[LINK] EPIC: OECD Launches Participative Web Tools

[Roger Clarke]

              EPIC Alert, Volume 14.18, September 7, 2007
            http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_14.18.html

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[4] OECD Launches Participative Web Tools
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A series of online tools are being put in place by the OECD to allow all
stakeholders, and particularly civil society, to participate in and
contribute to the process towards the OECD Ministerial on the Future of
the Internet Economy being held in June 2008 in Seoul, Korea. The
OECD-Canada Technology Foresight Forum on the Participative Web being
held in Ottawa on October 3, 2007, will serve as a "testing ground" for
many of these tools.

The Forum will host a range of civil society speakers from NGOs and
academia. In addition to panel discussions, the Forum will feature
demonstrations of web 2.0 technologies during the lunch break. Civil
society is encouraged to showcase how it uses specific web 2.0 tools in
its work.

The OECD has created a Forum website that includes a page dedicated to
civil society. The site also features pre-recorded video messages from
speakers and other participants on one or more of the Forum topics. The
site will also host the presentations of speakers and/or a transcript of
their main points.

In order to allow for remote participation, the Forum will be webcast
live, and transcripts will be available one hour after each session. The
OECD has also created an email address and a Skype address, both
available on the Forum website, which will allow Internet users to post
audio and text questions and messages in advance of, and during, the
Forum. The OECD will have a newslog, and will also link to various RSS
feeds. The Forum will also have an official blogger who will blog
throughout the Forum.

Civil society is encouraged to take advantage of the various
participative tools available by visiting the OECD's Forum website at:
http://www.oecd.org/futureinternet/participativeweb. Participation in
the October 3, 2007 Forum taking place in Ottawa is free, and
registration is available online.

OECD Forum page:

       http://www.oecd.org/futureinternet/participativeweb

The Public Voice - OECD Participative Web Forum page:

       http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/oecd.html

The Public Voice - OECD Ministerial 2008 page:

       http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/oecd.html

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