Electronic Participation Tools
     for Spatial Planning
and Territorial Development

PILOTS

Several regional pilots were helded during the project. The two ICT solutions proposed - DEMOS-Plan and eTM - were adopted and the contents of which reflected the specific goals and needs of the public sector entities (and local stakeholder/citizen communities) involved in participatory spatial planning and/or strategic environmental assessment exercises. All of them are presented in the following table:

Partner in charge

Thematic Content

Spatial Planning

SEA

Strategic Planning

Other

Regione Toscana, IT

Two Electronic Town Meetings
(June & December 2011)
dealing with:

a) Sustainable and competitive tourism (90 participants)

90

b) Solid waste management, storage and differentiation (70 participants)

70

City of Hamburg, DE

Distributed management of a spatial plan amendment session involving 72 stakeholders from the Bergedorf district (August-September 2011). Use of DEMOS-Plan (integrated into the Hamburg IT and geodata infrastructure)

72

University of Ulster, UK

Eight Electronic Town Meetings
(August 2011-April 2012)
on the following topics:

a) Provision of a roadmap for the AHP health and social well-being policies in Northern Ireland (90 participants)

90

b) Development of a Regional response to the UK Cabinet Office’s consultation on Open Data (50 participants)

50

c) Exploration of how local businesses can be supported in their innovation activities using partnerships models with academic and government stakeholders including universities and development bodies (60 participants)

60

d) Engagement of stakeholders in North Belfast in a civic debate on how to address issues related to unemployment in local community (80 participants)

80

e) Maximising Social Value Through Public Sector Procurement, a discussion that involved a range of stakeholders from industry, academia, government, and the voluntary and charitable sector (50 participants)

50

f) Innovation in Sustainable Construction and Energy Management, a discussion that involved a number of stakeholders from industry, academia and government (75 participants)

75

g) Brain Computer Neural Interfaces (BCNI) to support people with neurological problems living at home, a debate that saw the participation of 45 staff and students from University of Ulster School of Health Sciences

45

h) Embedding Telehealth in Care & Service Provision, a discussion that saw the participation of 60 people from the University of Ulster and the South Eastern Regional Health and Social Care Trust.

60

ANETEL (Larnaca District Development Agency) & the Voroklini Community Council, CY

Two consecutive trials
(January & February 2012):

a) Stakeholders consultation on the Draft Rural Development Plan for the District of Larnaca (15 comments in DEMOS-Plan, 37 by email, 6 by post, and 39 questions)

20

b) Electronic Town Meeting on the open planning issues for the communitarian progress of the Voroklini Community (39 participants)

39

University of Palermo, IT

An Electronic Town Meeting (February 2012) on the creation of a shared vision of development for the heritage site known as “Maredolce Castle” and the whole second district of “Brancaccio” in the City of Palermo (80 participants)

80

Turku University of Applied Sciences, FI

Four Electronic Town Meetings
(January 2011-March 2012) on
the following topics:

a) Participation in a software development process at the Technical University of Applied Sciences (31 participants, mostly students and teachers)

31

b) Actions to improve efficiency in the people’s use of energy in the Hakastarö building (46 participants, including DEMOS-Plan users)

46

c) Village planning and development in the Turku Archipelago (citizens from the Korppoo and Utö communities, 46 participants)

46

d) Village planning and development in the town of Pargas (citizens from the Houtskär community, 42 participants)

42

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