Projects - Participatory democracy

CONSUL für Schulen

Germany (Deutschland)

Gemeinsam für eine starke Schule

Reclaiming Participatory Governance: Social Movements and the Reinvention of Democratic Innovation

"Reclaiming Participatory Governance offers empirical and theoretical perspectives on how the relationship between social movements and state institutions is emerging and developing through new modes of participatory governance."

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Best practices of engaging and involving people with lived experience in decision-making

Scotland

Democratic Society (Demsoc) was commissioned by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (ALLIANCE) to identify and share best practices and evidence on including people with lived experience in health and social care policy and practice in Scotland.

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OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes

Paris, France

The OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes are intended for any public official or public institution interested in carrying out a citizen participation process.

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Citibeats

Our artificial intelligence platform covers many of today's most relevant topics: from sustainable cities to citizen security, from migration to climate change & biodiversity, and more.

The People's Money

New York City, NY, USA

NYC's first citywide Mayoral participatory budgeting process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) (2022-2023)

Legislative Theater

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

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Climate Democracy

Climate section of the Participation Playbook

Participatory Policymaking

Through participatory policymaking, residents propose, debate, and vote on new policies and policy changes, through online platforms and meetings.

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The Participation Playbook

The Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community. It is a tool for people who want to open up government to meaningful and equitable community participation.

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Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy

Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy is the first book that brings together a wide range of methods used in the study of deliberative democracy.

Deliberative Democracy in Asia

China (Zhong Guo)

Book edited By Baogang He, Michael Breen, James Fishkin (2021)

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Democracy Network (United Kingdom)

London

A UK-wide community of democracy organisations and initiatives, working to build stronger relationships, connections and resources amongst those working to build a stronger, more resilient democracy in the United Kingdom.

Mehr Demokratie

Mehr Demokratie e.V., Greifswalderstr. 4, 10108 Berlin, Germany

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

Bill Track 50

LegiNation Inc, 1747 Pearl Street, Suite 304, Denver, CO 80201

We provide a simple search tool for state and federal legislation and regulations and assemble your results into a spreadsheet-style grid for you to view and enjoy.

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Open Parliament Canada

Ottawa

Finding out what your representatives in Ottawa are up to can be tough. We’re trying to make it easy.

City of Sacramento Participatory Budgeting

Sacramento, California, USA

On June 15, 2021, the Sacramento City Council approved the use of up to $1 million in Measure U funds for residents to propose ideas and vote on project concepts.

The Haves and the Have Nots: Civic Technologies and the Pathways to Government Responsiveness

Paper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg

L.A. REPAIR

Los Angeles, CA

The Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism (L.A. REPAIR) is L.A.'s first participatory budget pilot program. L.A. REPAIR will distribute roughly $8.5 million directly to nine L.A. City neighborhoods, called REPAIR Zones.

Denver Participatory Budgeting

Denver

In the first cycle of Denver's Participatory Budgeting, residents guide the selection of $2 million of neighborhood infrastructure.

Qué hacen los diputados

Madrid (Spain)

Como ya hicimos en anteriores legislaturas, vamos a monitorizar toda la actividad legislativa y parlamentaria de la Cámara baja para ayudar a la institución y a nuestros diputados y diputadas a cumplir con valores de gobernanza imprescindibles en nuestros días como la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas.

Purpoz

France

Purpoz, la plateforme de démocratie participative pour bâtir une société plus pertinente. (Citizen engagement platform by Cap Collectif)

Вони голосують для тебе

01021 Kyiv

Як депутати голосують за питання, які важливі для тебе? - They Vote for You instance in Ukraine

Голосування (Rada)

01021 Kyiv

Visualizes votes in Ukrainian parliament

Innovation in Politics Institute

Vienna, VA

Improving democratic politics is our mission: The Innovation in Politics Institute identifies, develops and applies innovations in politics and facilitates best practice exchange across borders and party lines.

Participatory democracy

Designing Digital Participatory Budgeting Platforms: Urban Biking Activism in Madrid

Investigating the empirical case of urban biking activists in Madrid, we explore how the design of the digital platform Decide Madrid impacted the collaborative practices involved in digital participatory budgeting.

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European Capital of Democracy

Barcelona, Spain

The European Capital of Democracy Initiative will build a strong network of Cities that will foster participation; a platform for hope, and for exercising the will and power to change our world for the better.

DemocracyNext

Paris, France

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

Plataforma Democrática

São Paulo

O projeto Fura Bolha é uma série de bate-papos entre figuras conhecidas na sociedade brasileira por pensarem diferente.

Participatory democracy

Civic Voices

Nairobi

With the Civic Voice, you have the power to access, follow through and contribute to bills that matter most to you.

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Asociación por los Derechos Civiles

Av Cordoba 795 - Floor 8 - (C1054AAG) Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) es una organización de la sociedad civil con sede en Argentina que, desde su creación en 1995, trabaja en la defensa y promoción de los derechos civiles y humanos en Argentina y América Latina.

human rights

Participatory democracy

ONTRaC Learning Management System

Canada

This is the online learning portal of the Community Solutions Network

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Vote Rookie

Germany (Deutschland)

Vote Rookie ist eine überparteiliche Demokratie Plattform. Wir unterstützen junge Menschen bei der Teilhabe an Politik und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.

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Framework for Digitally enabled citizen-led participatory processes

Pakistan

A guide prepared by Codeando México and Code for Pakistan as part of the Code for All Exchange Programme.

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Artificial Intelligence in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust

A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.

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EnCiv

United States of America (the)

Democracy can work better than it does today, and we believe that starts with better human connections. Our online tools inspire people of all backgrounds and every political conviction to learn more about all sides of the conversation.

Participatory democracy

actNOW

Africa

A public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement. Appears to still be under development.

PolicyEngine

United States of America (the)

Compute the impact of public policy

Climate action

CiviCue

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

CiviCue is a decentralized autonomous civic media platform equipped with blockchain civic tech that aims to disrupt existing media landscape by serving as a public good collectively owned and managed by all users who contribute to the platform wellbeing and benefit from profit sharing, thus balancing commercial interests and social values.

Smart City-Strategie Berlin

Berlin

Public engagement around plan to merge digital strategy and smart city strategy in Berlin

Urbanpinion

Estonia (Eesti Vabariik)

Urbanpinion 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.