Kodanikeühenduste osalus infoühiskonnas

Nongovermental organisations participation in information society. Keywords: civil society; inclusion; information society; network society; nongovermental organisation; participation; tokenism. In relation to present bachelor thesis empirical part there was done a standardised enquiry, the results are presented afore. The enquiry was carried out in online environment during two weeks from 25. March to 5. April 2009. The members of Network of Estonian Non-profit Organizations were asked to participate in this enquiry, all together 98 organizations, 62 of them answered to the enquiry. We can say that NGOs (non-governmental organizations) participate by means of supra- ICT (info and communication technologies) and also traditional. NGOs mostly say their reason to participate in info and network society is the goal to find information to communicate with the public sector, business partners or just to simplify their work. The primary forms of participatory of citizen unions in info and network society are internet, including e-mail, e-services and e-mail lists. Less spread is web based communities. We can say from organizations participation that NGOs are active participants and NGOs participation is not pseudo participation, but participation in it most realistic form, there is interest toward it and it is being seen as an opportunity not obligation. NGOs participation in info and network society is first and foremost participation and inclusion, but there are also attitudes where ICT is being seen only as instrument, but the proportion of this opinion is minimal. For conclusion as to rely on the things said afore we can say that NGOs participate in info and network society, use opportunities offered from ICT, but also have preserved traditional ways of participation. ICT is not only technology but also a way for participation and inclusion of citizen and country. But, if we take as an example the web based communities, wikis or blogs, where the participation is humble and needs support, we still can say that NGOs are active users of ICT and eservices offered by country.http://tartu.ester.ee/record=b2450171~S1*es