Join Discussion Tables about the Future of Europe.
Renew Europe, the centrist and third largest political group in the European Parliament offers you a series of EU discussion tables in 25 European Member States, feeding into the Conference on the Future of Europe. This is is a great opportunity for you and those around you to make your voice heard! Apply here to […]
European Open Government Leaders Forum
CEO of CiviQ, Vanessa Liston, participated as a speaker that the European Open Government Leaders Forum in Milan. The thematic fish-bowl conversation focused on how citizen participation can effectively foster innovation, improve public services and restore trust between public institutions and citizens at central, local and European level. The conversations were interactive and focused on […]
Innovative Voting Experiment on National Unity Government
After the Irish General Election in 2016, on the 23rd April, The Irish Times co-hosted a public voting experiment with the De Borda Institute, DCU and CiviQ, demonstrating how a national unity government could be elected. It used the innovative Matrix voting method developed by Peter Emerson of the De Borda Institute. The method is different to normal ballots because, instead of […]
Beyond Information to the Human Voice
Originally posted in the AARP Journal The United Nations (UN) Post-2015 Development Agenda has sharpened the global focus on the need for more comprehensive data on issues related to aging and older people. As demographics are shifting toward a large increase in the proportion of the population that is 60+ by 2050, aging is becoming […]
Voice or Vote: The Central Access Scheme Controversy
Originally posted on PoliticalReform.ie April 2015 The controversy over the Central Access Scheme (CAS) in Kilkenny city has raised some important issues about local democracy in Ireland. One of these concerns the link between elected representatives and citizens. On the one hand those who, for different reasons oppose the scheme, claim that democracy is dead. […]
