Open-source governanceOpen-source governance (also known as open governance and open politics) is a political philosophy which advocates the application of the philosophies of the open-source and open-content movements to democratic principles to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of policy, as with a wiki document. Legislation is democratically opened to the general citizenry, employing their collective wisdom to benefit the decision-making process and improve democracy. Theories on how to constrain, limit or enable this participation vary.
Online deliberationOnline deliberation is a broad term used to describe many forms of non-institutional, institutional and experimental online discussions. The term also describes the emerging field of practice and research related to the design, implementation and study of deliberative processes that rely on the use of electronic information and communications technologies (ICT). Although the Internet and social media have fostered discursive participation and deliberation online through computer-mediated communication, the academic study of online deliberation started in the early 2000s.
E-participationElectronic participation (e-participation) refers to the use of ICT in facilitating citizen participation in government-related processes, encompassing areas such as administration, service delivery, decision-making, and policy-making. As such, e-participation shares close ties with e-government and e-governance participation. The term's emergence aligns with the digitization of citizen interests and interactions with political service providers, primarily due to the proliferation of e-government.
CyberdémocratieLa cyberdémocratie, démocratie numérique ou démocratie électronique, consiste en l'utilisation d'Internet pour développer la démocratie, en se servant de sites web comme support des informations, des débats voire des processus de décisions démocratiques. La cyberdémocratie cherche à répondre à l'idéal démocratique dans lequel tous les citoyens seraient des participants égaux aux propositions, aux créations et à la mise en œuvre des lois. La cyberdémocratie est une traduction littérale du terme américain Cyberdemocracy.
Administration électroniqueL’administration électronique ou administration en ligne ou encore dématérialisation des services publics désigne l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) par les administrations publiques visant à rendre les services publics plus accessibles à leurs usagers et à améliorer leur fonctionnement interne. L'administration électronique peut se développer dans tout type d'administration ou de service public, en contact avec le public (front-office) ou non (back-office).
