France – C4D Network

The C4D Network would like to invite Network members and friends to an informal meet-up in Paris to bring you closer to other communication for development (C4D) professionals and to exchange experiences, knowledge and practices in humanitarian and diplomatic settings as well as to informally present your projects among C4D practitioners.

As communications and public information have come to play a significant role in development and humanitarian contexts, we seek build an inclusive space to discuss current challenges and new ways forward.

DATE: Thursday 23^rd November 2017

TIME: 7pm start

VENUE: Frog Revolution, 9 Rue de la Bastille, 75004 Paris (nearest metro station: Bastille).

RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by 20 November by emailing Giacomo at: [email protected]

We hope to see you there…!

Best Regards,

C4D Network Paris

This paper shares lessons from Nesta’s research into some of the pioneering innovations in digital democracy which are taking place across Europe and beyond.

Key findings

Digital democracy is a broad concept and not easy to define. The paper provides a granular approach to help encompass its various activities and methods (our ‘typology of digital democracy’).
Many initiatives exist simply as an app, or web page, driven by what the technology can do, rather than by what the need is.
Lessons from global case studies describe how digital tools are being used to engage communities in more meaningful political participation, and how they are improving the quality and legitimacy of decision-making.
Digital democracy is still young. Projects must embed better methods for evaluation of their goals if the field is to grow.

23 November 2017: C4D Network Meet-Up, Paris, France

Digital Democracy: The Tools Transforming Political Engagement (Nesta paper 2017)