1. Surveys in the field of
e-participation: comparison
of world experience
CeDEM14, Krems (Austria), May 22, 2014
Radomir Bolgov
St. Petersburg State University,
Senior Lecturer, PhD
Universitetskaya nab., 7/9
199034, St. Petersburg, Russia
+7812-328-2000
rbolgov@yandex.ru
Andrei Chugunov
e-Gov Center, Director, PhD
V.O., Birzhevaya line, 14,
office 270
199034, St.Petersburg, Russia
+7812-457-1796
chugunov@egov-center.ru
Olga Filatova
St. Petersburg State University,
Associate Professor, PhD
Universitetskaya nab., 7/9
199034, St. Petersburg, Russia
+7812-328-2000
filatovo@gmail.com
Saint-Petersburg State University
eng.spbu.ru
eGovernment Center
National Research University ITMO,
Russia / St.Petersburg
www.egov-center.ru/en

2. lack of studies of how public
opinion and experts react to
eDemocracy and eParticipation
processes.
not so mush published studies
of the assessment of citizens’
trust to eDemocracy tools.
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THE PROBLEM::

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Principles of comparative analysis.
Five expert and public surveys on e-democracy and e-
participation (2010-2013),
Switzerland, the United States, Central and Eastern
Europe, the EU and Russia.
Set of parameters for comparison:
- Type of Study;
- Most important sectors;
- Problems, threats and challenges to e-participation.
METHODOLOGY AND
RESEARCH MATERIAL::

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1.The Survey on Participation at Geneva's Constituent
Assembly, Switzerland, 2010.
2. E-participation/E-democracy Survey, 2011, U.S.A., by
the company “ICMA”.
3. Expert survey of Central and Eastern Europe Citizens
Network (CEE CN) "Do you e-participate?", 2011, by the
Institute for Electronic Participation (Slovenia)
4. Final analysis report “Public Services Online 'Digital by
Default or by Detour?' - Assessing User Centric
eGovernment performance in Europe - eGovernment
Benchmark 2012”, by the Directorate-General of
Communications Networks, Content & Technology of the
European Commission
5. Public opinion survey on e-Government and E-
Democracy Development, 2013, by the Russian Public
Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM)
THE RESEARCH::

5. 1) there is a similarity in attitude to e-
democracy among people in the U.S., the
EU and Switzerland on the one hand, and
Russia and the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe on the other hand
2) there is a difference between the
opinion of citizens and the opinion of
experts
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THE HYPOTHESES::

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- To compare the mature democratic
systems (Western countries) with
countries that either only recently have
completed democratic transition (Central
and Eastern Europe) or are still in
transition (Russia).
- To understand to which extent the
principles of e-democracy can be applied
across the national borders.
THE IMPORTANCE::

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Russia and CEE: e-collaboration is not
mentioned as one of the most important
sectors. However, in all other surveys this
component is present.
All respondents mentioned such
important sector as e-petitioning.
Differences in views on e-democracy
between experts and citizens.
KEY FINDINGS::

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Public opinion surveys on e-participation
have only recently come out in greater
numbers.
Covered only Europe and North America
=> it is possible to expect similar surveys in
Asia.
=> to compare results of public opinion polls
and experts surveys in Europe, the US,
Russia and Asian countries.
THE FUTURE WORK::

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Radomir Bolgov,
rbolgov@yandex.ru
CeDEM14, Krems (Austria), May 22, 2014