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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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Decidim Barcelona
Barcelona, SpainBenvingut/da a la plataforma de participació de Barcelona.Construïm una ciutat més oberta, transparent i col·laborativa.Entra, participa i decideix!
Konveio
1624 Market St, Denver, CO 80202, USAKonveio turns regular PDFs into social documents for draft reviews, interactive reports, digital workshops or immersive guides and training materials.
Your Priorities
Vegmúli 2, 108 Reykjavik, IcelandYour Priorities is an eDemocracy web application designed by the non profit Citizens Foundation to help groups speak with one voice.
Mexico City Crowdsourcing a Constitution: case study
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoTo get input on Mexico City's constitution, LabCDMX experimented with Google Docs, PubPub, Change.org, paper surveys, and kiosks
Consul Democracy Foundation
AmsterdamCONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation is a new organisation whose mission is to manage and continuously develop the largest open source digital democracy platform – CONSUL.
Change Research
San FranciscoChange 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
CityScope Champs-Élysée
Pavillon de l'Arsenal, boulevard Morland, Paris, FranceAn interactive platform to improve decision-making related to the revitalization of the Champs Élysées
ConsultVox
EuraTechnologies, 165, Avenue de Bretagne, 59000 Lille, FranceCo-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence
Social Pinpoint
Newcastle, NSWSocial Pinpoint provides a flexible suite of digital tools to enhance your community and stakeholder engagement.
Crowdgauge
Des Moines, Iowa, United StatesGauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd
SEMA
The Innovation Village Kampala, Kampala, UgandaWe gather citizen voices to improve public services
Hello Lampost
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.
ioby
540 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USAioby brings neighborhood projects to life, block by block.
Open Source Politics
Liberte Living-Lab, rue d'Alexandrie, Paris, FranceOpen Source Politics is a company that builds participatory democracy open source tools and hosts collective inteligence workshops for private or public stakeholders willing to engage in a public consultation or a participatory budgeting process.
meinBerlin
BerlinAuf meinBerlin finden Sie eine Übersicht über Projekte der Berliner Verwaltung sowie zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, sich aktiv an der Gestaltung unserer Stadt zu beteiligen
Paris Idée
ParisCap Colectif instance. Idee.paris est le site de coopération entre les services de la Ville de Paris, les Parisien.ne.s et les acteurs des projets de la Ville de Paris.
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.
Participez Nanterre
Nanterre, FranceBienvenue sur la plateforme participative de la ville de Nanterre! Construisons ensemble une société plus ouverte, transparente et collaborative. A Decidim instance.
Medialab Prado
Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda 15, 28014 Madrid, SpainMedialab Prado es un laboratorio ciudadano que funciona como lugar de encuentro para la producción de proyectos culturales abiertos.
Meet the Kiosks event
6 Norfolk St, Boston, MA 02124, USAJoin Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.
Gabinete de Inovação
Asa Sul, Brasilia - Federal District, Brazilum laboratório que reunirá mandatos das casas legislativas de todo o país para que compartilhem e construam caminhos para a inovação nos parlamentos brasileiros
Argu
Argu, Maliebaan, Utrecht, NederlandBeslis samen beter Wij helpen jou om je doelgroep te betrekken. Simpel, interactief en toegankelijk.
Civis
MumbaiCivis is a platform that enables citizens to understand and share feedback with the government on laws and policy decisions.
Immaginazione Civica
Salaborsa (II floor) Piazza Nettuno, 3 - 40124 BolognaThe Foundation promotes Civic Imagination ie listening, collaboration, participation and co-production in relation to projects and policies of the city, its neighborhoods and the entire metropolitan area, with a specific attention to the care and regeneration of urban common goods
Tracka
55 Moleye Street, Lagos, NigeriaLaunched in 2014 by BudgIT, Tracka is a social platform of/for active citizens who are interested in monitoring public projects in their communities thus enhancing budget performance across the country.
coUrbanize
33 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110, USAcoUrbanize is a community engagement platform that helps residents, real estate developers, city planners, and municipalities build better cities together.
Civocracy
BerlinCivocracy is fixing the relationship between citizens and their government using digital citizen participation.
RapidPro
Nyaruka, Kigali, RwandaRapidPro allows you to easily design, pilot, and scale services that connect directly with a mobile phone user...without the help of a software developer.
Streetmix
PhiladelphiaCivic engagement for street design
La boîte à idées
Plougastel-Daoulas, FranceA la boîte à idées, on travaille en partenariat avec les collectivités, et on connecte tout l'écosystème local pour créer des communautés engagées.Vous voulez lancer une initiative ? Participer, à votre guise, sur votre commune ? Vous avez frappé à la bonne porte.
The experiment will test whether machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) can effectively cluster similar proposals and recommendations from ‘like minded citizens’ on the Consul digital democracy platform
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