The Bpart platform has helped shape some of Europe’s most established citizen participation processes. In 2017, they worked with several partners to create a platform that makes open city budget data more accessible to citizens. We spoke to their CEO Bert Hendrickx about the importance of transparency for democracy, and the challenges in getting governments and citizens involved.

At a time when the impact of citizen participation is being questioned everywhere, the Belgian Deliberative Committees offers a solution: creating closer ties between participatory and representative democracy.