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e-democracy (p.1): “We take as our definition of e-democracy, the use of ICT to support the democratic decision-making processes.” (†756)
e-participation (p.2): “The overarching objectives of e-participation are given as:
1. reach a wider audience to enable broader participation
2. support participation through a range of technologies to cater for the diverse technical and communicative skills of citizens
3. provide relevant information in a format that is both more accessible and more understandable to the target audience to enable more informed
contributions
4. engage with a wider audience to enable deeper contributions and support deliberative debate”
(†754)
