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pol-di.net
- about us
pol-di.net e.V. is a digital think tank in the European information
society. As a European non-profit organization, pol-di.net has been
running Germany’s leading independent information and communication
platform about internet and politics since 1998 under the address
www.politik-digital.de.
In close cooperation with actors from the fields of politics, economy
and science, pol-di.net develops solutions for current challenges
of the information society and actively supports these actors. poldi-net
e.V. offers journalistic content and internet chats with well-known
politicians, as well as scientific expertise with studies and research
about politics, communication and the Internet. To accompany the process of European integration, in 2001 pol-di.net
also initiated and funded the foundation of the platform www.europa-digital.de,
which has since become independent. politik-digital.de is Berlin-based.
In coordination with the German founders, sister organizations were
founded in France (www.politique-digitale.fr),
Switzerland (www.politik-digital.ch)
and the Netherlands (www.politiek-digitaal.nl).
Awards politik-digital.de was awarded the "Grimme Online Award Medienkompetenz"
("Grimme Online Award For Media Expertise") in 2001. Also,
politik-digital.de was awarded the "Alternativer Medienpreis
2003" ("Alternative Media Award 2003"). In 2001 and
2003, Politics Online featured politik-digital.de as one of the
"25 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics".
Additionally, the Weblog "Metablocker" was nominated in
the category "Best Journalistic German Blog" in Deutsche
Welle’s "Best of the Blogs Awards" in 2004. The Editors at politik-digital.de Core of pol-di.net’s journalistic content is the website
www.politik-digital.de,
where articles and dossiers about "internet and politics"
are published every Thursday. The content is produced by a network
of about 100 volunteers, who are headed by a regular editor-in-chief.
All this is complemented by a weekly newsletter with about 8.000
subscribers. The newsletter allows for text advertising. politik-digital.de Weblogs politik-digital.de runs two weblogs: "Metablocker"
and "Mierscheid
Weblog". Metablocker offers up-to-date short news about
e-democracy and e-government. Mierscheid Weblog is the weblog of
virtual member of the Bundestag (German parliament) Jakob Maria
Mierscheid, who comments on day-to-day Bundestag events. Chats For tagesschau.de, politik-digital.de regularly conducts internet
chats. Among the roughly 350 chat guests have been Johannes Rau,
Wolfgang Thierse, Angela Merkel, Renate Künast, Gregor Gysi,
Guido Westerwelle and many other well-known and influential German
personalities. (For an overview, see the complete
list.) State and federal ministries, stern.de, Bundeszentrale
für politische Bildung, arte-tv (bi-lingual chats), BOL, Initiative
D21 and others have also been chat partners. Research Scientific studies have been conducted in cooperation with or on
behalf of Bertelsman-Stiftung, Accenture consulting, Bundeszentrale
für politische Bildung, University Gießen’s Zentrum
für Medien und Interaktivität, Hessischer Rundfunk, the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Initiative
D21, among others. The most recent projects are: Benchmarks Since 1998, politik-digital.de has conducted benchmarkings of innovative
websites such as a comparision of e-government activities of German
cities ("eTown", on behalf of Initiative D21), a comparison
of the German Bundestag candidates’ websites ("eCandidates"
in cooperation with emnid@emind), a comparision of international
marketing strategies of German universites ("Glob@lma Mater,
on behalf of DAAD) or a comparision of the websites of German state
parliaments. German Federal Elections 2002 For the German federal elections 2002, pol-di.net provided both
concept and the journalistic content for the project www.wahlthemen.de
for Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung bpb (The Federal
Agency for Civic Education) and University Gießen’s
Zentrum für Medien und Interaktivität (Center for Media
and Interactivity). The project was awarded the "Europrix 2002"
in the category "Citizens, Democracy and eGovernment: Empowerment
and Improvement", which was initiated by the European Commission. German Federal Elections 2005 During the election campaign 2005 with www.ich-gehe-nicht-hin.de
("i won’t go there"), politik-digital.de offered
a website for people who were considering not to participate in
the election. It aimed at initiating a debate about the pros and
cons of voting in an innovative, provocative way. Media coverage
ranging from "taz" to "tagesthemen" and more
than 13.000 posts in eight weeks clearly showed the demand for this
kind of citizen debate. UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) In the context of WSIS, politik-digital.de and Deutsche Gesellschaft
für die Vereinten Nationen (German Society for the United Nations)
developed an German-language awareness website where experts and
journalists have a say about the summit’s topics (www.gipfelthemen.de).
The project has since been continued on behalf InWent and the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Citizen-Politician Communication In May 2006, politik-digital.de launched www.sie-schreiben-dir.de
("they write you"). This platform aims at fostering communication
between representatives and citizens in their respective constituencies.
Users find their representative by entering their ZIP code and leave
their email address if they want to be contacted by their representative.
When there is a certain number of interested users, the representative
is asked by email to inform "his" citizens about his regional
policies. Offline Events In addition, politik-digital regularly runs offline events about
online journalism and e-democracy. Besides the two event series
"spin off" and "poldi meets the press", politik-digital.de
has repeatedly organized events in cooperation with British Council
Berlin. At current, politik-digital.de is preparing for a series
of events with Initiative ProDialog in autuum of 2006. Football World Cup 2006 With an interative world map on www.fussball-konflikte.de
("football conflicts"), users were entertainingly educated
about conflicts between nations which were facing each other in
World Cup matches. By clicking a country, all the countries to be
faced during the upcoming World Cup round highlighted. With a second
click, the website visitor would pick a "match" –
and get informed about the off-the-football-ground conflicts between
these two nations. Contact details Christoph Dowe
Further information:
most recent update: 17 August 2006
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