Empowering open and collaborative governance : technologies and methods for online citizen engagement in public policy making

Section I - Public Policy Debate Foundations: Processes and Methods for Scoping, Planning, Evaluating and Transforming Citizen Engagement.- Democratic Legitimacy and Recruitment Strategies in eParticipation Projects.- Collaboration for Open Innovation Processes in Public Administrations.- An Integrated Methodology for the Evaluation of ePetitions.- Assessing a Measurement Model for Digital Political Participation: A Multidisciplinary Point of View.- Online Engagement from the Grassroots: Reflecting on over a Decade of ePetitioning Experience in Europe and the UK.- Evaluating eParticipation Projects and Lessons Learnt.- Section II - Information and Communication Technologies for Citizen Participation.- Knowing the Law as a Pre-Requisite to Participative eGovernment: the Role of Semantic Technologies.- Regional Participation Model to Engage Citizens in Distant Decision Making.- Visualisation of Online Discussion Forums.- Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy.- Open Collaboration in Policy Development: Concept and Architecture to Integrate Scenario Development and Formal Policy Modelling.- Section III - Future Research Directions of Open, Collaborative ICT-enabled Governance.- ICT as the Facilitator of Postmodern and Empowered Forms of Citizenship - Myth or Reality?.- A Critical Analysis of EU-Funded eParticipation.- ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling: Visionary Directions and Research Paths.