https://rossdawson.com/the_rise_of_ede/ Keynote speaker | Futurist | Strategy advisor Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:02:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://rossdawson.com/the_rise_of_ede/#comment-201 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:02:20 +0000 http://rd.wpram.com/?p=345#comment-201 Hi Ross, you might be interested in what the newRepublic organisation is trying to do. They recently staged a well-attended pilot World Cafe event in Sydney to explore how our representative democracy could be reinforced. While eParticipation offers new methods of engagement, increased citizen participation needs to be encouraged full stop. This has been happening at the local and regional levels with more and more Citizens Juries making recommendations on planning and infrastructure issues, for example. The newRepublic movement will attempt to take this possibility to a new level.

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