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Sparkle Bureaucracy

Sparkle Bureaucracy is a network of people using AI to prototype more optimistic futures.

Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road, London, UK
2026

Zeitgeist Deliberation Platform

Zeitgeist is a public-deliberation platform from Nesta's Centre for Collective Intelligence Design that combines qualitative group discussion with quantitative polling in one experience, letting governments and charities run scalable, engaging consultations.

58 Victoria Embankment

Marea Deliberativa

Spanish nonprofit that recruits and selects participants by civic lottery for the European Citizens' Panels, trains the national network of recruiters, and campaigns to bring deliberative democracy into common sense.

Madrid (Spain)

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

Democratic Digital Commons

Together, we will run a series of assemblies across Europe to understand our current digital infrastructure & governance, and reimagine, showcase & demand a Democratic Digital Commons.

European Union (EU)
2026

Civic Collaboratory

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

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Colaboratório de Inovação Cidadã para o Desenvolvimento Social (CLIC)

São Paulo
2024

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

Re-imagining Democracy with Europe’s Diverse Communities

Birmingham, UK
2024

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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