Sentences with phrase «online participation in democracy»

The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet.

The theme of this year's OneWebDay is online participation in democracy, coinciding with the U.S. elections.

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«Our online voter registration portal is key in this administration's efforts to knock down barriers to democracy and encourage more participation in the electoral process,» Cuomo said in the release.

2) International PB Conference: During this two - day conference organized by The Participatory Budgeting Project, Pratt Institute, and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, CVH leaders and staff, along with over 200 elected officials, community leaders, and activists from across the world, will discuss key topics and trends for this model of grassroots democracy, including PB in Public Housing, PB in Community Organizations, Online Participation, and the PBNYC Briefing (see below).

To prepare young people for online civic participation, A publicly supported virtual laboratory of democracy should be created that enables young people to become socialized to an online civic society and to learn how to act — in a civic manner — upon issues of importance to them and the larger society.