Studie: E-Partizipation in Deutschland

This contribution presents the results of a study on “E-Participation – Electronic Participation of Citizens andEconomy at E-Government” which was ordered by the German Ministry of the Interior in 2007. The authors of this articlealso co-authored the study. In the study, state of the art and chances of electronic participation in Germany are describedand recommendations for action as well as proposals for projects and measures for the national program “E-Government 2.0” are given. This article describes the understanding of “e-participation” and the methodology of the study including results of surveys conducted in Germany. Then, the results of a strengths-and-weaknesses analysis are presented comparing the German with the international state of the art of eParticipation. Finally, some recommendations on the basis of this comparison are made.