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Participatory Democracy

Explore 625 projects in the Participatory Democracy category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

625 projects

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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Citizens' Track on AI

An initiative to use participatory practice to address the democratic deficit in AI governance, and bring greater alignment with the public interest, agency for communities, and accountability to AI governance.

UK
2026

Barcelona Digital City

The priority of Barcelona is to go beyond the concept of smart city or smart city and take full advantage of the opportunities offered by data-based technologies and their great power of transformation.

Barcelona, Spain

Citizen Observatory Madrid

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.

Madrid (Spain)

ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice)

Latvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."

Riga, Latvia
2011

Intersectional Spaces of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded (INSPIRE)

Re-imagining Democracy with Europeโ€™s Diverse Communities

Birmingham, UK
2024

Cortico

Bringing underheard voices to the center of a stronger public dialogue

Block By Block Minecraft participatory planning workshops

Did you know that you can use Minecraft for more than a simple fun? Learn about great Block by Block initiative for community participation in urban design.

UN Habitat, Beirut, Lebanon
2012
Minecraft, workshops

Democratic Innovations Accelerator

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.

Berlin
2024