfare, the latter improves it.
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Koniuszewska, Ewa. "Citizens’ resolution-passing initiative." Acta Iuris Stetinensis 27 (2019): 101–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18276/ais.2019.27-06.
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Koniuszewska, Ewa. "Citizens’ resolution-passing initiative." Acta Iuris Stetinensis 27 (2019): 99–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.18276/ais.2019.27-18.
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Paguay-Chimarro, Cristian, David Cevallos-Salas, Ana Rodríguez-Hoyos, and José Estrada-Jiménez. "Transparency Unleashed: Privacy Risks in the Age of E-Government." Informatics 12, no. 2 (2025): 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics12020039.
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E-government and transparency are significantly improving public service management by encouraging trust, accountability, and the massive participation of citizens. On the one hand, e-government has facilitated online services to address bureaucratic processes more efficiently. On the other hand, transparency has promoted open access to public information from the State so that citizens can understand and track aspects of government processes more effectively. However, as both require extensive citizen information management, these initiatives may significantly compromise privacy by exposing personal data. To assess these privacy risks in a concrete scenario, we analyzed 21 public institutions in Ecuador through a proposed taxonomy of 6 categories and 17 subcategories of disclosed personal data on their online portals and websites due to LOTAIP transparency initiative. Moreover, 64 open-access systems from these 21 public institutions that accomplish e-government principles were analyzed through a proposed taxonomy of 8 categories and 77 subcategories of disclosed personal data. Our results suggest that personal data are not handled through suitable protection mechanisms, making them extremely vulnerable to manual and automated exfiltration attacks. The lack of awareness campaigns in Ecuador has also led many citizens to handle their personal data carelessly without being aware of the associated risks. Moreover, Ecuadorian citizens’ privacy is significantly compromised, including personal data from children and teenagers being intentionally exposed through e-government and transparency initiatives.
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Purwanto, Arie, Anneke Zuiderwijk, and Marijn Janssen. "Citizen engagement with open government data." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 14, no. 1 (2020): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-06-2019-0051.
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Purpose Citizen engagement is key to the success of many Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives. However, not much is known regarding how this type of engagement emerges. This study aims to investigate the necessary conditions for the emergence of citizen-led engagement with OGD and to identify which factors stimulate this type of engagement. Design/methodology/approach First, the authors created a systematic overview of the literature to develop a conceptual model of conditions and factors of OGD citizen engagement at the societal, organizational and individual level. Second, the authors used the conceptual model to systematically study citizens’ engagement in the case of a particular OGD initiative, namely, the digitization of presidential election results data in Indonesia in 2014. The authors used multiple information sources, including interviews and documents, to explore the conditions and factors of OGD citizen-led engagement in this case. Findings From the literature the authors identified five conditions for the emergence of OGD citizen-led engagement as follows: the availability of a legal and political framework that grants a mandate to open up government data, sufficient budgetary resources allocated for OGD provision, the availability of OGD feedback mechanisms, citizens’ perceived ease of engagement and motivated citizens. In the literature, the authors found six factors contributing to OGD engagement as follows: democratic culture, the availability of supporting institutional arrangements, the technical factors of OGD provision, the availability of citizens’ resources, the influence of social relationships and citizens’ perceived data quality. Some of these conditions and factors were found to be less important in the studied case, namely, citizens’ perceived ease of engagement and citizens’ perceived data quality. Moreover, the authors found several new conditions that were not mentioned in the studied literature, namely, citizens’ sense of urgency, competition among citizen-led OGD engagement initiatives, the diversity of citizens’ skills and capabilities and the intensive use of social media. The difference between the conditions and factors that played an important role in the case and those derived from the literature review might be because of the type of OGD engagement that the authors studied, namely, citizen-led engagement, without any government involvement. Research limitations/implications The findings are derived using a single case study approach. Future research can investigate multiple cases and compare the conditions and factors for citizen-led engagement with OGD in different contexts. Practical implications The conditions and factors for citizen-led engagement with OGD have been evaluated in practice and discussed with public managers and practitioners through interviews. Governmental organizations should prioritize and stimulate those conditions and factors that enhance OGD citizen engagement to create more value with OGD. Originality/value While some research on government-led engagement with OGD exists, there is hardly any research on citizen-led engagement with OGD. This study is the first to develop a conceptual model of necessary conditions and factors for citizen engagement with OGD. Furthermore, the authors applied the developed multilevel conceptual model to a case study and gathered empirical evidence of OGD engagement and its contributions to solving societal problems, rather than staying at the conceptual level. This research can be used to investigate citizen engagement with OGD in other cases and offers possibilities for systematic cross-case lesson-drawing.
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L.S., Manjunath. "DIGITAL INDIA IMAGINATION AND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 6, S2 (2019): 170–74. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2566992.
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<em>Digital India aims to make all citizens digitally literate. Bring e-governance to every doorstep.Digital India is one of the best initiatives that have taken place in our country with an aim to make people in India with modern technology. As the other countries in the world are developing at a steady state, it has become important for us to progress with that place. It can only be done through the besteadof modern technology. With digital India it has become possible now that government can connect the far flung and remote areas of our country and help them. Since every coin has two sides, this initiative also has some disadvantage with it. One of the major is that it is difficult for illiterate and poor people to make use of it. Digitization has the biggest threat that is cybercrime which are gonna be increase with this thing. So measures are needed to be taken to make this completely feasible. The vision of Digital India is focused on Digital Infrastructure as a utility to every citizen, Governance & services on demand and Digital Empowerment of citizens. It wants to bridge the digital divide and bring India at par with the developed nations. It will combine many existing schemes related to e-governance other digital initiatives etc. restructure them and implement them in a synchronized manner under this umbrella initiative named as ‘Digital India’</em>.
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Simintiras, Antonis C., Yogesh K. Dwivedi, and Nripendra P. Rana. "Can Marketing Strategies Enhance the Adoption of Electronic Government Initiatives?" International Journal of Electronic Government Research 10, no. 2 (2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijegr.2014040101.
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This article assesses the role and likely impact of marketing on the adoption of e-government initiatives. Although the role of tactical marketing in increasing awareness and enhancing adoption has been recognised, strategies required for realising the benefits of marketing e-government services have not been forthcoming. Given that citizens' usage behaviour of e-government services remains sub-optimal and the potential contribution of marketing, we propose a set of marketing-based strategic approaches and argue that they can play an essential role in enhancing adoption of e-government initiatives and propelling citizen's engagement with e-governance. Based on citizens' differential levels of usage behaviour of e-government services and benefits sought from engaging in e-governance, this article classifies citizens into six distinct segments and suggests generic strategic approaches.