Prof. Dr. UI rich Karpen (ed.)
E-Government
Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the European Association of Legislation (EAL) in Athens (Greece), November 28th - 29th, 2002
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List of Abbreviations 11
Opening Session 13
Opening address by Mr. KOSTAS SKANDALIDIS, Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization 15
Address by Prof. KOSTAS MAVRIAS, President of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Parliament, President of the Association of Greek Constitutionalists 18
Address by Prof. SPYRIDON FLOGAITIS, Director of the European Public Law Center 20
Address by Dr. EVRIPIDIS STYLIANIDIS, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, President of PANDEKTIS - Hellenic Union for the Democracy and Legislation 21
Address and introduction into the works of the Conference by Prof. ULRICH KARPEN, Chairman of the EAL 23
First Session 29 e-technology and Government 29
Chairperson: Mr. MACIEJ GRANIECKI, Poland 29
Prof. ANTONIO A. MARTINO, Italy: »e-democracy, e-government, e-business« - introduction, terminology, system 31 Dr. KLAUS M. NUTZENBERGER, Eurocommunalle: »e-participation on different levels and in different areas« - local, state, European level, parties, unions etc. 42
Dr. HANNA MURALT MULLER, Switzerland: »e-voting: New Technology and General, Direct, Free, Equal and Secret Selections« 47
Chairperson: Prof. PATRICIA POPEUER, Belgium
Dr. EVRIPIDES STYLIANIDIS, Greece: »e-democracy and the Role of Citizens in the Decision Making« 57
Second Session 65 e-technology: Chances and Risks 65
Chairperson: Prof. KOSTAS MAVRIAS, Greece 65
Prof. SPYRIDON FLOGAITIS, Greece: »Chances« - legislation drafting in the context of e-democracy 67
Mr. ROBERT C. BERGERON, Canada: »More Transparency of the Law« - e-democracy, codification and consolidation of law 70
Dr. GEORGE GERAPETRITIS, Greece: e-democracy and Access to Governmental Information - including digital divide: information rich and poor 79
Chairperson: Dr. TITO GALLAS, Belgium
Mr. CHRISTIAN AHLUND, Sweden: »Dangers« - data protection, intimacy, control of personal information 93 Third Session 97 e-technology in a Democratic State 97
Chairperson: Ms. ANNELEN MICUS, Germany 97
Mr. MARTINS PRIEDITIS, Council of Europe: »Critical Participation in Legislation - from draft to implementation and evaluation 99
Prof. JEAN-PIERRE DUPRAT, France: »The Citizen and his Deputee« - hearings, chat-rooms etc. 119
Prof. HEINZ SCHAFFER, Austria: »The Citizen and his Administration« - the virtual town-hall, »one stop shops« 138
Mr. NIKOLAS SARIDAKIS, Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization: »One stop shop - the Greek experience« 160
Chairperson: Prof. Luzius MADER, SWITZERLAND
Dr. JAN GROTHEER, Germany: »e-courts« 163
Fourth Session 173
Experiences and Results 173
Chairperson: Dr. BARBEL R. DORBECK-JUNG, The Netherlands 173
Mrs. MARY-ANN MARKOU-STAVRINIDES and Ms. THEODORA PIPERI, Cyprus: »e-democracy in Cyprus« 175
Prof. ROBERT W. BENNETT, United States of America: »e-democracy in Northern America« 185 Mr. VOLKER HEYDT, European Commission: »Making Europe Transparent« — e-government in the European Union 194
Dr. KONSTANTINOS TSIMARAS, Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization: »An opening to the new technologies: the e-government in Greece« 209
Chairperson: Mrs. LEDA KOURSOUMBA, Cyprus
Prof. T. ST. JOHN N. BATES, Great Britain: »Elcctronic Tcchnology« - new instrument of democracy or trigger for a »new dcmocracy«? 214
Bibliography 225
Index of Persons 234
Subject Index 238
List of Participants 253
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