Based on the results of a previous project, “The Virtual Region”, undertaken as part of the INTERREG IIC North-western Europe programme, the AA ECONET project is intended to compensate for a part of the European Union’s democratic deficit through development of “Electronic (E) Communities”. Given the urgency of recreating and reinvigorating political dialogue at the local, regional, national and community levels in the Atlantic Area, the objective of AA ECONET is to increase IT use among political decision-makers and civil society, in this way encouraging the general public to consult and participate in political decisions, within a framework of interactive exchange, and in real time.