According to a survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation, about 73 percent of the German citizens state that the distribution of income and capital is unjust. This outcome raises some questions: How social can the social market economy be considered to be if the citizens experience it as beeing unsocial in their daily lives? What has to change to economy being perceived as being just again?

A combined iniative by the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation and the Ludwig-Erhard-Foundation aimed at involving citizens themselves in answering these questions: The idea was to give normal citizens the possibility to elaborate their own concept for social market economy. The concept should be presented to all members of the German Parliament and of the German Landtage. From January till April 2008 about 350 incidentally chosen participants debated their “Civic Programme for a Social Market Economy” – heart of this process was a two-month online-working-phase. Zebralog developed a special web-platform to meet the requirements of this complex and precise discussion.

What do citizens expect from the European Union? To find answers to this question, the German Bertelsmann Foundation and Heinz Nixdorf Foundation use the means of an Online Civic Dialogue. Zebralog has developed a web-platform on which till April 2009 about 350 incidentally elected participants can work on their programme for Europe.

The pan-european network PEP-NET was founded by 20 institutions all over Europe. It aims "to help overcome fragmentation and promote best practice by connecting established and experienced eParticipation players and networks throughout Europe as a critical first step." Zebralog is founding member und invites interested institutions to read the PEP-NET Weblog on a regular basis (RSS Feed recommended). If interested you are welcome to join.