Where Are We Off To?

During the past two decades, we have witnessed a rapid increase of information and communication technologies utilisation by governments to establish e-participation in the everyday life of citizens, along with all the advantages that follow. Without being sure of the level and extent that e-participation can reach during the next few years, we can safely state that it is here for good. The focus is simple; simplicity in procedures, and polyphony, inclusion, participation.

The digitalisation of our world will not leave the authorities out in the cold, nor should it. We are facing an evolution of possibilities, not only in technical and technological terms but also in terms of the role of citizens in their own daily lives.