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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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Open Government Indonesia
JakartaOpen government initiative to encourage open and participatory government
An online event on digital participation platforms
빠띠 믹스 (Parti.mx)
South Korea (Republic of Korea)Create a digital public sphere to discuss and decide together
Design for Civic Change
New York City, NY, USADesign for Civic Change is a professional development program for government workers interested in implementing community-engaged design within their work.
Emerson Collective Fellowship
United States of America (the)Encouraging individuals of exceptional talent and creativity to advance bold new projects in education, immigration, the environment, social justice, media, and health.
Climate Democracy Accelerator
Brooklyn, NYClimate Democracy Action (CDA) is a practice-oriented training and support program that prepares advocates and policymakers to use participatory strategies to drive local governments’ response to the climate crisis.
La Constitución es Nuestra
Santiago, ChileProyecto de evaluación ciudadana del proceso constituyente en Chile
The Citizen Helpdesks are a pioneering citizen feedback, dialogue and community voice platform to ensure accountability in the development process.
Demokratiefabrik
SwitzerlandThe Demokratiefabrik is a digital place where citizens meet to discuss various topics together and fabricate defined end products.
Decidimos Monterrey
MonterreyEn Monterrey ahora decidiremos juntas y juntos cómo invertir el 5% de la recaudación del pago predial, más de 50 millones de pesos para promover mejoras en tu colonia y en toda la ciudad.
A Trello board of many collective intelligence tools like Pol.is and Loomio
NYC Civic Engagement Commission Decidim platform
New York, NYA space to enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City
Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave by OECD
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FrancePublic authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies, Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to tackle complex policy problems ranging from climate change to infrastructure investment decisions.
Gong
GONG, Main Square 15/IV, Zagreb,Gong is a civic megaphone that hinders corruption and builds a more democratic, just and equal society.
My City Challenge Oakland
Oakland, CaliforniaAn engagement program
inCitu
New York, NYWe take planning proposals out of city hall and onto their urban context, seamlessly communicating projects with a large, diverse audience to win community support while crowdsourcing stakeholders' feedback.
Healthier Democracies Case Studies
Brooklyn, NYPublic Agenda's Healthier Democracies project studied public engagement systems from 15 locations around the world, and, accordingly, each study has its own report with key learnings and takeaways.
Community engagement and organising in the rural wards of Swansea
ActiVote
1 Avery St, Boston, MA, USAA single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.
Delib Dialogue
Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EHDialogue is a digital platform for building consensus via ideas, comments and ratings in a shared space. Manage closed conversations with defined groups of stakeholders, or open up a public debate.
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.
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.
In "Abierto al Público" we explore the use of open knowledge through data, code and other media.
GovSight
14110 Rocky Valley Dr, Centreville, VA, USAGovSight is a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit that is building a comprehensive civic information platform to help make citizenship simplified for all.
Bringing underheard voices to the center of a stronger public dialogue
g0v Taiwan
TaiwanFounded in Taiwan, "g0v" (gov-zero) is a decentralised civic tech community with information transparency, open results and open cooperation as its core values. g0v engages in public affairs by drawing from the grassroot power of the community.
We promote a right to democracy at all levels, global institutions that are democratic and effective, and equal global citizenship.
Discuto
Amtsgasse 13aOnline collaboration, discussion & consensus. For institutions, organisations & groups.
Ollin
MexicoEn Ollin trabajamos por un México en donde impere el estado de derecho, a través de fortalecimiento de nuestras instituciones democráticas y ciudadanos capaces de transformar su realidad.
Participace 21
CzechiaCzech participatory engagement platform for towns, villages, schools, and non-profits (and NYC's participatory budgeting)
Democracy and participatory political group in Guayaquil
Rahvaalgatus.ee
TallinnEstonian engagement platform with binding triggers for popular proposals to go before government, locally and nationally
Participate.Online + Envirolytical
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaA digital participation platform offered by Enviroissues
Participatory engagement organization in Chengdu
Democracy Without Borders campaign
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.
Alaveteli
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Run your own Freedom of Information website
DemocracyOS
Buenos AiresDemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.
Crowdgauge
Des Moines, Iowa, United StatesGauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd
The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.
Forum Jurisprudence – Forum Bundesgericht (Switzerland) and Forum Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)
Regensbergstrasse 182, Zürich, Schweiz„Forum Bundesgerichtshof“ ist eine private, politisch und konfessionell unabhängige Webseite, die es interessierten Bürgerinnen und Bürgern ermöglicht, alle Urteile des deutschen Bundesgerichtshofs öffentlich zu analysieren, zu kommentieren und darüber zu debattieren.
The Internet Government is an alternate legislative government platform where people elect ideas, not individuals. It's politics without politicians.
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