Projects - Participatory democracy

Decidim Swiss Local Chapter

Bern

With the Swiss Local Chapter, we are creating a shared home for all Swiss actors around Decidim.

What Do Freedom & Equality Mean to Americans Today?

United States of America 🇺🇸

As the US approaches its 250th anniversary, AI enables a new type of conversation amongst Americans on freedom & equality.

New Citizen Project

London

We are a participation strategy and innovation consultancy with a belief that, given the right opportunity, people can and will shape the things that matter to them for the better.

Why Populism Wins? Collective Political Agency and the Limits of Deliberative Mini-Publics

Geneva

This paper argues that accounts of deliberative mini-publics misdiagnose the crisis by framing it primarily as a procedural deficit, neglecting a deeper dimension that populism exploits: the erosion of collective political agency.

The Global Fellows Program

Paris

The Global Fellows program has a single objective: to get ordinary citizens and stakeholders involved in decision-making.

Ideenplattform

Frankfurt

Hier können Sie Ihre Ideen zur Gestaltung der Stadt vorstellen und um Unterstützung werben.

Engaged California

Sacramento, CA

Engaged California is a place for meaningful conversations. It empowers Californians to share their views on important topics. We use the latest technology to make it easy. And we work hard to include everyone. Your views then influence how government acts on problems.

deliberate (dlbrt)

Greece (Ellas, Ellada) 🇬🇷

Turn public voice into actionable proof, AI-powered synthesis transforms raw feedback into auditable reports and structured policy recommendations.

European Civic Technology and Citizen Participation in the Age of AI

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮

This paper explores how civic technology (civic tech) – that is, the use of digital technology to strengthen democracy by informing people, enabling participation and improving government accountability – can enhance citizen participation in Europe at a time of declining trust, polarization, and increasingly AI- and platform-shaped political communication.

Partecipazione Responsabilità Sostenibilità (Pares)

Milan

Dal 2001 accompagniamo enti, comunità e organizzazioni nella progettazione condivisa di politiche, iniziative e azioni concrete.

Citizens’ panel experiments at the national level in Finland

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮

With Sitra’s funding, more citizens’ panels are now being organised in Finland than ever before.

Playbook for America

Bay Area, California

Playbook for America is a civic platform that makes it easy for people to report civic problems, crowdsource practical solutions, and turn the best ideas into implementation-ready Playbooks that drive positive civic outcomes.

Policy Bridge KE

Nairobi

Policy Bridge KE is a civic-tech platform built by young people, for young people, rooted in the belief that Kenya's youth hold real, practical solutions to the country's most persistent challenges.

ANTIPARTY

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Born from the partygate scandal in the UK, discover how the movement has evolved to challenge the two-party system and dismiss party politics in favour of a more direct, deliberative democracy that empowers citizens

European Digital DemocracY network (EDDY)

Europe

The European Digital DemocracY network (EDDY) aims to bring together academics and practitioners actively working on or with digital democracy, to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Convexus

Seattle

An AI-facilitated civic tech platform where communities gather to align, deliberate, and act.

List of e-Voting, Deliberation, and e-Democracy Projects

This is a continuously-updated, alphabetical text list of projects with a short description.

European Youth Forum

Brussels

We are the voice of young people in Europe, standing up for their rights and striving for societies where young people are empowered and are encouraged to achieve their fullest potential as global citizens.

The Conduit Foundation

London

The Conduit Foundation exists to catalyse collaborative solutions to the world’s most complex problems.

European Citizens' Initiative Forum

Brussels

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) Forum is an online collaborative platform that offers support to citizens when organising a European citizens’ initiative.

Gauge Consulting

Sydney

I am a facilitator and engagement expert with a firm belief communities and stakeholders will find the best way forward together if given the chance to listen and be heard and if provided with the tools and processes to progress from the problem space to an agreed solution.

Zukunft D

Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa

Zukunft D is an initiative aimed at strengthening democracy in a digitalized, interconnected society.

Arantzazulab

Basque Country (Euskadi)

We are committed to the innovation of democracy and the transformation of governance.

Deliberativa

Bilbao, Spain

Building a democratic future through citizen deliberation.

We Do Democracy

Copenhagen

We are the leading Nordic advisors in democratic innovation and deliberation

Innovation for Policy Foundation (i4policy)

France 🇫🇷

We believe in building a better future by placing the power of the collective at the heart of decision-making.

Unify America

Evanston, IL

Unify America brings thousands of Americans together with interactive experiences that help them build and flex their civic muscles so we can work together to tackle our country’s biggest challenges.

The effect of ruling party change and party ideology on participatory budgeting stability: Survivors and victims of local elections

Spain (España) 🇪🇸

This study addresses one of the most frequently cited explanations for PB’s instability: changes in the ruling party.

The Deliberation and Technology (DelibTech) Network

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱

We are an international network of technologists, practitioners, and experts who are building, studying, and using technology to enhance deliberation and to create digital infrastructure for deliberative democracy.

CivicVerify

civic verify

Identity-verified civic engagement platform where citizens participate in polls, surveys, and community discussions with authenticated identities, providing organizations with trustworthy public opinion data.

Ideia Legislativa

Brasília

PROPONHA E APOIE IDEIAS PARA NOVAS LEIS

Portal e-Cidadania

Brasília

O e-Cidadania é um portal criado em 2012 pelo Senado Federal com o objetivo de estimular e possibilitar maior participação dos cidadãos nas atividades legislativas, orçamentárias, de fiscalização e de representação do Senado.

e-Cidadania's Ferramenta de inteligência artificial

Brasília

Cidadãos ajudam a escrever projetos de lei com ferramenta de inteligência artificial

Evaluating democratic innovations through a participatory decommodification index

Toronto

Using global case studies from the Participedia database, the findings reveal that democratic innovations excel in various attributes but rarely deliver substantial redistributive impact.