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The final agenda item is on the eEurope awards for eGovernment good practice 2005. Members will wish to note that our e-petitioner system was selected as one of 52 finalists for the awards. The Parliament was invited to exhibit the project at the ministerial conference, which took place in Manchester from 24 to 25 November 2005. Following the final phase of judging at the conference, our e-petitioner system was selected as one of only four nominees to make the final shortlist in the service-use category, which initially attracted 102 submissions. Along with other nominees, our e-petitioner system received from the judges a good-practice label, which is now displayed on the e-petitioner home page on Parliament's website.
I congratulate all concerned. To have reached that point against others from across Europe is a real feather in our cap. When earlier this week I visited the site to look at the award a bit more carefully, I noticed that we are sharing best practice with other colleagues across Europe. Again, that is very welcome. There needs to be on-going self-evaluation because that is good practice. It is great that we have got the award, so I say "Well done" to all concerned.
I should add that we recently had a meeting with MEPs who are members of the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions, which is very interested in our e-petitions system. We are continuing our dialogue with that committee and we hope that we will be able to teach our European brothers and sisters how to do e-petitions.
We could set up a franchise.
That might be an idea.
Meeting closed at 12:01.
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