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https://consuldemocracy.org/
CONSUL DEMOCRACY
The most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government.
Active
Since 2015
Amsterdam
Open source: Yes (https://github.com/consuldemocracy/consuldemocracy)
CONSUL is free software, so it does not requires the payment of licenses. CONSUL can be modified by each organization to adapt the software to their needs, which facilitates the exchange of knowledge and experiences. As a tool, CONSUL is allowing cities to develop processes that put into the hands of citizens decisions around urban space, the budget of the city or priorities in municipal management. See also the Decidim vs. CONSUL [feature table](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKzaH-l8v-VeBdxVl2yfxmcJoruXkjCUIR9vkZVchlmC1ixW3HqSLzFQ264PRmagJU0GvpRd5WmMq9/pubhtml) (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKzaH-l8v-VeBdxVl2yfxmcJoruXkjCUIR9vkZVchlmC1ixW3HqSLzFQ264PRmagJU0GvpRd5WmMq9/pubhtml) and [blog post](https://xabier.barandiaran.net/2019/01/14/comparativa-decidim-vs-consul/) (https://xabier.barandiaran.net/2019/01/14/comparativa-decidim-vs-consul/)
Evidence of this project's impact
33 Countries, 100 Institutions, 90 Million citizens (Source) — 2018-10
Resources
- Blog
- Contact page
- Host organization
- Slack
- PB in Fife, Scotland
- Case Study: How the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) utilized AI within their CONSUL DEMOCRACY deployment
- CONSUL Democracy launches version 2.5, adding AI features
- Consulcon
- Community page
- Citizen participation and machine learning for a better democracy
Related projects
Parent organization: CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation
- Org. type
- Non-profit / charity / foundation
- Project type
- Tool or platform
- Founded
- 2015
- Language(s)
- Albanian, Arabic
- Employees
- 0-5
- Pricing
- Free
- Used by
- 90% (local) governments, 10% CSO, university, researchers We have a network of tech and regional partners: https://consuldemocracy.org/about-us/ We have recently implemented a sponsorship program that we intend to expand in the coming months. We have concluded an initial partnership with the City of Munich. https://consuldemocracy.org/sponsor/
- Features
- Collaborative drafting, Assessment of ideas, Recommendation engine, Messaging between users, Forums and/or threaded conversations, Translation
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report →
- Categories
- Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Group decision making, Ideation, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory budgeting, Participatory budgeting tools, Participatory democracy, The Tech
- Tags
- Consul
- Added
- 2025-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-08-14T17:25:00.000Z
Additional details
- Institutions using the platform
- 200
- How AI is used
- Three years ago, in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute and several British universities, we launched an AI pilot project that allows suggestions to be sorted by certain tags, links similar suggestions with each other (or at least points out existing similar suggestions), and, as an additional function, summarizes discussions and comments. In an initial use case, this was utilized for moderation in Glasgow to summarize several thousand comments and evaluate them for administration. **Links here: ** - Alan Turing: <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.00508> - Glasgow: <https://docs.consuldemocracy.org/use_cases/scotland/glasgow> - Demo-Version: <https://demo.consuldemocracy.org/admin/machine_learning#settings> - Github: https://github.com/consul-ml/related\_content
- Number of end users
- 10,000,000+
- Number of integrations
- 0
- GitHub contributors
- 144
- Metrics of success
- 33 Countries, 100 Institutions, 90 Million citizens
- Geographic focus
- Central and Eastern Europe, Central America, South America, Western Europe, Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪, Scotland 🏴, Spain (España) 🇪🇸, Balkans, Latin America, Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) 🇲🇽, Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
- Geographic focus — country
- Europe, Central America, South America, Europe, Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧, Spain (España) 🇪🇸, Europe, South America, Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) 🇲🇽, "Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱"
- Pricing
- Free
- Pricing — license model
- Free for download or offers a free subscription option with full features.
- Pricing — government / nonprofit discount
- No
- Documentation & learning
- Our Documentation you can find here: https://docs.consuldemocracy.org/index Tech Documentation: https://docs.consuldemocracy.org/tech\_docs For Admins: https://docs.consuldemocracy.org/docs\_general/type-of-users/type-of-users Use Cases: https://docs.consuldemocracy.org/use\_cases
- Support resources
- Documentation system, personal consulting from us or our local partners, online meet-ups, slack channel, ConsulCon, Github (pull requests)
- Source
- Some data provided by People Powered's [Ratings for Digital Participation Tools](https://www.peoplepowered.org/platform-ratings)
- Accessibility certification
- Our platform meets the web accessibility standards e.g WCAG https://docs.consulproject.org/docs/english-documentation/customization/views\_and\_styles#accesibility
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