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Communities and citizenship

Active Citizenship Centre
– a partnership organisation promoting research in active citizenship and community engagement.

Institute for Citizenship
– an independent charitable trust aimed at promoting informed active citizenship and greater participation in democracy and society.

Citizenship Foundation
– a charity established by the Law Society to develop and promote citizenship education.

Citizens Online
– a registered charity aimed at promoting universal internet access and addressing the issues around digital inclusion.

Communities Online
– a not-for-profit company addressing the use of ICTs in communities and neighbourhoods.

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eLearning

British Educational Communications & Technology Agency (BECTA) – the UK Government’s key partner in the strategic development of ICTs for online learning and training at all educational levels.

The Community Learning Resource
– a range of documents relevant to e-learning for adults/ community-based learners.

eLearningEuropa
– a portal focusing on the use of ICTs to improve learning, developed by the European Commission.

EducaNext
– the online exchange of learning resources open to members of the academic or research community.

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eGovernance

Best eEurope Practices – this EC-funded site provides access to hundreds of case study examples in the use of ICTs across Europe.

eGovernment Good Practice Framework
– an initiative of the European Commission.

Hansard Society
– an independent educational charity promoting effective parliamentary democracy.

Local eDemocracy National Project
– supported by the ODPM, this project aims to harness the potential of ICTs to encourage citizen participation in local decision-making, addressing e-services tailored to the needs of both citizens and their cities.

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Research organisations

CIRA (Community Informatics Research & Applications Unit, Uni. of Teeside).

Communities of practice
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EUROCITIES
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International Teledemocracy Centre
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Intelligent Community Forum
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OECD
(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development).

OII (Oxford Internet Institute).

Swedish TelePedagogic Knowledge Society
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Other

Europa – the portal site of the European Union.

CORDIS
– European Research & Development information service.

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