Enabling Multichannel PArticipation Through ICT Adaptations

Objective

Participatory budgeting (PB) represents one of the most successful civic innovations of the last quarter-century. At a time when voter turnout in Europe is lagging and public institutions struggle to maintain trust and legitimacy within a framework of growing budgetary cuts, PB has proved itself to be a powerful tool for citizens to join in the essential tasks of governing, not only as voters but also as decision-makers themselves.

EMPATIA aims at producing the first ICT platform capable of fully encompassing both the decision-making cycle and the implementation cycle of PB whose integration is considered indispensable by literature as the main driver of the self-sustainability process. It will harness the collaborative power of ICT networks applied to PB, seeking to radically enhance the inclusiveness and impact of PB processes, enabling citizens, individually and collectively, to take deliberate and informed action for the public good. This will lower barriers to information and participation, deepening citizen engagement and trust in public institutions, collaborating alongside them to make their communities more sustainable.

EMPATIA consists of multidisciplinary consortium, with expertise in adjacent fields – research and implementation of participatory and voting processes, ICT integration, evaluation of technological and societal impacts among others – that will include in its activities the implementation of three distinct PB Pilots, with citizens from the municipalities of Lisbon (Portugal), Ričany (Czech Republic) and Bonn (Germany), allowing a thorough analysis and validation of the EMPATIA platform.

Field of science

• /social sciences/political science/government systems
• /social sciences/political science/public administration

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Topic(s)

• ICT-10-2015 - Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation

Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2015
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS

Address

Colegio S Jeronimo Praca D Dinis
3000 995 Coimbra
Portugal

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 410 625

Participants (7)

ONE SOURCE CONSULTORIA INFORMATICA LDA

Portugal

EU contribution

€ 409 250

Address

Rua D. João De Castro, Lote 12
3030-384 Coimbra

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

DEMOKRATIE 2.1 S.R.O.

Czechia

EU contribution

€ 95 625

Address

Zapova 1559/18, Smichov
Praha

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 50 000

Address

Kingston Lane
UB8 3PH Uxbridge

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO

Italy

EU contribution

€ 112 500

Address

Via Festa Del Perdono 7
20122 Milano

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

ZEBRALOG GMBH & CO KG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 188 125

Address

Chausseestrasse 8 Aufgang E
10115 Berlin

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

ASSOCIACAO IN LOCO, DE INTERVENCAO,FORMACAO E ESTUDOS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL

Portugal

EU contribution

€ 117 500

Address

Avenida Da Liberdade
8150 101 Sao Bras De Alportel

Activity type

Other

UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 100 000

Address

Richmond Road
BD7 1DP Bradford

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments