INJUV, Chile’s National Youth Institute, is a public institution that collaborates with the government in designing policies related to youth affairs. To give millennials across the country the chance to voice their ideas on local community development, INJUV launched an online platform in the winter of 2019. As a public...
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The secrets behind the platform’s success: trust, transparency, longevity. The French commune of Rueil-Malmaison (78,152 inhabitants), in the west suburbs of Paris, launched its participation platform in 2018 to give citizens a voice in the decision-making process. Two years in, the platform has hosted a large variety of participatory projects,...
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Say what you will, but 2020 has been an eventful year. In 7 months, social movements and a pandemic have forced local democracies to redefine their communication with citizens. Yet, faced with these challenges, governments have shown that they have the ability to innovate fast. Social distancing required civil servants...
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Crises often lead to reflection: should we be doing things differently? What changes can improve our democracies? The ongoing pandemic has shaken things up and forced democracies worldwide to function differently. Although some countries are seeing a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and, consequently, are loosening up restrictions,...
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The world has received a crash course in digital interaction and tools over the last couple of months. With social distancing as a catalyst for digital engagement, Civic Tech needs to invest in facilitating digital deliberation; a field that historically has not been its forte. But now is as good...
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“The power of citizen initiatives is that they work at all levels.” – an interview with Elisa Lironi
This interview is part of a series of 12 expert interviews on the future of digital democracy. You can read the full white paper with interviews here. Elisa Lironi is the Senior Manager European Democracy, working at the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) since 2015. She develops and leads ECAS’ European...
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This blog post is inspired by the article “Understanding New Power” by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms, which is an extract from their book New Power. Power is shifting; many processes in our society are – slowly but surely – becoming increasingly shared, open and participatory. New movements like #MeToo...
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