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Victoria - The eGovernment Resource Centre receives a Special Mention at the World e-Democracy Awards 2008

PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum have announced the Final Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics in 2008.

The eGovernment Resource Centre was selected in the top 10 from the 25 finalists! We participated as honored guests at the World eDemocracy Forum on October 16-17, 2008, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, (Paris, France) where we took part in the e-Democracy awards ceremony and other special programs throughout the two-day forum.

There were four principal e-Democracy Awards 2008 announced.

The four awards went to:

Andrew Rasiej, Founder and President of TechPresident.com, - e-Democracy World Forum’s Award 2008
Barack Obama, mybarackobama.com, the US Presidential democrat candidate - International and Politics Online Award
the Spanish Socialist Party - the European and Politech Award; and
the Dream + project lead by the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in France

Special Mentions went to:

the Victorian Government's eGovernment Resource Centre which has been aggregating the world’s e-Government strategies;
David All, founder of slatecard.com and of TechRepublican.com, a kind of “political Facebook”;
David Kralik, Director of internet Strategy for American Solutions, with Newt Gingrich, they animate a “platform for American people” online;
Firoze Manji, Chief Editor of Pambazuka News, produced by a pan african community of over 1000 citizens.

This is the ninth year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world have been invited to help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.

A big thank you to everyone who voted for this site and made us a finalist in this competition! It was a great privilege to receive a "Special Mention".

For your interest, the top 10 finalists were:

Oscar Swartz
Pambazuka News
Barack Obama, mybarackobama.com
HuffPost’s OffTheBus
David Kralik, American Solutions
MTV’s Choose or Lose
David All
eGovernment Resource Centre in the State of Victoria, Australia
Farmsubsidy.org
The Social Liberal Party of Denmark

The eGovernment Resource Centre has been aggregating the world's eGovernment strategies, eDemocracy initiatives, ICT policies, website standards, government information and communications technology (ICT) and government website best practices and standards for more than ten years. Published by the Victorian Government in Australia, it contains summaries of more than 12,500 external resources and 1500 articles. It is the foremost repository for everything eGovernment in the world. The site attracts more than 20,000 visitors each month and provides a weekly newsletter and RSS news feeds to its readership. Members are able to bookmark their favorite resources, rate and review content.