http://data.europa.eu/2sa/elap/social-participation Social participation refers to Promoting Civic Participation and Transparency of Government Decision-Making Processes covering policies concerning ICT. Rationale The usage of digital environments can promote new kinds of sociability, support, and usability or revive certainly lost facets of social ties. The construction of more effective public services, as well as new kinds of communication and interaction between citizens and the various levels of government, can all be facilitated by the use of digital tools. Even more public involvement in various levels of local management processes is possible with their use. These fresh working alliances also contribute to the legitimacy and increased transparency of public activity. Some examples of social participation are: � E-democracy � E-participation � Government-to-citizen (G2C) � Citizen-to-government (C2G) � Citizen-to-citizen (C2C) � Open governance partnership � Grass-root activism and social networking � Political campaigns � Online media � I-voting � Mechanisms: e-petitions, online consultation and crowd-sourcing platforms etc. Principle Source Digital Democracy of European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)