Liberopinion: Democracy for a New Age 1 Lmbg europeane democracyaward2010

1. Democracy for a New Age www.liberopinion.net Pedro Agante Libertrium pedroagante@libertrium.com Artur Afonso Sousa PolytechnicInstituteof Viseu ajas@di.estv.ipv.pt Luís Borges Gouveia University Fernando Pessoa lmbg@ufp.edu.pt

2. Enableindependent online interaction between the stakeholders in a democratic process Encourage citizen participation Narrow the gap between citizens and politicians Fosterdebate, deliberation and knowledge sharing Create a wide eDemocracy community The available services aim to

3. Democracy for a New Age www.liberopinion.net

4. Governmeterenables monitoring and deliberation about government performance Elections concentrates the main election stakeholders in a single place and enables multidirectionalcommunication

5. Elections Questions & Answers Suggestions& Comments ElectoralPrograms & Comments

6. Elections – Main Features Citizenssubmitquestionsandideasover a range ofpre-definedtopics. Citizensvote theirinterestonthequestionsandsuggestionsinorder to createthe Top ofthemostrelevantquestionsandsuggestions Candidates answerthequestionsandcommentthesuggestions Candidates publishtheirelectoralprogramorganizedbytopics Citizenscomparethe candidates’ electoralprograms Debate zones (circlesofinteraction) For candidates For citizensand candidates

7. Elections in real-time – candidates in Portuguese national elections (October 2009)

8. Elections– Timeline September 2009 – parlamentaryelectionsin Portugal (testVersion) October 2009 – local electionsin Portugal (testVersionin VISEU) October 2010 – Partnership SAPO December 2010 – Elections for HeadofthePortugueseMedicalAssociation January 2011 - PortuguesePresidentialelections (23th January 2011)

9. Governmeter StatisticalIndicators Objectives Measures

10. Governmeter– Main Features Graphicdisplayofthemainstatisticalindicators. Citizenssubmittheirownanalysisabouttheevolutionofthestatisticalindicators. CitizensgivetheirpointofviewaboutwhethertheGovernment objectives havebeenfulfilled. CitizensdebatethemeasuresproposedbytheGovernmentandParlament.

11. Elections and Governmeter – Additional Features Interactionwithexisting social networks (Twitter, Facebook) Incorporationoffeaturesof social networkssuch as, followcitizenand candidate, followquestion, amongothers. Receiveautomaticupdatenotificationsaboutfollowedusersandquestions Allcitizensubmissions are subject to moderationundertheTermsofService

12. Summary We believe that it is useful for society to have an application that unites, in a single, neutral and civilized place, the stakeholders in the electoral process so as to allow multidirectional communication between them. We consider that it is necessary to have an online presence that promotes, in a single, neutral and civilized place, ongoing monitoring and debate about the government activity.

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