Dominique OSTYNSenior Manager Communications & New

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FEDERATING STAKEHOLDERS FOR EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INITIATIVES

INITIATIVE.EU

JOINT SEMINAR ON "OPEN GOVERNMENT IN THE MAKING" 4/10/12 – EU Council, Brussels

SPEAKER’S BACKGROUND:POLICY MEDIA NETWORK

"Warming up for the Citizens' Initiative” 26/01/12 - European Commission Charlemagne Building, Brussels 2

OVERVIEW

ECI PROMISING BUT NOT CATCHING LIKE (SOCIAL MEDIA) FIRE ...

INITIATIVES: MAIN STAGES & LOGIC OF GROWTH

INITIATIVE.EU: PURPOSE & PROJECT DRIVERS

INITIATIVE.EU: FEW RESOURCES YET, BUT GREAT PARTNERS!

SEPARATED SPHERES? SOCIALLY NETWORKED, YES WE CAN!

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ECI PROMISING BUT NOT CATCHING LIKE (SOCIAL MEDIA)

FIRE ...

Great participative innovation, amazing Treaty left-over from Constitution attempt

Limited communication, no help desk etc…: even experts & NGO leaders know little yet

Hopefully better by 1 April, but too late to avoid initial situation 'the good, the bad, the ugly’.

(meeting all criteria, lacking legal basis and support, lacking even fit with EU values).

High 'kill rate' at registration? risk of 'control freak' image of 'Brussels’.

Could liven-up EU debates: Not just euro-crisis, but civil society & indignés / indignados etc …

Process can improve: 2012: first successes, 2013: policy response & political programmes, 2014: elections, and EP + new Commission mandates.

EurActiv family is committed to ECI. (EurActiv.com + 15 Country Network + BlogActiv.eu + Fondation EurActiv PoliTech + EUX.TV).

Social Media: great potential, but not supporting EU policy making yet: we have ideas in mind …

Initiative.eu: small but unique contribution to help “initiators” 4

INITIATIVES: MAIN STAGES

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COMMISSION / PARLIAMENTFOLLOW UP

FEDERATINGSTAKEHOLDERS:

“INITIATORS” HELPDESK?

NATIONAL ePETITION PORTALS

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONREGISTRATION WEBSITE

& OTHER MEDIA

INITIATIVES: LOGIC OF GROWTH

Rough numbers: Thousands of ECIs ideas Hundreds registered ECIs? Dozens successful ECIs

with 1M supports?

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NEED FOR QUALITY BEFORE REGISTRATION:

PLATFORM INITIATIVE.EU … + HELPDESK?

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ORGANISATION - OVERVIEW

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PROJECT PARTNERS PARTNER EU PROJECTS

ASSOCIATE PARTNERS

CONTENT PARTNERS

1 EU DG ? 1 CORPORATE ? 1 CONSULTANCY ?

SKILLSSKILLS

CREDIBILITYCREDIBILITY

PROMOTIONPROMOTION

EGOV & EPARTICIPATION

EGOV & EPARTICIPATION

LEVERAGING EARLY PROJECTS’ RESULTS LEVERAGING EARLY PROJECTS’ RESULTS

FEED BACK FROM PRACTICAL GOOD

PRACTICES

FEED BACK FROM PRACTICAL GOOD

PRACTICES

SUPPORT/SPONSORS

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS

+ OFFICIAL REGISTRATION/PETITION

WEBSITES

ORGANISATIONFEW RESOURCES YET… BUT GREAT PARTNERS

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Have your say in the EUwww.ep-ourspace.eu

Have your say in the EUwww.ep-ourspace.eu

Helping you be part of the EUwww.puzzledbypolicy.eu

Helping you be part of the EUwww.puzzledbypolicy.eu

Cross-border e-Petitionwww.ep-empower.eu

Cross-border e-Petitionwww.ep-empower.eu

Monitoring, Coordinating and Promoting EU eParticipation

Projects www.ep-momentum.eu

Monitoring, Coordinating and Promoting EU eParticipation

Projects www.ep-momentum.eu

Pan-European Network on eParticipation

www.pep-net.eu

Pan-European Network on eParticipation

www.pep-net.eu

5 PARTNER PROJECTS

1 EU DG ? 1 CORPORATE ? 1 CONSULTANCY ?

SUPPORT/SPONSORS

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS

5 ASSOCIATE PARTNERS

3 CONTENT PARTNERS

3 PROJECT PARTNERS

+ OFFICIAL REGISTRATION/PETITION

WEBSITES

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Civil society:initiatives

Institutions & Political parties:

policies

Social media:relays

Media:coverage

eParticipation:experts

eGovernment:tools

ECI:Proposals

Grass-root movements:Frustrations

SEPARATED SPHERES?SOCIALLY NETWORKED,

YES WE CAN!

2013 PLATFOR

MS

2014 ELECTIONS

DEBT CRISIS

BACK-UPS

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Civil society:initiatives

Institutions & Political parties:

policies

Social media:relays

Media:coverage

eParticipation:experts

eGovernment:tools

SEPARATED SPHERES?SOCIALLY NETWORKED, YES

WE CAN!

COMMISSION / PARLIAMENTFOLLOW UP

(EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

FEDERATINGSTAKEHOLDERS:

“INITIATORS”

HELPDESK

NATIONAL ePETITION PORTALS

Rough numbers:

FREE(SPONSORS, EU

FUNDING, CROWD-FUNDING)

PROMOTION(INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS)

FREE(SPONSORS, EU

FUNDING)

ACTIVITIES:

REVENUES:

DELIBERATION SPACE

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONPORTAL

Thousands of ECIs ideas Hundreds registered ECIs? Dozens successful ECIs with 1M supports?

ECI eCAMPAIGN TOOLS

INITIATIVES: MAIN STAGES & LOGIC OF GROWTH

WALKING YOU THROUGH INITIATIVE.EU

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INITIATIVE.EU: STAKEHOLDERS FEDERATING

EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INITIATIVES

A Neutral Online community platform open to ECI initiators and EU stakeholders:

An online deliberative space for EU stakeholders to support and formulate of their initiatives;

To help various stakeholders across different countries to federate their ECIs;

To improve quality & effectiveness of initiatives in making, so they are more successful once officially registered.

What Initiative.eu is NOT:

A Help Desk paid by the EU.

A “mass” portal (i.e ePetition) to collect signatures/petition “votes”.

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THE ECI OFFICIAL PROCESS

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SPEAKER’S BACKGROUND:POLICY MEDIA NETWORK

"Warming up for the Citizens' Initiative” 26/01/12 - European Commission Charlemagne Building, Brussels 18