E-PARTICIPATION LEVELS AND TECHNOLOGIES

For improving political participatory processes, many governments adopt information and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate their relationship with citizens, which is known as “electronic participation”. This paper investigates the literature seeking for diverse practices in this area, and concludes to a framework depicting the e-participation stage model (e-participating levels). Also, this work focuses on the performance indicators related to each level and the most suitable technical tools for these levels. Conclusions are depicted at the end.

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