Living in a rapidly changing society, where information travels with great speed and
its upgrade is essential, we decided to approach certain aspects of e-democracy, as a dynamic
way of citizen participation, using new Information and Communications Technologies.
The theme chosen for this research, Electronic governance, premise for
implementation of electronic democracy, is a part of Electronic Administration field and
identifies the meanings of implementing e-government and e-democracy, the necessity and
effects of putting them into practice and the conditions to be fulfilled for the development of
electronic services and fostering citizen participation in their use. E-governance as well as edemocracy
have a clear contribution in making social progress, thanks to capitalize the most
important irreversible resource, the time for achievement of the main administrative
operations.
The overall objective of the research aims to establish the relationship between
governance and electronic democracy. From this perspective, this paper will contain:
analyzing the importance of both e-governance and e-democracy, risks and benefits for each
one, clarifying the need and implications underlying the implementation of electronic systems
and explain the conditions to be met by citizens in order to benefit from these services.
To achieve the objectives set, will be dominant the analyzing method of the social
phenomena in their evolution. They will also combine harmoniously with practical examples
in various member states of the European Union