G1000 is a Belgian platform for democratic innovation. We develop, support and promote new forms of deliberation that reinforce democracy from the local to the national level. We believe democracy should give more space to regular citizens.

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

Renovate the Public Hearing is an initiative created by the Centre for Dialogue to act as a convener and catalyst to pilot changes to the provincial local government land-use public hearing requirements as a means to enhance social justice, community-building and strengthen democratic culture.

• Govtech
• Communicating with the people
• Democratic Innovations

By Aviv Ovadya

• Artificial Intelligence
• Peer-reviewed research
• Democratic Innovations

A non-profit civic platform designed to empower shared solutions.

• Games and gamification
• Democratic Innovations

Acerca y conecta a los mejores ciudadanos líderes con una política responsable, que actúan con compromiso y vocación por el bien común del Paraguay.

• youth
• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

A hub for legislative theatre and creative civic practice.

• Participatory democracy
• Artistic interventions
• Democratic Innovations

New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America uses a multidisciplinary approach to understand the coincidence of emerging social movements, seeking more meaningful forms of democratic participation, on the one hand, and the rise of new authoritarian politics that in part rely on chaos and disorder as mechanisms of domination, on the other.

• books

• Books
• Democratic Innovations

Every two years, the World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly brings together hundreds of democracy advocates from around the world to foster new networks for mutual solidarity and support across borders.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Curated definitions of key terms relevant to collective intelligence, democracy and governance.

• Learn about civic tech
• Democratic Innovations
• Glossaries

newDemocracy is an independent, non-partisan research and development organisation. We aim to discover, develop, demonstrate, and promote complementary alternatives which will restore trust in public decision making.

• Participatory democracy
• Civic and social impact companies
• Democratic Innovations

We are an international network of organizations, associations, and individuals that develop, implement, and promote ways to improve democracy, from the local to the global level.

• Participatory democracy
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Democratic Innovations

We are convinced that the battle to eliminate poverty worldwide starts here at home – in our village, our town, or our municipality. Which is why, here at ICLD, we work with people who are changing the world by building local democracy.

• No poverty

• Democratic Innovations

The annual Democracy R&D conference is the leading international event for people who fund, run, commission, study and advocate for Citizens’ Assemblies.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Perhaps the core premise of civic tech is that it can improve civic engagement.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

The strength of democracy lies in its ability to embrace and balance differences to serve society as a whole.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

Nace como una forma de contribuir a desplegar las habilidades y competencias necesarias en personas y agrupaciones de diversa índole que desean ser protagonistas de la construcción del futuro para sus comunidades, territorios y países.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

IAP2 adalah asosiasi anggota internasional yang mempromosikan dan meningkatkan praktik partisipasi publik atau pelibatan masyarakat, yang menggabungkan individu, pemerintah, lembaga, dan entitas lain yang memengaruhi kepentingan publik di seluruh dunia.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

Our mission is to promote and advance public participation / community engagement globally through targeted initiatives that are guided by culturally adaptive standards of practice and core values.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

As the peak body for the community and stakeholder engagement sector, IAP2 Australasia, believes that engagement, when done well, improves environmental, social and governance outcomes and increases trust in the democratic process.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

IAP2 USA is a nationwide organization that leads, advances and advocates for best practices in public participation. It is a home and community for people who believe good decisions can be made together.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.

• Participatory democracy
• Fieldwide resources
• Democratic Innovations

Citizen assembly model

• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Deliberation
• Democratic Innovations

An easy tool to host a quadratic vote.

• Democratic Innovations
• E-voting and I-voting
• Quadratic voting

RadicalxChange Foundation is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to democratic innovation and institutional design through operational partnerships and experimental projects between academia, government, art, technology, and beyond.

• Democratic Innovations
• Quadratic voting

The mission of the National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation is to understand, test, and disseminate innovations that can make democracy more participatory, equitable, and productive.

• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Democratic Innovations

The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®.

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Deliberation

The OECD's 700+ case studies of citizen juries, councils, assemblies, and more

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Bringing citizens' voices to the decision making table

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

[W]hich aspires to establish a global democracy, solving the hard problem of representing every human in the world – including those who won’t participate – without the help of government.

• Participatory democracy
• Blockchain
• Democratic Innovations

The Deliberative Democracy Digest publishes a roundup of recent developments in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. It is the companion piece of the academic publication Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly Journal of Public Deliberation).

• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech
• Deliberation

The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It favours a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming participants from academic, political and civil society perspectives.

• Participatory democracy
• Conferences
• Democratic Innovations

FairVote is a nonpartisan organization advocating for ranked-choice voting in the US.

• Voting and elections
• Specific campaigns
• Democratic Innovations

O coletivo delibera trabalha com uma forma inédita e democrática de atuação da sociedade nas decisões de pautas políticas do país, de comunidades, de cidades e até mesmo de bairros.

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Deliberation

Gewählt. Gelost. Gemeinsam. Wahlkreisräte für die Demokratie

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

Dabei haben sich Katharina Liesenberg und Linus Strothmann vom Team Es geht LOS einer jahrtausendealten, urdemokratischen Methode bedient: des Losens

• books

• Participatory democracy
• Books
• Democratic Innovations

Citizens' movement to practice democracy by sortition. Notable twist includes winning a seat in Brussels Parliament, where their elected representative must act on behalf of 50 residents chosen by lot.

• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Democratic Innovations

Weaving together the anthropological, aesthetic, and political aspects of assembly-making, What Makes An Assembly? explores the potential of assemblies to reimagine the way democracy is practised in contemporary societies.

• books

• Participatory democracy
• Books
• Democratic Innovations

Collective creativity for the common good

• Participatory democracy
• Govtech vendors
• Democratic Innovations

In legislative theater, communities, advocates and policymakers work together, to identify, develop, and build support for new legislation.

• guides

• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech
• Artistic interventions

Seit mehr als 30 Jahren bringt Mehr Demokratie die direkte Demokratie und Bürgerbeteiligung voran und kümmert sich um Transparenz und ein faires Wahlrecht.

• Participatory democracy
• Citizen Engagement
• Democratic Innovations

DemocracyNext is an international non-profit, non-partisan research and action institute.

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

• The Tech
• The People
• Participatory democracy

Anyone can join the Participedia community and help crowdsource, catalogue and compare participatory political processes around the world.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Participatory democracy

Organization dedicated to promoting citizens' assemblies

• People Powered

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech