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Dear Readers,
Democratic governments around the globe are increasingly seeking to find new and effective ways to involve citizens in policy making. Through its unique blend of trust between citizens and government, and the existence of a vibrant, tech-savvy civil society, Taiwan has become a front-runner in the development and implementation of innovative citizen participation.
The eighth issue of our SHORTCUT series deals with two particularly notable Taiwanese participation instruments: the Join platform and vTaiwan. Whereas the Join platform is a government-run participation hub that is most notable for its petitioning function, vTaiwan is an online-offline platform run by a collective of “civic hackers”. What both instruments have in common is a high level of government support and a strong engagement of civil society and citizens.
The SHORTCUT publication series presents interesting approaches, methods and examples for solving democratic challenges in a concise and clear format.
We hope you will enjoy the reading!
Dominik Hierlemann and Anna Renkamp
Click here to read the SHORTCUT online
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