Reference Framework for E-participation Projects

Abstract

Abstract. Accommodating the various requirements from distinct perspectives in e-participation calls for a holistic engineering approach for e-participation systems analysis and design. This paper presents research results towards a reference framework for e-participation projects. An analysis of procedural models for e-participation and enterprise architectures in the context of e-participation shows that a holistic approach is necessary. A sophisticated and holistic engineering approach for e-participation in the form of a reference framework is seen as a solution to support e-participation projects development and implementation. The reference framework consists of different concepts supporting each other: dimensions that build the scope of an e-participation project, a domain meta model, a procedural reference model, and a library with requirements, reference models and building blocks for e-participation.

Digital Citizen Participation within Schools in the United Kingdom and Indonesia: An Actor–Network Theory (ANT) Perspective

“…Participation is an important and growing topic for researchers and government practitioners [1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10]13,18,21,40,52]. It has gained greater prominence since the advent of the Internet and the move towards e-participation.…”

“…Since the Internet age, there have been changes in participation channels and processes, using various electronic media for communication and interaction. This is the realm of "digital participation", where government interacts with citizens through the Internet and other ICT [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Recently, citizen participation is not only through physical and face-to-face activities, but also digital technologies, such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, e-mail, websites, and mobile applications.…”

Locative Media Interventionism – A Conceptual Framework for Critical Review of Augmented Reality Applications in the Participatory Spatial Design Context

“…A similar concept corresponding to the particular long-term and high stakes ethos of the PSD domain can be institutionalized under the tentative label of Information. Published discourse on this subject has already identified potential pathways for addressing this need for conceptual rigor, along with examples of implementation in other domains: o Various authors have suggested possible strategies for exploration and standardization of alternative concepts for e-participation that are equally applicable for the PSD context, such as: a master template on how to generate an action plan for establishing participatory decision-making in different contexts with varying requirements (Scherer & Wimmer, 2011); a framework for setting scope (Tambouris, Liotas, Kaliviotis, & Tarabanis, 2007); a model of 'participatory sensing' (Estrin, 2010); and, a sustainabilitybased model for designing participatory processes (Islam, 2008). o An illustrative table of parallel concepts and their evolution in other disciplines is given below ( Table-7).…”

Reference Process Model for Participatory Budgeting in Germany

“…The participatory budgeting offers in German municipalities involve numerous ways of information and different levels of engagement as we will introduce later on. In earlier works, we argued that the successful introduction of e-participation requires the adaptation of given processes or even the introduction of new processes in the dialogue among citizens and politicians and/or local government officials when introducing online means [33]. Due to the lack of regulatory grounds, the procedures and extent of engaging citizens in on-and offline participatory budgeting offers differ widely.…”

“…Municipalities, which intend to introduce e-participation, have difficulties to assess the implications and (financial and human) resources needed to introduce e-participation offers. Since the planning, organization and running of a participatory budget does mean big efforts for a city or municipality, this paper investigates and develops a reference process model for participatory budgeting procedures and therewith extends the reference procedural model (see [33,34]) with particular reference process models for participatory budgeting.…”