EUGAGER - European Citizen Engagement Platform: Proposal for an European Citizen Engagement Platform (ePub)

EUGAGER is a project proposal submitted to the EU in response to the ICT Call 4 under the
7th Framework Programme in April 2009. It proposed the research, design and prototype
implementation of a web-based, secure and free/open source software platform for
e-Governance and e-Participation tools. In particular, the core system would support the
connection of external e-Government and e-Participation web applications, possibly running
on different machines, and an Open API for security, authentication and data exchange
between applications.

The EUGAGER architecture would enable project stakeholders (Governments, SMEs, Non-Profit
Organizations and existing Free/Open Source Communities) to evolve the platform by creating
new applications (with different levels of user authentication requirements) and complete the
digital ecosystem for Citizen Engagement.

* Read the submitted EU Project Proposal on how to create a Social Networking platform for
e-Governance and e-Participation and engage citizens all around Europe;
* Task list, workplan, deliverables, milestones and gantt-chart included!;
* Learn why the European Union should adopt a common platform with social networking
capabilities to deploy e-Gov applications and engage citizens in political activism;
* Read the project's final evaluation issued by the European Commission, discover what's
next, and what you can do to make it real.

Coordinated and adapted by
Giovani Spagnolo
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