This monday I attended the fifth edition of Social Strategy Talk on eParticipation and Open Data. Different Dutch projects presented their work and findings. Even some eParticipation and Open Data projects from the UK presented their cases.

One of the biggest eParticipation projects in The Netherlands is AiAmsterdam which was formed in a response to the local government that then had prohibited drinking while standing in Amsterdam. The online and offline movement has more members than many politicle parties in our country, showing the power of the social web as a ‘shortcut to democracy’. Currently they are planning their next big secret project.