Ella Taylor-Smith is coming to Scot Web 2 from the International Teledemocracy Centre (ITC), Napier University.

We've been working in eParticipation, eDemocracy and eGovernment since 1999. Over the last few years, we've been looking into the best way to use (copy or integrate) Web 2:0 tools for eParticipation.

If you know of any inititaives that are currently using Web 2.0 tools for eParticipatiom in Scotland, it would be great if you could add them to ths page.

This is a useful definition of eParticipation:

Describing efforts to broaden and deepen political participation by enabling:

• citizens to connect with one another and
• with their elected representatives and governments

using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). (Macintosh 2007)

eParticipation initiatives in Scotland

UK-wide with Scottish versions:

2 sites which allow citizens to connect with their elected representatives

1 - A site that allows citizens to see what is happening in the Scottish Parliament:

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/scotland/

2 - This one allows citizens to write to their MSP or MP

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

These are useful sites and it's great to have Scottish versions now. However, I wonder if they are really web2.0 sites, as user generated comment is minimal. What does anyone else think?

Local or national in Scotland

Jim Murphy's blog Now Secretary of State for Scotland.