The award ceremony took place in Stockholm, Sweden, last Friday, a commission spokesman said Thursday.
The commission's "People's Online Petition and Discussion Portal" won the Best Demonstration Stand Award among 26 systems presented by 10 countries including Germany, Britain and Austria.
"As a model system to help solve citizens' difficulties, I think the excellence of the online petition system began to be recognized," ACRC spokesman Kim Dok-man said. "Besides, winning the prize provides an opportunity to promote South Korea's advanced e-government system at home and abroad."
The ACRC launched the system (www.epeople.go.kr) in June 2006 by merging scattered online channels which had collected civil complaints and petitions.
The organization began to extend the online service to local governments in February, which allows citizens in provincial areas to suggest policies and join policy-making.
The annual conference supported by the European Commission has sought for 18 years to bring together over 650 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organizations around the world to bridge the digital divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Kim Sue-young
Quelle/Source: The Korea Times, 30.10.2008
