Back in August 2007builders of some of Europes biggest eDemocracy and eParticipations websites got together for the first time. What they had in common was not a funding source, or a named programme, but a spontanious desire to use the Internet to empower citizens and hold governments and politicians accountable. In July 2008 there was a follow up - Berlin in July 2008 . Tom Steinberg, mySociety.org, Politik Digital, politik-digital.de and Christian Heise, e-politik.de / e-demokratie.org

Now it is 2009 and the community of projects around the world is growing at a startling pace. We are therefore extremely excited to be holding our third event for builders of websites that empower citizens - Berlin In October 15th-16th October 2009.

This event is invite only, but we are still looking for suggestions of smart, interesting people to invite. Please add questions you'd like to see discussed in our Open Questions section.

The only real criteria for attendees: the desire and the determination to get things built that actually help citizens, rather than just talking about how great it could be if someone else did it :)

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More information about "berlin in october 2009"

All these pages are open for you to edit - please add suggestions and questions

• Program - the program
• Open Questions - things to discuss
• Participants - who will be there
• Location - the place to be
• Accommodation - Anyone looking for a bed to sleep in a private place or hotels, hostels click here
• Pages of Interest - sites that serve as inspiration
• Good Practice - what to take care of when trying to set up an eDemocracy project
• Partners and Supporters - to whom we thank for their support
• Contact - How to contact the organisation team? Who are helpers?

Archive

More about the (un)conference series in the past:

• BerlininJuly 2008 - for more Information about last years e-democracy summit
• BerlininAugust 2007 - for more Information about the e-democracy summit in 2007

BerlinInOctober is organised by:

• mysociety.org
• politik-digital.de
• e-demokratie.org