Discussions

Welcome to the Democracy Forum 2001 discussion areas.

Here you will find a range of open discussion forums relating directly to the topics addressed by Democracy Forum 2001 and its five workshops.

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Click here for a brief general overview of discussion forums.

You may wish to register prior to actively participating in the discussions. Registering will enable you to receive email notification when someone replies to a topic you have posted, and will also allow you to edit or add to your messages after you have posted them. You will need a valid email address for this purpose. When you have filled in your registration information, an email will be sent to you containing a password.

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You may also jump directly to the discussions area for a particular Workshop:

Workshop 1: How Governments and Parliaments are Using Information and Communication Technology

Workshop 2: Political Expression in the ICT Age - The Role of Political Parties.

Workshop 3: Introducing Technology to Elections: A Sustainable Approach

Workshop 4: Local Democracy Online

Workshop 5: Opening up Authoritarian States.

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What is a discussion forum?

A discussion forum on the Internet is simply a place where views or ideas can be expressed in an interactive manner. Anyone who wishes to may write a comment or opinion and make it available for public viewing, using the tools included in the discussion forum. Once the comment has been posted, others may respond to it or post comments of their own. As participation in the forum grows, a series of interactive dialogues develop. Some topics will result in long chains of comment and response; others, perhaps because they are less striking or pertinent, may provoke no discussion at all. In every case, the dialogue is defined by the individual participants who choose to enter the discussion.

Joining the discussion requires no special software and no registration. All you need to do is to find a topic that interests you and either post a new comment, question, or idea, or contribute to an already ongoing discussion.

Registration, which is not required but encouraged, will allow you to edit your posts after you have sent them, and to receive email notification when someone responds to a topic you have posted.

Should you have any additional questions on how to become involved, please contact Jimm Lerch, Forum Co-ordinator at j.lerch@idea.int.

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