Abstract

The article studies the new communication strategies, promoted by the European Institutions and the Member States, to increase citizen participation and European integration. The document highlights the need to improve democratic practices and tools, by bringing people closer together and better connecting citizens across Europe, simplifying procedures and experimenting new strategies and approaches of communication. The focus is on the opportunities offered by digital technologies to create and disseminate information with clearer, more detailed and easy-to-compare data, and to promote cooperation with the Regions for social cohesion projects and activities.