The BBC's grassroots campaign website, Action Network, has been honoured as the top politics and internet "world changer" of 2005, for the third year in a row.
The site was declared the winner of the Top 10 vote at the World Forum on e-Democracy in Paris this week.The list picks out the best e-politics initiatives, democracy think-tanks, bloggers, and political thinkers.
Action Network provides a platform for people interested in local issues.It was also a category winner in the European e-Democracy Awards at the same event.
Martin Vogel, Action Network's project leader, said: "It's exciting to be recognised among the leading e-democracy initiatives happening all over the world.
"The Action Network site has done some fantastic, pioneering work for e-democracy, informing citizens and giving them the tools to get involved in issues important to them," commented Pete Clifton, editor of BBC News Interactive.
The web has turned into an effective medium of choice for many direct action campaigns and local community groups.
Martin Vogel added that he hoped the honour would encourage more people to try the site and get involved in changing their local communities.
The Action Network website offers tools to get started and information across a broad spectrum of interests.It is aimed at providing a neutral platform to help anyone in the UK get more involved in local civic and democratic activities.
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