Using affordable and accessible technology can help enhance immigrant groups' social, cultural, and political participation. Manuals should be created for immigrants and authorities on models for inclusion through cost-effective digital tools. While free and open tools reduce costs and shared links improve sustainability, there is a risk users could get lost online without considering beneficiaries, colleagues, and stakeholders.

1. Networking lunch 7.10.2010 Immigrant Inclusion by e Participation: Using affordable, appropriate, and accessible ICT

3. technology -> models for enhanced social, cultural and political participation and inclusion -> manuals for immigrant groups and authorities

4. Going where everybody is already

5. Free and open tools = reduced costs Shared links = improved sustainability

6. Risk of being lost in the web – mind the beneficiary, colleague, stakeholder

7. In the complete 2005 season of American Idol just over 500 million votes were cast. In 2004 the American Presidential election garnered a paltry 122 million votes .