Activities of Ernest MARAGALL related to 2016/2008(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on e-Democracy in the European Union: potential and challenges
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Acknowledges the continual and swift technological changes occurring in the information society, the deep transformations these changes have brought about, with particular regard to educational and citizenship aspects, and the challenges and opportunities related to the various ICT tools, new media and other new technologies; stresses that evaluation tools to assess what value-added online engagement has brought must be developed;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1a. Notes that e-engagement should be seen as just one route for participation and be supported by other off-line engagement activities. Off-line and online engagement activities need to be clearly integrated with one another;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that an increasing number of citizens use ICT tools and new media and technologies to engage and participate in political life at both national and EU level and that it is therefore crucial to increase digital inclusion and literacy, thus eradicating the existing digital divideBelieves it is crucial to develop tools for online engagement that provide all citizens with an opportunity both to participate in, and to understand, collective-decision making and develop the skills for active citizenship; considers, therefore, necessary to increase digital inclusion and literacy, thus eradicating the existing digital divide in an integrative way, in order to accompany everyone in this switch to the use of technology;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes that, in order to stimulate a proper and critical knowledge of the EU and its history, values and fundamental rights, its functioning and structured decision-making processes, ICT tools and new media and technologies are crucial and will increasingly play a fundamental role, without leaving aside all other ways to communicate and experience EU policies;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that the EU and the Member States should support capacity- building among civil society organizations and promote ICT-based lifelong learning programmes on both digital literacy and civic engagement and participation, with particular regard to the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged categories and people with disabilities; recommends that discussion channels are open for actors of civil society and civil servants, elected officials, MPs, professionals and experts – for anybody who wants to be involved in promoting people's involvement in society; asks these actors to reflect, as well, on the different aspects for the creation of a European Directive for the implementation of e-voting;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that in order to ensure citizen´s equal accessibility to e- democracy tools, multi-lingual translation is important when information is to be disseminated and read by all citizens in countries with more than one official language or coming from different ethnic backgrounds;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take an holistic view of the policy-making life cycle and explicitly incorporate procedures for ICT enabled citizen engagement with clear indications on informing, consulting, participating, analysing, providing feedback and evaluating.