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Platforms and tools to facilitate gathering public input and support for local, place-based projects
Suggested reading:
- Guide to Digital Participation Platforms: When to Use Them, How to Choose & Tips for Maximum Results. By Matt Stempeck, with People Powered, published February 2022.
- Next-Generation Engagement Platforms, and How They Are Useful Right Now – Part I, Matt Stempeck’s profile of some of the top open source public engagement platforms (2020)
- Next-Generation Engagement Platforms And The Current Moment – Part II, Matt Stempeck’s deep dive into some of the top private sector public engagement platforms (2020)
- Who Is Community Engagement For?: The Endless Loop of Democratic Transparency, by Caroline W. Lee. A sharp critique of academia’s engagement programs that can be applied to other domains.
- Citizens’ assemblies: are they the future of democracy? by Eva Talmadge in The Guardian.
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Creamos
Santiago, ChileEl Programa Creamos de INJUV está dirigido a jóvenes entre 15 y 29 años que quieran ser líderes y generar cambios a pequeña o mediana escala, proponiendo ideas innovadoras para problemas que afecten a una comunidad.
Maino Tech
Helsinki, FinlandWe provide modern, effective solutions for participation and collective decision-making. Our Services
Maino Tech
FinlandWe provide modern, effective solutions for participation and collective decision-making. Our Services
VoteRookie
GermanyVote Rookie ist eine überparteiliche Demokratie Plattform. Wir unterstützen junge Menschen bei der Teilhabe an Politik und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.
ManaBalss.lv
Riga, LatviaLatvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."
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.
Partimap
HungaryPARTIMAP 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.
demokratie.today
Mühlleite 13, 91465 Ergersheim, GermanyDeutschlands Nr. 1 Consul-Anbieter. Consul is the world's most successful platform for citizen participation.
Colab.re
BrazilFaça com que os direitos sociais se tornem uma realidade.
China’s Participation Center developed a “mini app” for the popular WeChat platform, and grew the number of participatory budgeting users in Chengdu city to more than 3 million
actNOW
AfricaA public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.
CiviCue
TaiwanCiviCue is a democratic media equipped with blockchain voting and friendly voter authentication to establish shared understanding.
Urbanpinion
Eastern EuropeUrbanpinion 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.
An online event on digital participation platforms
Demokratiefabrik
SwitzerlandThe Demokratiefabrik is a digital place where citizens meet to discuss various topics together and fabricate defined end products.
My City Challenge Oakland
Oakland, CaliforniaAn engagement program
Community Voting - Turning Ideas into Action. Vocaleyes is an advanced participation and engagement tool.
Zencity Engage (formerly Civil Space)
British ColumbiaBring a healthy new energy to your city’s conversations, and build trust with your community along the way.
People Powered's independent expert committee scored 26 of the top digital engagement platforms
When to Use Them, How to Choose & Tips for Maximum Results
Seoul's digital participation website, operated on DemosX platform
Citizink
Málaga (Spain)citizink es una plataforma de participación creada con tecnologías de código abierto
Discuto
Amtsgasse 13aOnline collaboration, discussion & consensus. For institutions, organisations & groups.
Chongqing Online Discussion Platform
ChongqingDigital participation platform built for village-level opinion-sharing, discussion, and decision-making
Cocoriko
58 Old Chelsea road, suite 101 Chelsea, Quebec J9B 0C9Clean and user-friendly public participation platform to increase citizen engagement.
Participace 21
CzechiaCzech participatory engagement platform for towns, villages, schools, and non-profits (and NYC's participatory budgeting)
Open Town Hall
Redwood City, CAOpenGov's tool to supplement public hearings with surveys, forums, and online meetings.
Participate.Online + Envirolytical
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaA digital participation platform offered by Enviroissues
Decide Madrid
Madrid (Spain)Es un espacio para fomentar la participación de la ciudadanía en la generación de ideas para mejorar la gestión de la ciudad.
MapTable
Netherlands (the)A hardware table that lets people gather around it for collective decision-making processes
Maptionnaire Community Engagement Platform
Finland, Helsinki 00100, Fredrikinkatu 55aDigital heart for building cities together
Make.org
FranceDonnez votre avis sur des sujets de société qui vous tiennent à coeur en participant à nos consultations citoyennes. Ensemble, citoyens, associations et entreprises, définissons nos priorités et réalisons des changements concrets.
Public Sentiment
New York, NYPublic Sentiment helps decisionmakers solve local problems using genuine community engagement fueled by local community networks and powerful digital tools
Kijiji Yeetu
KenyaKijiji Yeetu is a smart village platform that offers a unique ecosystem for activating our villages’ resources, knowledge, inspiration into viable development opportunities in 47 counties in Kenya, East Africa and beyond the world.
76engage
Ottawa76engage is an online platform that strengthens the bonds between citizens and public institutions through meaningful public engagement.
Crowdgauge
Des Moines, Iowa, United StatesGauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd
Survey160
272 1st Avenue, New York, NY, USASurvey 160 is a software-as-a-service tool which seeks to improve traditional polling by using SMS messaging to reach audiences who are not responsive to phone surveys and are underrepresented in existing online panels.
Fluicity
4 Rue du Caire, 75002 Paris, FranceFluicity est une solution d’engagement citoyen, qui permet la prise de décision collective autour des sujets d’intérêt général.
Predictwise
PennsylvaniaPredictwise is a powerful data, analytics, research, and survey platform that can generate customized, granularized insights on any voter in any district in the country.
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