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==Overview of progress, April to June 2005==
1. Better understanding of consultation and e-consultation
*Public and community sector interviews.
*[http://econsult.mgt.qub.ac.uk/Theory Theory-building workshop] in Belfast on 17 May
*Papers accepted for two e-government conferences ([http://www.academic-conferences.org/eceg2005/eceg2005-home.htm Antwerp] and [http://www.iwv.jku.at/events/egov2005/ Copenhagen]), the EU e-challenges conference ([http://www.echallenges.org/2005/ Ljubljana]) and a community informatics one ([http://www.cirn2005.org/ Cape Town]).
4. Dissemination
*[http://econsult.mgt.qub.ac.uk/workshop2005 Armagh workshop].
*[http://www.hea.ie/index.cfm/page/sub/id/794 HEA's Dundalk workshop].
*Development of handouts and [[HomePage|web site]] to include introduction to e-consultation technologies (for taster sessions, see below).
*Conference articles (see above).
2. What technologies and processes work best for participants?
*[[HomePage|E-consultation technology demonstrations + focus groups]] (taster sessions)
**3 at [[LYIT|Letterkenny IT]]
**At least 3 in [[QUB|Belfast (QUB]])
*No small-scale tests yet, as we first need to narrow down the choice of technologies, based on users' scenarios of potential use.
3. What is needed for organisational implementation of e-consultation?
*designed an evaluation of the [http://www.adviceni.net/forum/ AdviceNI e-consultations].
*started to find people interested in taking part in a trial
**at the Armagh and Dundalk workshops
**at the demonstration sessions