1. wegov
Closing the loop between governments & citizens
The aim of the WeGov project is to improve the engage-
ment between government policy-makers and citizens via
popular social networking sites.
A cutting-edge toolbox allowing
policy-makers to:
• use the power of social networking to improve the
policy-making process;
• engage with citizens via social media & understand
their actual opinions;
• highlight those citizens’ opinions that should influence
policy decisions.
What is the WeGov toolbox?
The WeGov toolbox (software solution) is a web applica-
tion, which includes tools and components that support
policy-makers in the analysis of social networks.
Search - searches and monitors discussions on social
networking sites according to parameters such as: which
networks to search, keywords defining the theme of the
query, and geographical locations. The output of searches
can be used in WeGov’s analysis tools.
Topic Analysis - reorganizes & summarises comments
according to groups of words (concept groups) that
represent areas of discussions within a wider debate,
enabling the user to quickly see themes running through
the comments.
www.wegov-project.eu Discussion Activity Analysis - highlights important
posts by predicting which posts and users will generate
more attention.
User Behaviour Analysis - predicts who the influential
social media users are by classifying them according to
their behaviour and interactions within social media.

2. WeGov field trials
The WeGov field trials consist of direct contact for the evaluation of
the WeGov software solution with policy-makers to gather their
needs, thoughts and feedback. The key purpose is to evaluate the
WeGov toolbox and its added value, and to investigate its usage as
a complement to decision-making processes regarding any given
policy-theme.
WeGov_project
• Engagement activities with the German Parliament, the Federal
Parliament of Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany.
• Engagement activities with the Committee on the Internal
Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) of the European
Parliament.
• Engagement activities with non-profit organisations, local
authorities and political parties from different EU countries.
WeGov project
www.wegov-project.eu info@wegov-project.eu
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME THEME ICT 2009.7.3 ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling.