e-Government Resources by Citizens

There are a wide range of Organizations, Institutions and Companies working to research, evaluate and improve quality and services provide by different e-government. In this section you will find information about the most featured organizations in this field.

E-Democracy.Org
Is a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-based project whose mission is to expand participation and build stronger democracies and communities through the power of information and communication technologies and strategies.

Dowire
Launched in January 1998, DoWire connects over 2750 experts,practitioners, journalists, and citizens across 80 countries.  DoWire is a free, low volume, moderated blog and e-mail announcement list.

E-Democracy
This professional blog gathers information on creative ways to increase citizen participation in the websites of public authorities, public administrations and local governments, and on background research on these topics.

The Wired Up Communities Practitioners' Toolkit
It is a useful guide to planning, setting up and running a community based ICT project, whether it is in a deprived inner city area or a remote and isolated rural community. Aimed at community practitioners, local authorities, researchers and governmental policy makers, the toolkit draws upon the experience of the seven Wired up Communities pilot projects that have been running since early 2001.

Development Gateway® portal
For development information and knowledge sharing worldwide. The tools on this Web site bring together people and organizations around the globe who are working to improve life in developing countries.

Europe e-government observatory
a place to share practices and information about e-government and new tools across Europe.

MySociety.org
mySociety has two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. The second is to teach the public and voluntary sectors, through demonstration, how to most efficiently use the internet to improve lives.

Global Cities Dialogue
It is a worldwide network of cities, which are interested in creating an information society free of digital divide and based on sustainable development. As cities are subject to changes caused by the transformation to an information society, they are an ideal place for actions reinforcing democracy through the use of new technologies.

ICELE
Non profit Organization working to improve local e-democracy, e-tools and research.