Projects - Participatory democracy

Citizen Observatory Madrid

Madrid

In this panel called Citizen Observatory, a group of people chosen at random will approach and provide solutions to key issues for the life of the citizens of Madrid.

World Bank talent network

This Expert Network Accelerates The Search For Talent. Case study by GovLab

Copy, Paste, Legislate

Phoenix, AZ

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

Hromadski Project (Громадський проект)

1991 Civic Tech Center, вулиця Мечникова, Kyiv, Ukraine

One IT solution for all participatory budgeting activities. Available as SaaS or self-hosted.

Our complete suite of listening, information, analysis, reporting and relationship management features enable you to mix and match precisely the right online tools for your community engagement objectives.

US FDA's device approval process

The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY

Connecting Expertise to Government

Polco

Middleton, WI

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy.

GoFundMe

GoFundMe: The most trusted free online fundraising platform. Start a successful crowdfunding campaign on the site with over $5 Billion Raised. Read our guarantee!

PeakMetrics

Los Angeles

PeakMetrics tracks news and government action around the clock, so you save time and react faster.

Public Square

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Public Square is a two-year action research programme that explores how to improve participation at a local government level.

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DOSVIT

1991 Civic Tech Center, вулиця Мечникова, Kyiv, Ukraine

Website builder platform for cities and amalgamated communities in Ukraine

Konstytucja.online

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱

The Polish constitution, online

Place Speak

New City Ventures, Attn: PlaceSpeak, 1005 Cypress Street, Vancouver, BC, V6J 3K5, CANADA

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

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Legge regionale sulla partecipazione

Bologna, Italy

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

New Zealand Digital Service Design Tools

New Zealand 🇳🇿

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

Block Party

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

Nos Députés

17 Rue Corneille, 31100 Toulouse, France

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

Nesta

58 Victoria Embankment

Nesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya 00100

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

Participation Factory

Prague

Participation Factory is a social enterprise that mainstreams participation and data-driven approaches into governance and process design.

People Powered

Bologna Neighborhood workshops

Bologna, Italy

Con i Laboratori potrai segnalare, creare e far votare proposte per il tuo quartiere: contattaci o vieni agli incontri, per lavorare insieme a tecnici del Comune di Bologna ed esperti di coprogettazione.

Goteo

Barcelona

Goteo is an open network for crowdfunding, collaborations and training, leader in social innovation. With 2 rounds and fiscal advantages for donors!

Latinno

Berlin

cases of democratic technology in Latin America from eighteen countries in a twenty-six year period (1990-2016)

TheyWorkforYou

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.

Extituto

Bogotá

Political organization focused on generating healthy physical and digital spaces for co-creation and incidence in the political landscape.

Press Start

Press Start’s mission is to foster independent journalism where it is suppressed.

Smartvote

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera) 🇨🇭

smartvote BePart ist eine partizipative Plattform. Über diese Plattform können Bürger/-innen aktiv an der Gestaltung des smartvote-Fragebogens für ihre Wahl teilnehmen und ihre eigenen Ideen und Fragen einbringen.

CrowdJustice

CrowdJustice is a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals, groups and communities to come together to fund legal action.

Nyaaya

Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024, India

Nyaaya’s platform provides comprehensive information on various legal topics in an accessible and simple language,covering aspects of the law that the public interact with in their daily lives.

D-Cent

Barcelona

D-CENT is a Europe-wide project creating open, secure and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.

Mon Avis Citoyen

17 Rue Xaintrailles, 75013, Paris, France

Le site qui vous donne la parole

CivicBudget

Europe

Civicbudget is an open source participative platform enabling any organization, public or private, to launch a consultation process.

LaunchGood

Detroit

Crowdfunding Incredible Muslims

racial equity

Konveio

1624 Market St, Denver, CO 80202

Konveio turns regular PDFs into social documents for draft reviews, interactive reports, digital workshops or immersive guides and training materials.

Transparencia Belgium

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien) 🇧🇪

Transparencia is a platform for access to administrative documents (subsidies, public markets, etc.) developed by Anticor Belgium

Hamdam

Iran, Islamic Republic of (Īrān) 🇮🇷

Hamdam is a classic period and ovulation tracker with a twist: a significant function of the app is to help familiarize Iranian women with their reproductive and legal rights.

Your Priorities

Vegmúli 2, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland

Your Priorities is an eDemocracy web application designed by the non profit Citizens Foundation to help groups speak with one voice.

Your Priorities

Ignition Deck WordPress plugin

IgnitionDeck is the world's most popular WordPress crowdfunding plugin. Includes free WordPress Crowdfunding Theme. Integrates with Paypal, Stripe, Mailchimp.

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The Human Utility

287 Lester Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606

The Human Utility provides assistance to families and makes sure they always have running water at home.

Clean water and sanitation

Mexico City Crowdsourcing a Constitution: case study

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

To get input on Mexico City's constitution, LabCDMX experimented with Google Docs, PubPub, Change.org, paper surveys, and kiosks

CityScope Champs-Élysée

Pavillon de l'Arsenal, boulevard Morland, Paris, France

An interactive platform to improve decision-making related to the revitalization of the Champs Élysées

urban planning

ConsultVox

EuraTechnologies, 165, Avenue de Bretagne, 59000 Lille, France

Co-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence

Change Research

San Francisco

Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win