About us
"Democracy is much bigger than Party Politics. ICELE will work with all Parties to help ensure local people are well informed and have a real voice in local decision making. Democratic participation is steadily declining, yet opportunities to involve local people in local decision making, are growing every day. From text voting, to online consultations, we need to harness new technologies to make it easy for people across the country to get involved in the democratic process." Cllr Matthew Ellis
ICELE aims to provide best practice advice, support and practical solutions to help local authorities increase national eParticipation rates.
ICELE has been in development since early 2006 and has been designed to take forward the work of the eDemocracy National Project, as well as create new solutions to drive up eParticipation rates. Lichfield District Council supports the development of ICELE as the responsible authority for the Centre
Some of the products from the eDemocracy National Projects, together with discussions and forums on the issues that local authorities face in their work to engage their local communities through eDemocracy and eParticipation, were discussed at the e-Participation Symposium in July 2006. For more details of the event, including speaker video files, click here