Blogs

August 19, 2004 · Blogs

EDRI-gram in other languages

EDRI-gram is available in German, a few days after the English edition. The translation is done by Andreas Krisch from the EDRI-member VIBE!AT – Austrian Association for Internet Users. Translations are available for all 2006 editions at http://www.unwatched.org/ (Parts of) EDRI-gram are also available in Macedonian, a few days after the English edition. The contents […]

August 17, 2004 · Blogs

UK Right to Read Campaign

Within the UK the Royal National Institute of the Blind, RNIB, is currently running a Right to Read Campaign, in alliance with several other organisations. This seeks to do something about the huge gap between the number of titles published in print and the small amount that become available in accessible formats, whether from the […]

August 16, 2004 · Blogs

Issues

European Digital Rights covers many issues relating to privacy and digital rights, from data retention to copyright and software patents, from the transfer of passenger data to freedom of speech online and the security and privacy problems arising from e-voting. The wide range of topics covered in the bi-weekly newsletter EDRI-gram are thematically organised in […]

August 13, 2004 · Blogs

EDRI-gram

August 4, 2004 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 2.15, 4 August 2004

July 15, 2004 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 2.14, 15 July 2004

June 30, 2004 · Blogs

Analysis of online presence Romanian MPs

The online presence of Romanian MPs is still not very strong. According to a survey published by the Romanian eDemocracy group, the websites of the 2 chambers only present information and ignore bi-directional communication with citizens. In the absence of any interactive services, e-mail is the most important means of communication. But only 27% of […]

June 30, 2004 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 2.13, 30 June 2004

June 30, 2004 · Blogs

E-Openness awards for Ukrainian city councils

During the international conference in Kiev ‘Freedom of Information, Transparency, E-governance: Civic Society View’ on 15 June 2004 the first Awards for E-Openness in the Ukraine were presented to 4 city councils. The aim of the Award is to demonstrate best practices of local authorities in interaction via official web sites. The Award is called […]

June 16, 2004 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 2.12, 16 June 2004

June 16, 2004 · Blogs

Call for participation in EDRI and EDRI-gram

EDRI kindly invites readers from any region represented in the Council of Europe to get involved in EDRI, and suggest items for EDRI-gram. Please contact the editor or the board of EDRI if you’re interested in participating and promote the up-keeping of digital civil rights in Europe. EDRI also welcomes applications for informal membership from […]

June 16, 2004 · Blogs

New members join EDRI

During the annual general assembly of EDRI-members on 12 June 2004 in Berlin, Germany, two new members were admitted, both from Germany. The Netzwerk Neue Medien (network new media) is a digital civil rights organisation that aims to strengthen and critically analyse the public debate about socio-political aspects of the new media. In February 2003 […]