PArticipatory Networks and Databases for Environmental Research and Assessment. Pilot study of the Venetian community – PANDORA
The PANDORA project aims to engage the community of the “citizens of the web” by developing a participatory, multimedia, interactive platform through the use of ICTs. In this new “virtual agorà” each citizen can express his or her views, needs, and concerns, can exchange information, debate ideas, and co-operate with other users to consider the major themes related to sustainable development.
The PANDORA project aims to engage the community of the “citizens of the web” by developing a participatory, multimedia, interactive platform through the use of ICTs. In this new “virtual agorà” each citizen can express his or her views, needs, and concerns, can exchange information, debate ideas, and co-operate with other users to consider the major themes related to sustainable development. Citizen participation will result in a bottom- up contribution to the public debate and can offer useful information to the process of local e-governance.The PANDORA project explores ways of collecting and including knowledge from a range of actors into integrated planning and assessment processes. The effectiveness of this contribution to the public decision-making process will depend on the results of user participation and on potential contact with public administrators.