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The Greek Municipality of Agios Stefanos, adopted the Demos@Work platform in order to facilitate an open dialogue on smoking!

01/03/2010

On the 1^st of March 2010, an online Demos@Work platform was launched from the Greek Municipality of Agios Stefanos of the Attica Periphery. Agios Stefanos Municipality is initiating this Demos@Work platform with the aim to actively support the Greek State’s mobilization on the harmful effects of smoking.

Now Greek citizens from the Municipality of Agios Stefanos and various interested stakeholders, such as health-care professionals and members of civil society are able to voice their opinions on smoking and its effects on their everyday life.

For more information please visit the website:
http://www.agstefanos.gr

To visit the platform please click here: http://www.agstefanos.gr/kapnisma/ (website in Greek)

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The two interactive portals for Lithuania and Catalonia for the online dialogue on smoking and its effect are now live!

15/02/2010

We are very happy to announce the launch of the two interactive online portals of the EU co-funded project Demos@Work. The two portals were launched by the Parliament of Lithuania (SEIMAS) and the Regional Parliament of Catalonia. The portals serve for an active and open dialogue between members of the respective Parliaments, the European Parliament, citizens and other stakeholders (doctors, health-care representatives, NGOs etc.) on smoking. Now citizens and all interested stakeholders can cast their views regarding smoking and its effects. Citizens’ opinion counts!!

To participate in the open dialogue just visit the following websites:
For Lithuania: http://demosatwork.lrs.lt/
For Catalonia: http://demosatwork.parlament.cat/

All feedback collected will be directly communicated to the specific services of the European Commission.

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demos@work presented at the EU 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference

22/11/2009

A live video demonstration of the demos@work platform was presented at the eParticipation booth during the EU 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference that took place the 19th-20th of November, 2009 at Malmö, Sweden.

At the Ministerial Conference, high-level speakers and 1 000 delegates representing Member States, EFTA and candidate countries, the European Commission, international and regional organisations such as the United Nations and the OECD, leaders of the ICT industry and its main organisations including Digital Europe, as well as academia and others met in more than 20 sessions to discuss topics of particular interest to actors in the field of eGovernment.

For more information click here.

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Demos@work will be presented at the eParticipation Conference: Current State of Play & Future Directions organised by the projects co-funded by the European Commission under the eParticipation Preparatory Action, Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at the premises of the European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels, Belgium, Room: A.3E2

For further information and to register* for the event, please visit: www.eparticipation.eventbrite.com

Please note that the number of seats is limited and ONLY registered delegates will be allowed to enter for security reasons

Please register before 10 December 2009
*Registration Password: momentum

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The demos@work project was presented in the 1st eParticipation conference at Linz, Austria the 31st August - 4th September 2009

The conference specifically provided a ground for researchers of distinct disciplines to come together and discuss advances of eParticipation research from distinct disciplinary angles.

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Jointed workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work

22 April 2009

A jointed workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work project took place in the framework of the 7th Eastern European eGovernment Days the 22nd April 2009 at Prague. The workshop had the ePractice label.

During the workshop initial results from these two initiatives were presented giving participants an opportunity to learn at first hand what the research is demonstrating and how future work should be designed.

Audience included eParticipation Research Project Members, Representatives of industry and academia, National Government and Local Administration officers interested in cutting-edge advancements in the research of electronic participation.

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Demos@work exhibited in the framework of the first European eParticipation Day

4 March 2009

Demos@work was exhibited in the framework of the first European eParticipation Day organised by the European Commission and held on 4 March 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. It aimed to highlight how Information and Communication Technologies are transforming the political landscape and to enhance and boost eParticipation - the use of ICTs to give ordinary people more of a say in the decisions that affect them. Participants were also able to visit an exhibition of 21 eParticipation projects that have been funded under programmes run by DG Information Society and Media to learn more about their activities and achievements.

More than 340 people registered for the event from 33 countries. Participants came from the European Parliament, the European Commission, national parliaments, regional and local authorities, universities, NGOs (including youth organisations) and the private sector.

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