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Democratic Innovations

Explore 50 projects in the Democratic Innovations category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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newDemocracy Foundation

newDemocracy is an independent, non-partisan research and development organisation. We aim to discover, develop, demonstrate, and promote complementary alternatives which will restore trust in public decision making.

New South Wales, Australia

Participedia

Anyone can join the Participedia community and help crowdsource, catalogue and compare participatory political processes around the world.

Vancouver
2009

Democracy R&D Conference

The annual Democracy R&D conference is the leading international event for people who fund, run, commission, study and advocate for Citizensโ€™ Assemblies.

Toronto

OECD Deliberative Democracy Database (2023)

The OECD's 700+ case studies of citizen juries, councils, assemblies, and more

OECD, Rue Andrรฉ Pascal, Paris, France
2019

G1000

G1000 is a Belgian platform for democratic innovation. We develop, support and promote new forms of deliberation that reinforce democracy from the local to the national level. We believe democracy should give more space to regular citizens.

Brussels
2011

Federation for Innovation in Democracy - Europe (FIDE)

Bringing citizens' voices to the decision making table

Brussels

Civic Collaboratory

Shifting the current paradigm of individual achievement towards collaboration and shared success.

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Sortition Foundation

Organization dedicated to promoting citizens' assemblies

Cambridge, UK
2017
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Types of Voting System

Different voting systems have a variety of different features, ranging from how proportional they are (whether seats in parliament reflect votes cast), the connection between MPs and their communities and the extent to which voters can choose between different candidates.

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