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Participatory democracy strives to create opportunities for all members of a population to make meaningful contributions to decision-making and seeks to broaden the range of people who have access to such opportunities. (Wikipedia: Participatory democracy)
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by Mark Findlay, Sharanya Shanmugam. In this article, through vignettes from the United Kingdom and Singapore’s experience, we highlight how digital transformation can be made more participatory for users affected by digital initiatives.
"We created the foundation in 2016 - economists, IT and communication specialists - to support the development of free digital tools necessary for community decision-making, and to operate such tools." (Translated)
Red Ciudadana
Guatemala 🇬🇹Participación, formación ciudadana y apertura de datos Somos una organización que trabaja por una Guatemala más democrática, innovadora y transparente.
Partimap
Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺PARTIMAP is a free, easy to use and customizable map-based survey for those who believe that affected citizens should have a say in public development projects.
K-Monitor
Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺We Use Technology, Research & Participatory Action to Unveil Corruption.
LocalView
Harvard University, Cambridge, MALocalView is a database co-created by Soubhik Barari and Tyler Simko to advance the study of local government in the United States. It is the largest dataset of local government public meetings — the central policy-making process in American local government — as they are captured on video.
"Findings from this study presents a developed model that can support community engagement for urban innovation by specifying factors that influences community engagement for smart sustainable city development." by Bokolo Anthony Jr.
Canòdrom
Carrer Concepció Arenal 165 08027 Barcelona (Spain)Tecnologies obertes, democràcia participativa i cultura digital
Journal of Deliberative Democracy (previously the Journal of Public Deliberation)
University of CanberraThe Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) is an open access journal publishing articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy.
Our mission is to direct technological development towards the collective good.
demokratie.today
Mühlleite 13, 91465 Ergersheim, GermanyDeutschlands Nr. 1 Consul-Anbieter. Consul is the world's most successful platform for citizen participation.
"Reclaiming Participatory Governance offers empirical and theoretical perspectives on how the relationship between social movements and state institutions is emerging and developing through new modes of participatory governance."
Best practices of engaging and involving people with lived experience in decision-making
Scotland 🏴Democratic Society (Demsoc) was commissioned by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (ALLIANCE) to identify and share best practices and evidence on including people with lived experience in health and social care policy and practice in Scotland.
The OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes are intended for any public official or public institution interested in carrying out a citizen participation process.
The People's Money
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)NYC's first citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) (2022-2023)
In legislative theater, communities, advocates and policymakers work together, to identify, develop, and build support for new legislation.
Climate section of the Participation Playbook
Through participatory policymaking, residents propose, debate, and vote on new policies and policy changes, through online platforms and meetings.
The Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community. It is a tool for people who want to open up government to meaningful and equitable community participation.
Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy is the first book that brings together a wide range of methods used in the study of deliberative democracy.
Deliberative Democracy in Asia
Australia 🇦🇺Book edited By Baogang He, Michael Breen, James Fishkin (2021)
A UK-wide community of democracy organisations and initiatives, working to build stronger relationships, connections and resources amongst those working to build a stronger, more resilient democracy in the United Kingdom.
Mehr Demokratie
Mehr Demokratie e.V., Greifswalderstr. 4, 10108 Berlin, GermanySeit mehr als 30 Jahren bringt Mehr Demokratie die direkte Demokratie und Bürgerbeteiligung voran und kümmert sich um Transparenz und ein faires Wahlrecht.
Bill Track 50
LegiNation Inc, 1747 Pearl Street, Suite 304, Denver, CO 80201We provide a simple search tool for state and federal legislation and regulations and assemble your results into a spreadsheet-style grid for you to view and enjoy.
Open Parliament Canada
OttawaFinding out what your representatives in Ottawa are up to can be tough. We’re trying to make it easy.
iLaw
House No. 1111/3, Ban Klang Muang Ratchada-Lat Phrao, Lat Phrao Road, Chan Kasem Subdistrict, Chatuchak District, Bangkok 10900Access to legal information resource in Thailand
Denver Participatory Budgeting
Denver, COIn the first cycle of Denver's Participatory Budgeting, residents guide the selection of $2 million of neighborhood infrastructure.
The Haves and the Have Nots: Civic Technologies and the Pathways to Government Responsiveness
The World Bank Group, H Street Northwest, Washington D.C., DCPaper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg
L.A. REPAIR
Los AngelesThe Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism (L.A. REPAIR) is L.A.'s first participatory budget pilot program. L.A. REPAIR will distribute roughly $8.5 million directly to nine L.A. City neighborhoods, called REPAIR Zones.
Purpoz
France 🇫🇷Purpoz, la plateforme de démocratie participative pour bâtir une société plus pertinente. (Citizen engagement platform by Cap Collectif)
Qué hacen los diputados
MadridComo ya hicimos en anteriores legislaturas, vamos a monitorizar toda la actividad legislativa y parlamentaria de la Cámara baja para ayudar a la institución y a nuestros diputados y diputadas a cumplir con valores de gobernanza imprescindibles en nuestros días como la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas.
Вони голосують для тебе
01021 KyivЯк депутати голосують за питання, які важливі для тебе? - They Vote for You instance in Ukraine
Improving democratic politics is our mission: The Innovation in Politics Institute identifies, develops and applies innovations in politics and facilitates best practice exchange across borders and party lines.
Investigating the empirical case of urban biking activists in Madrid, we explore how the design of the digital platform Decide Madrid impacted the collaborative practices involved in digital participatory budgeting.
European Capital of Democracy
BarcelonaThe European Capital of Democracy Initiative will build a strong network of Cities that will foster participation; a platform for hope, and for exercising the will and power to change our world for the better.
DemocracyNext
ParisDemocracyNext is an international non-profit, non-partisan research and action institute.
Plataforma Democrática
São PauloO projeto Fura Bolha é uma série de bate-papos entre figuras conhecidas na sociedade brasileira por pensarem diferente.
ONTRaC Learning Management System
Canada 🇨🇦This is the online learning portal of the Community Solutions Network
Vote Rookie
Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪Vote Rookie ist eine überparteiliche Demokratie Plattform. Wir unterstützen junge Menschen bei der Teilhabe an Politik und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.
A guide prepared by Codeando México and Code for Pakistan as part of the Code for All Exchange Programme.
A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.
EnCiv
United States of America 🇺🇸Democracy can work better than it does today, and we believe that starts with better human connections. Our online tools inspire people of all backgrounds and every political conviction to learn more about all sides of the conversation.
actNOW
AfricaA public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement. Appears to still be under development.
PolicyEngine
United States of America 🇺🇸Compute the impact of public policy
CiviCue
Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼CiviCue is a decentralized autonomous civic media platform equipped with blockchain civic tech that aims to disrupt existing media landscape by serving as a public good collectively owned and managed by all users who contribute to the platform wellbeing and benefit from profit sharing, thus balancing commercial interests and social values.
Smart City-Strategie Berlin
BerlinPublic engagement around plan to merge digital strategy and smart city strategy in Berlin
Urbanpinion
Estonia (Eesti Vabariik) 🇪🇪Urbanpinion is a citizen engagement platform that lets city government, community leaders, architects and activists easily set up a landing with an interactive map to collect citizens suggestions, receive analytics based on collected data and make later on right decisions for city development.
Open Government Indonesia
JakartaOpen government initiative to encourage open and participatory government
MixOn (previously 빠띠 믹스 / Parti.mx
South Korea (Republic of) (Hanguk or Namhan) 🇰🇷Create a digital public sphere to discuss and decide together
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