The webcast guide is a central interactive hub for webcasting users, viewers and suppliers in the United Kingdom. The site has been funded by the International Centre for Local e-Democracy (ICELE) and aims to help civic leaders discover webcasting and guide them to appropriate solutions.

The International Awards will be presented to the winners at the forthcoming International Symposium 'Empowering Citizens through Technology and Participation' being held at the end of February 2008, and will recognise politicians and organisations who have 'made a tangible difference' by engaging online.

The e-petition service of the 10 Downing Street passed two millions of signatures. Created in November 2006, in partnership with the association "My Society", the system allows any citizen to address, to sign and to send a petition directly to the Prime Minister. But the system is getting discussed.

The International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE), set to drive up eParticipation rates in the UK through providing best practice advice and support to local authorities, was launched today by The Right Honourable Angela Smith MP at the United Nations Sixth Annual Conference and Forum on City Informatization in the Asia-Pacific Region (CIAPR VI)'.