Projects (20)

Digital Transformation of the Building Standards System Aug 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
This project will support the digital transformation of the building standards system in Scotland by supporting a strengthened compliance system and putting in place the tools to develop a digital golden thread. Other work is being taken forward ar... Read More about Digital Transformation of the Building Standards System.

Expert Evaluation Team for the Local eDemocracy National Project Aug 1, 2003 - Mar 31, 2005
How can Local Authorities be sure that eDemocracy works? How can they be sure that they are using the right e-enabled tool for the job and that the use of these tools will result in effective input to the democratic process? And what about citizens?... Read More about Expert Evaluation Team for the Local eDemocracy National Project.

Ur'Say for Young Scot Mar 1, 2002 - May 1, 2004
The ITC worked with Young Scot on their Ur'Say channel, when they were just beginning to use their website to gather young people's opinions and host discussions on relevant issues.

ITC developed new action-research models for online facilitatio... Read More about Ur'Say for Young Scot.

Hyperlocal engagement Sep 1, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014
A Community of Practice was found supporting the digital engagement practitioners in the neighbouring CCs, and that this is situated within a context of interested non-practitioners who share knowledge with practitioners.
However, the Community of... Read More about Hyperlocal engagement.

e-Participation Scotland Baseline Oct 1, 2008 - Oct 31, 2008
This one day event brought people and organisations together from across Scotland. At the workshop, presentations and group activities enabled participants to share knowledge about current and future e-participation projects and opportunities and... Read More about e-Participation Scotland Baseline.

iDTV May 23, 2005 - Feb 28, 2008
A Scottish pilot to test the potential of iDTV as a medium for providing public sector information and delivering public services was launched on 7th September 2004. The pilot ran for 6 months and involved collaboration between the Scottish Executive... Read More about iDTV.

HUWY: Hub Website for Youth Participation Jan 1, 2009 - Mar 31, 2011
HUWY explored ways for the Internet to support young people’s involvement in decision-making and piloted a model of distributed discussions, which could be used by people of various ages, focused on a range of topics. 
The HUWY project aimed to supp... Read More about HUWY: Hub Website for Youth Participation.

WEB-DEP Jan 1, 2007 - Nov 30, 2009
WEB.DEP aimed to support the renewal of democracy in the Balkans, as the countries came out of a difficult period and began the process of joining the EU.

To support a culture of transparency and participation, WEB.DEP created online portals to en... Read More about WEB-DEP.

Euro Petition Feb 1, 2009 - Jan 31, 2011
The EuroPetition project piloted the implementation of a trans-European Local Authority service providing distributed citizen engagement and interaction with the European Parliament’s PETI Petitions Committee and the European Citizens' Initiative. Th... Read More about Euro Petition.

Piloting the E-Petitioner System with the German Parliament Sep 1, 2005 - Sep 30, 2007
The International Teledemocracy Centre (ITC), now part of the Centre for Social Informatics, worked with the Petitions Committee of the German Bundestag to piloting the e-Petitioner in the German Parliament’s Public Petitions context. We took our exi... Read More about Piloting the E-Petitioner System with the German Parliament.

E-petitioner for the Scottish Parliament Oct 1, 2000 - Oct 30, 2007
The Scottish Parliament accepted its first electronic petition from the ITC's electronic petitioning system.

The ITC (now part of the Centre for Social Informatics) worked with the Scottish Parliament from 1999 until 2007. Initially, we worked wi... Read More about E-petitioner for the Scottish Parliament.

DEMO-Net - Network of Excellence on eParticipation Jan 1, 2006 - Dec 31, 2009
DEMO_net began to bring eParticipation experts together to try to establish some research norms. However, the project did not turn out to be the most effective way to do this. The project officer was not keen to re-work the project and eventually it... Read More about DEMO-Net - Network of Excellence on eParticipation.

e-Representative: A virtual desktop to support the mobile elected Representative Jan 2, 2006 - Jan 31, 2008
The eRepresentative package is a virtual desktop for elected representatives. It enables them to continue their legislative and policy work anytime and from anywhere with secure access to relevant and appropriate information. 
Prior to the project,... Read More about e-Representative: A virtual desktop to support the mobile elected Representative.

HANDS: Helping Answers Decision Service Nov 1, 2005 - Jul 31, 2007
HANDS continues the work of the IST EDEN project. Natural language tools developed by Italian partners in the EDEN project were further developed and deployed in other public authorities and Utility companies. The tools aimed to route emails from the... Read More about HANDS: Helping Answers Decision Service.

e-Petitioner for English Local Authorities Apr 1, 2004 - Mar 31, 2005
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Local eDemocracy National Project (March 2004 to March 2005) investigated new channels of participation and piloted various approaches to encourage citizen participation and help elected representatives work... Read More about e-Petitioner for English Local Authorities.

e-engaging young Scotland on radioactive waste management Feb 1, 2004 - Jul 31, 2004
The ITC was funded by the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) to research appropriate tools and techniques to engage young people in their continuing dialogue on radioactive waste management. ITC researchers identifie... Read More about e-engaging young Scotland on radioactive waste management.

e-Community Councils Feb 1, 2004 - Jan 31, 2006
In February 2004 Edinburgh Napier University’s International Teledemocracy Centre received funding from the Scottish Executive to investigate how technology could be developed to help regenerate democracy at the local community level. Community cou... Read More about e-Community Councils.

E-democracy Services for Highland Youth Voice Jan 1, 2000 - Mar 31, 2008
ITC worked with Highland Youth Voice (a youth parliament in the Highland Region) from 2000 to 2008. An e-voting website, with a discussion form, supported the parliament's first elections in 2000. From 2001 to 2007, we worked with HYV staff and membe... Read More about E-democracy Services for Highland Youth Voice.

Smartgov Feb 1, 2002 - Jan 31, 2004
SmartGov (IST-2001-35399) was a project funded by the European Commission under its Information Society Technologies Programme (IST). The aim of the project was to develop a governmental knowledge-based platform for public sector online services.... Read More about Smartgov.

EDEN: Electronic Democracy European Network Feb 1, 2001 - Feb 1, 2004
The EDEN project grew out of the rationale that online information on decision-making leads to greater transparency in governance, as a pre-requisite for online consultation and participation.

EDEN deployed capabilities in computational linguisti... Read More about EDEN: Electronic Democracy European Network.