CeDEM Day 1, afternoon, Workshop

1. Success Factors and
Evaluation of E-Participation
OurSpace Workshop at CeDEM13
www.joinourspace.eu
www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem
Michael Sachs & Judith Schoßböck
Centre for E-Governance, Danube University Krems

2. • Introduction
o General input about e-participation
o The OurSapce project
• Success Factors & Indicators
o Concrete definition of factors
• Evaluation models
o The OurSpace Evaluation Methodology
o Discussion on evaluation of e-part projects
Structure of the Workshop

3. • General input about e-participation and
evaluation
• Short intro to the OurSpace project
Introduction - Overview

4. • Techno-Optimsim
• Evaluation
• Success factors
Introduction

5. OurSpace – The Virtual Youth Space

6. Funded by the EC
Consortium

7. • Implementation of an innovative communication
platform for democratic participation
• Creating a community that focuses on discussing
political issue that are relevant for young people.
• Forward the results of the deliberation process to
decision makers and institutions.
• To make young people familiar with decision makers,
governmental/political institutions and the decision
making process.
• A sustainable and inexpensive platform and the
evaluation thereof.
Objectives

8. • Web 2.0: Integration of Socialen Media and Networks
• Discussion with 4 langauges
• Outcome oriented discussion
o Preparation of National and European themes for young people
o Make politics relevant for young people
• Involvement of
o Young people
o Decision makers
o Public institutions
Challenges

9. • Mobile communication channels
o Android App, Website optimised for mobile phones
• Facebook-Integration
o Registration, Facebook App
• Implementation of Google Translate
o Moderated discussion in all stages of the deliberation
process
Features

10. 1. Suggest a theme and rate a theme
2. Discuss a theme and provide comments and
proposals; rate ideas
3. Rate the pre selected best proposals
4. Show results and get feedback from relevant
bodies and persons.
Deliberation in 4 Stages

11. Participation in Mothertounge

12. Points system for motivation

13. Success Factors
Group Discussion
Outcomes

14. Please introduce yourself briefly and
make a short statement on one of the
following issues:
• Name one factor for success in e-
participation.
• Name one factor for failure in e-
participation.
Warm up with each person in group

15. • initiated: top-down vs. bottom-up
• local vs. global perspective
• target group and specific purpose vs. all
inclusive eParticipation
• participation as legitimation vs.
collaboration
Success perspectives for discussion

16. Discussion in small groups
• What factors lead to (no-) success in known
e-participation projects?
o Briefly describe the project (scope and aim).
o Describe the (no-) success factor and its impact on
the project.
o Could this factor be a general factor for (un-)
success in other projects?
o How can you measure these (no-) success factors?
(evaluation)
~ 15-20 min. discussion. One presenter per group
(No-) Success factors from
specific projects

17. Evaluation
Methodologies
Input from Moderators
Group Discussion

18. • Several levels for evaluation
• Definition of Indicators (Indicator
categories) for each level of
evaluation
• Description of methods and tools for
evaluation
• Definition of success criteria for the
measure
Evaluation Methodologies

19. 4 layered approach (based on existing
evaluation models)
• Political level
• Impact and Relevance
• Technical level
• Technological Implementation
• Social level
• Users Perspective
• Methodological level
• Procedures
OurSpace: Approach

20. • Questionnaires
• Interviews
• Media analysis
• Performance Monitoring Tool
• Discourse analysis
• Data
o Platform, Google Analytics
o Facebook, blogs, events
OurSpace: Evaluation tools

21. Indicator Categories

22. Indicator Category: Political Level

23. Measurement and Tools

24. • Your experience with eParticipation evaluation
models? What were useful tools?
• Quantitative vs. qualitative models?
• Which success factors should always be evaluated?
(and why?)
• How complex do evaluation models need to be?
• Is there a need for standardised models in
eParticipation?
• General problems in evaluation of e-participation?
• How to measure impact of a project on societal and
political level?
• Internal vs. external evaluation of projects.
Evaluation models (discussion)

25. Outcomes and
Summary
Success factors and indicators
Evaluation models
Summary at the blog of the conference
digitalgovernment.wordpress.com
www.joinourspace.eu

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