AMMAN — The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship recently finished preparing a draft Jordanian Policy for E-Participation to better define roles and responsibilities of government agencies in enabling e-participation.
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The e-participation policy, consists of three main axes, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. E-Information seeks to provide information in an "understandable" form that guarantees easy, comprehensive access.
E-Consultations is meant to conduct public consultations to obtain the opinions of stakeholders and interested parties about the government's work. And E-Decision-making eyes involving beneficiaries in the government process.
The Cabinet, which has approved Jordan E-Participation Policy 2021, has sent the document to all ministries, institutions, and government agencies so they can comply with its content.
The e-participation policy aims to improve community participation in preparing legislation and decision-making at the governmental level, improve the quality of public services, inform the government on decisions to suit the beneficiaries' needs, enhance transparency, increase confidence in the government, and improve the flow and access to information.
The policy will be applied to all legislation, plans, instructions and regulatory tools issued by government agencies, institutions, and bodies, including municipalities and provincial councils, to enable beneficiaries to contribute to making decisions that suit their needs.
According to the Jordan News Agency, Petra the government will also work to promote women's e- participation by appropriately supervising citizens' dialogues and their contributions to public consultations to reduce gender-based "sexism" and hate speech in all its forms.
The government, in cooperation with the National Committee for Women's Affairs and relevant authorities, will also study mechanisms to empower women digitally to integrate them in the government's plans.
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