e-participation

Abstract

The importance of providing enabling environments to the physically disabled and the ageing population is being stressed upon at international level. We reason out that certain information, which could be insignificant for the physically normal people, but is crucial to the physically disabled and the ageing persons, needs to be maintained in a network of local bodies of the government. We propose an e-participation scheme, wherein e-participation of entities of public interest, local government bodies and humanitarian agencies would improve the enabling environments.

Exploring the Smart Future of Participation

“…In terms of populations that planners might want to be especially cognizant of, people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to the economic as well as health ravages of COVID-19 (Armitage & Nellums, 2020;Turk & McDemott, 2020). As vulnerable populations, they would especially benefit from inclusive technologies for connecting with government services, information, and social participation found in smart contexts (Kumar & Rawat, 2014;Grigoryeva, et al, 2014). For these stakeholders, the increased impetus towards digital information, communication and exchange holds great promise for keeping pathogens at bay while simultaneously bringing resources closer to hand.…”