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A roadmap for e-participation and open government: empirical evidence from the Western Balkans

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This paper describes why and how a conceptual framework for e-participation and open government has been developed and applied to six aspirant EU countries in the Western Balkans. It provides a rationale and background, and then examines the main academic and other relevant sources used. This is followed by an overview of the conceptual framework and a description of its main elements. Finally, the paper examines international data on e-participation covering the Western Balkan countries, uses this to examine the results of applying the conceptual framework in each country, and then provides conclusions and recommendations.

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    ICEGOV '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
    April 2018
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    ISBN:9781450354219
    DOI:10.1145/3209415
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    1. Collaboration
    2. E-Participation
    3. E-government
    4. Open government
    5. Participation
    6. Policy
    7. Transparency

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    • (2022)Challenges of Developing Open Policymaking in the Western BalkansChallenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region10.4018/978-1-7998-9055-3.ch016(297-313)Online publication date: 21-Jan-2022
    • (2022)The influence of openness of public organizations and social media use on e-participation: the mediating effect of trust in e-governmentInternational Review of Public Administration10.1080/12294659.2022.213605427:4(281-296)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2022
    • (2019)E-Participation Social Effectiveness: Case of “Our Petersburg” PortalElectronic Governance and Open Society: Challenges in Eurasia10.1007/978-3-030-13283-5_23(308-318)Online publication date: 10-Feb-2019

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