The Council of Europe symposium “e-democracy: new opportunities for enhancing civic participation”, will take place at the Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg (France) from 23 to 24 April 2007.

The symposium will discuss the nature and added value of e-democracy, based on lessons learnt from e-democracy experiences in Council of Europe member states, and identify areas for future research.

First-rate speakers from public authorities, academia, media, NGOs, political parties and international organisations will share their experiences in state-of-the-art e-democracy applications.

Topics to be debated in plenary and in thematic sessions include government-to-citizen-to-government and citizen-to-citizen communication, e-campaigning and how to measure the impact of e-democracy.

The symposium will be open to the general public on personal confirmation by e-mail after advance registration. On request participants will in relevant cases be sent a formal invitation letter for visa purposes.

There is no participation fee. Simultaneous interpretation in English, French, Spanish and German will be available throughout the symposium.

Further information, the programme and registration forms can be found and downloaded at www.coe.int/democracy. The deadline for registering is Tuesday 3 April 2007.

For any queries please call + 33 3 88 41 28 67

(via eGov monitor)