Prof. Dr. UI rich Karpen (ed.)

E-Government

Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the European Association of Legislation (EAL) in Athens (), November 28th - 29th, 2002

• Nomos Contents

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 , 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, 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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