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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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DIA will select 40 participants to receive free capacity-building assistance and support for launching or improving innovative participatory programs in the European Union (EU) and Horizon Europe countries.
Rising Stars
BerlinDo you need help launching or enhancing a participatory program? Apply for expert mentoring support provided by the Nets4Dem network in Horizon Europe Area!
From 17th to 19th October in Valongo, Portugal
Professional certification for public participation professionals offered by IAP2 USA
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
IAP2 Training Programs
DenverIAP2 carries out its mission to advance and extend the practice of public participation by organizing and conducting professional development activities to serve the learning needs of members.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) South Africa
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa
Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.
This research brief explores how public participation practitioners might encounter AI tools; examines the risks, opportunities and uncertainties these tools present; and offers ethical considerations to guide their use.
Communiti Labs
Melbourne VIC, AustraliaCommuniti Labs’ AI-powered data analytics allow project teams to collate insights across all channels and convert them into actionable strategies.
Delibera Brasil
Brazil (Brasil)Citizen assembly model
UK Open Government Network
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The UK Open Government Civil Society Networks are coalitions of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through transparency, participation and accountability.
The Wales Open Government Network is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making Welsh Government work better for people through enhanced transparency, participation and accountability.
The Scotland Civil Society Open Government Network is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making Scottish government work better for people through enhanced transparency, participation and accountability.
Northern Ireland Open Government Network (NIOGN)
Northern IrelandThe Northern Ireland Open Government Network (NIOGN), established in 2014, is an alliance of individual citizens, activists and representatives of community and voluntary organisations.
Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit
PhiladelphiaThe City of Philadelphia aims to improve collaboration with communities. This website shares guidance on how to engage communities equitably.
Democracy Works Foundation (DFW)
Johannesburg, South AfricaProviding Tools To Build Resilient Democracies.
Bridge Alliance
FloridaBridge Alliance members work in diverse areas of practice, all serving the larger movement for healthy self-governance.
We're Right Here
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The We’re Right Here campaign is working to build a united movement for community power, spanning places and communities across the UK as well as the political spectrum.
The Society Library
Orlando, Florida, USAThe Society Library is a 501(c)3 U.S. collective intelligence nonprofit working on knowledge systems and digital public infrastructure to make "big data democracy" possible in the 21st century.
City-Level Decision-Making Tool
Orlando, Florida, USAThe Society Library (a collective intelligence institute) shared their micro-voting decision-making tool for city-level decision-making.
Official channel for citizens initiatives in Portugal, with a minimum threshold of 20,000 registered voters
Citizens' referendum platform for Portugal, with a minimum threshold of 60,000 registered voters; signatures
Democracy Reporting International (DRI) strengthens democracy by shaping the institutions that make it sustainable.
Participate Practically
Prague, Czechia‘Participate Practically’ is a 10-hour self-paced online course designed to help you plan, launch, administer and evaluate participation projects.
Manifiesto por la ampliación de la democracia
Spain (España)Pretendemos lograr que las nuevas e innovadoras formas de participación, que ya son una realidad en el ámbito internacional y en nuestras propias regiones y entidades locales, lo sean también en el ámbito estatal español. También queremos aumentar el nivel de exigencia respecto del funcionamiento, inclusividad, transparencia y rendición de cuentas de los mecanismos y herramientas de participación ya existentes.
European Partnership for Democracy
BrusselsWe are a partnership bringing together 20 specialist organisations to support democracy.
Converlens
Melbourne VIC, AustraliaDiscover the modern engagement platform powered by natural language AI to help you gather feedback, manage your data and understand what is being said.
Center for Democracy Innovation
Washington, DCThe 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.
National Civic League
Washington, DCAdvancing civic engagement to create equitable, thriving communities
Democracy Innovations for Better Public Meetings
Washington, DCBetter public meetings are possible, sustainable, and measurable.
Octree
Geneva, SwitzerlandOctree is a startup studio to build today's digital commons: viable, open & fair.
Parla
Platz der Luftbrücke 4-6, 12101, Berlin, GermanyParla has access to more than 11,000 publicly available documents that have been published on the parliamentary documentation system PARDOK in the current legislative period.
Javna rasprava Lokal
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина)Javna rasprava Lokal je web platforma koja je pokrenuta kao alat za poboljšanja dvosmjerne komunikacije između građana/ki i donosioca/teljki odluka na lokalnom nivou.
Projekat Populus
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина)Platforma omogućava dvosmjernu komunikaciju i interaktivnu razmjenu informacija između građana i njihove lokalne zajednice.
E-peticija
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина)E-peticija je zahtjev za određenu promjenu u tvojoj lokalnoj zajednici koji upućuješ donosiocima odluka, a koja se realizuje nakon što tvoja peticija skupi dovoljan broj potpisa.
OECD Deliberative Democracy Database (2023)
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceThe OECD's 700+ case studies of citizen juries, councils, assemblies, and more
The AI Assembly is the first national deliberative event on AI in the United States and represents a significant step toward understanding public sentiment on AI-related issues and shaping the conversation around the role of AI systems in society, with a focus on transparency, accountability, and responsible use.
Bringing citizens' voices to the decision making table
The Computational Democracy Project designs, engineers and maintains Polis, an open source, real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.
AI • Objectives • Institute
San FranciscoThe AI Objectives Institute (AOI) is a non-profit research lab working to ensure that both AI and future economic systems are built and deployed with genuine human objectives at their core, enabled by broad public input and scalable cooperation.
OpenAustralia.org
The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780OpenAustralia.org helps you to keep track of what your politicians are doing and saying on your behalf in Parliament.
Nets4Dem
BerlinTwelve like-minded European and global organizations committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation are coming together in the new Horizon project Nets4Dem.
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