Doing Deliberative Democracy Right
What does good practice in deliberative democracy and open government look like, in practice? Democracy Technologies took the OECD’s 11 point checklist of Good Practice Principles and checked them against the Barcelona Youth Forum.
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‘Fluid’ Representation, Improved Deliberation and ‘Liquid Democracy’
Moritz Ritter is the Managing Director of Liquid Democracy - a Berlin based non-profit based on the concept of the same name. Here, he talks to us about the importance of creating more 'fluid' forms of political engagement and improving both deliberative and representative processes through technology.
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Why Open Source is a Must for Digital Participation Platforms
Public interest needs to be at the heart of every decision we make regarding democracy technologies. Our democracies depend on the trust of voters and their faith in the democratic process. The best way to cultivate trust is through openness. That’s why open source is the natural fit for digital democratic solutions.
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Why its Time for a New Approach to Civic Tech
As the leader of an organisation working every day on democratic innovation and citizen participation, it feels like the wave of civic tech innovation we saw at the start of the decade has lost momentum.
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Antwerp’s 10 Conditions for Good Participation
The City of Antwerp has developed training materials to guide less experienced city employees through the process of setting up their first participation projects. The "10 conditions for good participation" are part of this guide, and serve as a checklist for anyone starting a new participation project.
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“The evolution of democracy is linked to technology”
Interview with Silvia Caparros, CEO of Scytl, specialist in online voting. The electoral company, Scytl, are experts in providing highly secure solutions for online voting and electoral modernization. CEO, Silvia Caparros, talks about the technology and the services they provide in order to improve and expand democracy.
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“The Vote is the Currency of Democracy”
“The vote is the currency of democracy. If you lose trust in the Euro, the economy goes down and if you lose trust in the vote, then democracy goes down.”
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How Cascais includes elderly people in digital participation
Governments are digitalising fast, but not everyone is online. Elderly people are often excluded from online participation. International institutions and governments are aware of this problem and are acting on it. One example is the Portuguese city of Cascais.
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“We use AI to empower citizens”
Robert Bjarnason and his team build participation platforms with the goal of improving democratic infrastructure. In this interview, he talks to us about the role of Artificial Intelligence in democracy, and explains what the Citizens Foundation does for platforms for governments around the world.
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How the most innovative political parties use democracy technologies
Political parties are essential institutions of democracy. For this article, we talked to executives of some of the most innovative parties across Europe, to find out which democracy technologies they use, and how they make the most of it.
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Putting Citizens First
Not everyone is happy with how the UK's next Prime Minister is being chosen. But seen as part of a broader trend towards digital democratic participation, it is an important step in the right direction.
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A Digital Agora For Citizens To Meet
Interview with Wietse van Ransbeeck, Co-founder and CEO of CitizenLab | With offices in Belgium, the UK and the United States, CitizenLab makes decision-making more inclusive, participatory and responsive.
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Agenda-Setting in Germany and Beyond
With 20 million users, openPetition is a leading platform in Europe for online petitions. Founder and director Jörg Mitzlaff talks to us about the future role of such technologies.
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“Beware of the Leopard“
The UK-based company, Delib, helps governments to involve citizens in decision making, and in turn helps citizens to improve government services for a healthy, functional democracy. Director, Ben Fowkes, on the core services of Delib and trends in the Democracy Technologies industry.
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