%0 Journal Article
%T E-democracy Projects in the Regions of Lithuania: Evaluation Aspects.404
%A Rimantas Petrauskas
%J Social Technologies
%D 2012
%I Mykolas Romeris University
%X Purpose¡ªthe purpose of the article is to analyse and evaluate e-participation projects in Lithuanian municipalities on the peculiarities of involving different social technologies.Design/methodology/approach is based on analysis of scientific literature, projects reports and comparative analysis of websites under new index for assessment of e-democracy projects.Findings¡ªthe paper presents an original overview of municipalities¡¯ e-participation projects and its peculiarities on the support of different tools and technologies.Research limitations/implications¡ªthis research deals only with documents and opinions of municipalities and is limited to one side of the e-participation process. In order to generalize the research findings, further investigation should include empirical surveys of citizens¡¯ opinions concerning the effectiveness of e-participation projects.Practical implications¡ªthe results can be used to improve collaboration of citizens with public servants in e-participation projects that are important to Lithuanian institutions.Originality/Value¡ªevaluation of e-participation projects in the new index for assessment in Lithuanian municipalities has not yet been examined deeply enough.Research type: research paper.
%K e-democracy
%K e-participation
%K e-participation tools
%K e-participation technologies
%K e-government
%U http://www.mruni.eu/en/mokslo_darbai/st/paskutinis_numeris/dwn.php?id=340098