Atelier Studio Associato
Initiatives

Design and development of the Arteinscena web service for custom-tailored costume patterns.

Constitution and co-ordination of the “TLL Sicily” regional partnership, including the Planning Department of the Sicilian Region, CRES and a range of local development actors, for building a “Territorial Living Lab” within the ENoLL European Network of Living Labs (2007- ).

Participation in the International Program Committee of the e-Challenges conference 2008-Stockholm, 2007-the Hague, 2006–Barcellona, 2005-Ljubljana, 2004-Vienna and 2003-Bologna. Organisation of conference workshops on "eDemocracy and Participation" (Bologna, 2003), "eDemocracy and eCitizenship" (Vienna, 2004) and "Living Labs and Regional Development" (Stockholm, 2008).

Constitution and co-ordination of the DEMOsfera (2003-) initiative for the experimentation of new tools and methods of citizen participation in eDemocracy, with the DEMOnews (February 2004-) and DEMOdai (feasibility study) initiatives. With the DEMOsfera group, organization of “Consultative propositions of citizen interest” in conjunction with Primary elections of the Unione for the Candidate for Mayor of Palermo, 2007. Management of the “comitatixrita” website and design and implementation of an innovative system for managing polling station representatives for the 2006 Regional elections (Sicilian Region). Development and experimentation of a web service for “democracy points” and a telematics voting system for Primary Elections for the candidate to President of the Province of Palermo (2002-2003).

Constitution and co-ordination of the Palermo Group of the Club of Rome, for the development of mid-term visions and scenarios for the Euro-Mediterranean area (2003-04).

Management of a free-access, open electronic conferencing system as the basis for participation networks (VOX, Virtual OrganiXation) and a tool for distance group work in local and European initiatives (1995-2006).