*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** This is the week of excellent reports (more e-mails to come). Access this report directly from: http://www.cwf.ca/pubs/200101.cfm?pub_id=200101 >From here <http://www.cwf.ca/cybercitizenship.cfm> I also noticed a report from last year on "Federalism in a Digital World." Steven Clift Democracies Online ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:23:51 -0600 From: Calvin Hanselmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Canada West Foundation To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Electronically Enhanced Democracy The Canada West Foundation (CWF) has released a report that may be of interest to some members of this list. The following is from a Media Advisory: Electronically enhanced democracy in Canada is not meeting expectations built for it, according to a recently released CWF report. "Electronically Enhanced Democracy in Canada" reports the findings of a study of websites engaged in electronically enhanced democracy, defined as “the nurturing of democratic practices through the utilization of new communications technologies, more specifically the internet.” The study reviews the Canadian and comparative World Wide Web electronically enhanced democracy landscapes and gauges the extent to which websites are living up to claims about improved citizen access to information, interactivity and policymaking. Among the study's key findings: * Unless elected officials choose to participate, electronically enhanced democracy will continue to fall short of expectations built for it. * Poor use of technology is hampering efforts. * The non-profit sector offers the best avenue for creating and maintaining electronically enhanced democracy in Canada. "Electronically Enhanced Democracy in Canada" is the first of two studies undertaken by the Canada West Foundation to understand the present state and the potentials of Cybercitizenship in Canada. An Executive Summary and the full Report are available for free download at http://www.cwf.ca . -- Calvin Hanselmann Policy Analyst Canada West Foundation Suite 1102 425 1 Street SW Calgary AB Canada T2P 3L8 ph:(403)264-9535x23 fx:(403)269-4776 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.cwf.ca Mailing Address: Canada West Foundation P.O. BOX 6572 STATION D CALGARY AB CANADA T2P 2E4 ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
