Projects - Participatory democracy

Insights

24 Raul Wallenberg, Ziv Towers, Tel Aviv

Civic engagement tool, powered by algorithms

OpenIDEO

Through OpenIDEO, people worldwide come together to build on each other’s skills and ideas for good.

Using modern technologies will facilitate the possibility of public participation, and will provide a platform for people’s active presence in governance, which will lead into the improvement of governance quality

coUrbanize

33 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110, USA

coUrbanize is a community engagement platform that helps residents, real estate developers, city planners, and municipalities build better cities together.

Decidim

Barcelona, Spain

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

Decidim

Ask The EU

Madrid (Spain)

Get answers from EU Institutions

Alaveteli

Grassroot

Johannesburg, South Africa

Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists.

Democ

California

Anonymous Voting at Work, School, and Play :)

OpenParlamento

Rome

Cosa fanno i tuoi rappresentanti? Tutte le attività parlamentari aggiornate quotidianamente.

Dokeza

Kenya

A legislation commenting platform in Kenya

World Bank talent network

This Expert Network Accelerates The Search For Talent. Case study by GovLab

Citizen Observatory Madrid

Madrid (Spain)

In this panel called Citizen Observatory, a group of people chosen at random will approach and provide solutions to key issues for the life of the citizens of Madrid.

Hromadski Project (Громадський проект)

1991 Civic Tech Center, вулиця Мечникова, Kyiv, Ukraine

One IT solution for all participatory budgeting activities. Available as SaaS or self-hosted.

Copy, Paste, Legislate

Phoenix, AZ, USA

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

PeakMetrics

Los Angeles, CA

PeakMetrics tracks news and government action around the clock, so you save time and react faster.

Bang the Table EngagementHQ

Australia

Our complete suite of listening, information, analysis, reporting and relationship management features enable you to mix and match precisely the right online tools for your community engagement objectives.

US FDA's device approval process

The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Connecting Expertise to Government

Polco

Middleton, WI

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy.

GoFundMe

GoFundMe: The most trusted free online fundraising platform. Start a successful crowdfunding campaign on the site with over $5 Billion Raised. Read our guarantee!

DOSVIT

1991 Civic Tech Center, вулиця Мечникова, Kyiv, Ukraine

Website builder platform for cities and amalgamated communities in Ukraine

Public Square

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Public Square is a two-year action research programme that explores how to improve participation at a local government level.

research

Konstytucja.online

Poland (Polska)

The Polish constitution, online

Legge regionale sulla partecipazione

Bologna, Italy

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

Place Speak

New City Ventures, Attn: PlaceSpeak, 1005 Cypress Street, Vancouver, BC, V6J 3K5, CANADA

PlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.

place-based

New Zealand Digital Service Design Tools

New Zealand

These tools can help you test ideas and products with real users so you design services that work for people. There are also tools to help you present research in a meaningful way and bring it to life.

Block Party

New York City

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

Nos Députés

17 Rue Corneille, 31100 Toulouse, France

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

Nesta

58 Victoria Embankment

Nesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya 00100

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

Participation Factory

Prague, Czechia

Participation Factory is a social enterprise that mainstreams participation and data-driven approaches into governance and process design.

People Powered

Latinno

Berlin

cases of democratic technology in Latin America from eighteen countries in a twenty-six year period (1990-2016)

Bologna Neighborhood workshops

Bologna, Italy

Con i Laboratori potrai segnalare, creare e far votare proposte per il tuo quartiere: contattaci o vieni agli incontri, per lavorare insieme a tecnici del Comune di Bologna ed esperti di coprogettazione.

TheyWorkforYou

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.

Extituto

Bogotá

Political organization focused on generating healthy physical and digital spaces for co-creation and incidence in the political landscape.

Smartvote

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera)

smartvote BePart ist eine partizipative Plattform. Über diese Plattform können Bürger/-innen aktiv an der Gestaltung des smartvote-Fragebogens für ihre Wahl teilnehmen und ihre eigenen Ideen und Fragen einbringen.

Pauta Participativa

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

invites citizens to help set Parliament's agenda with a sophisticated form of ranked voting that allows them to express more nuanced preferences than traditional first-past-the-post systems

CrowdJustice

CrowdJustice is a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals, groups and communities to come together to fund legal action.

LaunchGood

Detroit, MI

Crowdfunding Incredible Muslims

racial equity

Nyaaya

Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024, India

Nyaaya’s platform provides comprehensive information on various legal topics in an accessible and simple language,covering aspects of the law that the public interact with in their daily lives.

D-Cent

Barcelona, Spain

D-CENT is a Europe-wide project creating open, secure and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.

Mon Avis Citoyen

17 Rue Xaintrailles, 75013, Paris, France

Le site qui vous donne la parole

Konveio

1624 Market St, Denver, CO 80202, USA

Konveio turns regular PDFs into social documents for draft reviews, interactive reports, digital workshops or immersive guides and training materials.

Transparencia Belgium

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)

Transparencia is a platform for access to administrative documents (subsidies, public markets, etc.) developed by Anticor Belgium

CivicBudget

Europe

Civicbudget is an open source participative platform enabling any organization, public or private, to launch a consultation process.

Ignition Deck WordPress plugin

IgnitionDeck is the world's most popular WordPress crowdfunding plugin. Includes free WordPress Crowdfunding Theme. Integrates with Paypal, Stripe, Mailchimp.

Wordpress

The Human Utility

287 Lester Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606, USA

The Human Utility provides assistance to families and makes sure they always have running water at home.

Clean water and sanitation

Hamdam

Islamic Republic of Iran (Īrān)

Hamdam is a classic period and ovulation tracker with a twist: a significant function of the app is to help familiarize Iranian women with their reproductive and legal rights.