Klaartje Peters member of evaluation committee of Dutch emergency law on online decision-making
Klaartje Peters, holder of the Special Chair on Local and regional Governance at FASoS, will be member of an evaluation committee of the Dutch emergency law on online decision-making in municipalities and provinces.
The evaluation committee was set up by the Dutch Minister of the Interior. The law was prepared in 2 weeks time and passed through parliament last week, and allows local and provincial councils to organise online debate and voting.
More information on the emergency law (in Dutch)
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