1. INTRODUCTION
According to the European Commission’s 7th Framework
Programme (Work Programme 2009-2010), ICT for Governance
and Policy Modelling joins two complementary research fields,
which have traditionally been quite separate: the Governance and
Participation Toolbox including technologies such as mass
conversation and collaboration tools; and the Policy Modelling
domain including forecasting, agent-based modelling, simulation
and visualisation. These ICT tools for governance and policy
modelling aim to improve public decision-making in a complex
age, make policy-making and governance more effective and more
intelligent, and accelerate the learning path embedded in the
policy cycle [10].