Drivers of e-Participation performance from a supply-side perspective: the case of the Russian regions

Uncovering drivers of e-participation projects is a growing domain in cross-national and subnational research. Despite the fact that numerous and diverse e-participation determinants have been revealed, there is a need to test the existing models and hypotheses in new contexts. This ongoing study reports the findings on the possible factors, explaining disproportionate e-participation performance in the regions of Russia. Our framework is built around supply-side factors of e-participation, which include internal capacity and resources of the regions. A statistical analysis was carried out, based on the original study on e-participation performance and secondary sources. The study covers the period of 2020 – 2022. The results suggest that more successful e-participation provision is likely to be expected in the regions with larger investment in ICT and human capital, as well as with more successful e-government policies. On the contrary, the general level of administrative capacity has not been proved significant. The article discusses the implications and further steps in the research.