How to Grow? Online Consultation about Growth in the City of Hamburg: Methods, Techniques, Success Factors

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acesso:23-10-2009

Abstract. This paper is concerned with the online public engagement ?Leitbild
Metropolis Hamburg ? Growing City? which has been conducted in the context
of the EU project DEMOS (Delphi Mediation Online System). The result of
DEMOS is an innovative Internet platform facilitating democratic discussions
and participative public opinion formation. The test of the DEMOS approach
and the software system during the online discussion in the City of Hamburg
was one of the most successful projects in electronic democracy or participation
ever conducted on a municipal level. The paper introduces the DEMOS
approach and system, describes the political background of the discussed
?Leitbild Growing City? and the results. The authors try to identify success
factors for online public engagement projects.