Within the scope of its Presidency of the European Council, Belgium has convened a Citizens’ Assembly on AI. The organisers hope it will be just one of many such ventures in future.

One in three people living in Brussels is non-Belgian. This means they cannot vote in regional elections. This year, Commissioner Brussels is working with the regional parliament to set up a citizen panel of international citizens of Brussels. The goal: to give them a voice in how the city where they live is run. Democracy Technologies spoke with project officer, Bryn Watkins, about what they hope to achieve and why it’s complicated

What happens when digital approaches to deliberative democracy are adopted at parliamentary level? The Scottish parliament tells us more.

A recent event in Brussels organised by the Federation of Innovation in Democracy (FIDE) gave official recognition to what many of us have known for a while – the deliberative wave is here to stay. In other words, citizen-led policy has officially arrived, even at EU-level here in Brussels. But what role does technology have to play in continuing its momentum?

What starts with the mailing of 20 000 letters and finishes with a government-funded Tik Tok channel dedicated to the youth of Barcelona? The answer is the Barcelona Youth Forum. A unique youth participation experiment. Recent winner of the title, European Capital of Democracy, the city of Barcelona is no newcomer to participatory democracy.