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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 • 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 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 10.