Objectives and targets of the EuroPetition project

Objective                     

Target                                                                                     

1. 

Demonstration of a local and European-wide EuroPetition service.

(a)     Adoption and operation of at least 1 regional multimedia discussion forum in each in each of 5 Pilot Trial Regions across the EU in ES,IT,NL,SE and UK,

(b)     Adoption and operation of a localised EuroPetition service in each of 5 Pilot Trial Regions across the EU in ES,IT,NL,SE and UK, and resulting in at least 5 local petitions for consideration within each of the regions.

(c)     Provision of 1 cross-border EuroPetition from each of the 5 Regions for submission to the European Parliament’s PETI Petitions Committee (5 in total).

(d)     One pan-European Citizens’ Initiative EuroPetition where citizens will call on the Commission to bring forward new policy proposals with the support of 1 million people from the Consortium’s 5 EU Member States (ES,IT,NL,SE,UK).

2.  

Increased participation of citizens in EU issues and/or cross-border issues among EU countries.

(a)     25% increase in citizen participation in democratic  processes through participation in ePetitions to their regional, cross-border and EU decision makers, in 5 very different legislative regions across the EU during the project.

3.      

Sustainable operation of the EuroPetition Service

(a)     Viability Plan for subsequent sustainable operation of the service across Europe.