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Are you looking to implement a digital participation project? From case-studies to practical guides, here are all the resources you need to get started with citizen engagement.
Join our free webinar to learn what inclusion looks like in practice, and how it can make your council’s community engagement efforts more participatory & equitable.
We like to think that digital reaches everyone, but what if you're missing out on some groups?
Here are key principles to follow when setting a digital participation project to ensure that your platform is as inclusive and representative as possible.
While there is no golden rule for successful digital citizen participation, there are guidelines that have proven to help you achieve your participation goals. The lessons learned and practical tips and tricks in this guide will certainly come in handy when your government launches a digital citizen participation project.
Citizen workshops are an essential part of our local democracies. These events, which are traditionally held offline, are now beginning to take place in digital spaces. How can we ensure that deliberation remains fruitful and constructive? Our practical guide helps you to organise and moderate your online debates.
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Once a digital participation platform is launched, the main challenge is to make sure it's visible and used by citizens. Here's our guide to successfully launching your platform and with a limited budget, focusing on 4 key channels.
A practical overview of the main consultation methods for councils looking to implement digital participation and boost community engagement on a local scale.
Did you know participatory budgets could increase trust in governments and bring more support for policy-decisions?
Our guide for cities and municipalities features practical tips, successful case-studies and a step-by-step guide to implementing a participatory budget locally.
Citizen participation platforms aim to improve intangible metrics such as trust, citizen engagement and democratic dialogue. How can these be accurately measured, and why is demonstrating impact so important? This guide looks at practical measures of impact, with a special focus on citizen participation platforms.
Where will our democracies be in 10 years? How can local governments stimulate citizen engagement?
Interviews with thought leaders on the future of citizen participation, innovation in government and leadership in the digital age.
Our free 40-page handbook has been written by our experts to help cities and municipalities get started with online participation.
It features best practices of digital democracy, and a step by guide guide to setting up participation processes.
When setting up citizen participation projects, internal organisation is key. Our participation experts have designed an e-participation canvas for cities and governments that will help you clearly set goals, agree on deadlines and attribute tasks for each stakeholder.
The London Borough of Newham has launched its consultation platform to include residents, businesses and shoppers in urban planning decisions. All stakeholders have been consulted on four projects around Newham’s shared spaces.
In each neighbourhood, citizens could voice their opinions and vote on what they think deserves the municipality’s investment. Over 24,450 inhabitants participated in this project via the online platform.
The French city of Rueil-Malmaison used its community engagement platform to coordinate solidarity efforts during lockdown. The results: over 30000 masks were made and 6000 food baskets were delivered to citizens in need.
Once a digital participation platform is launched, the main challenge is to make sure it's visible and used by citizens. Here's our guide to successfully launching your platform and with a limited budget, focusing on 4 key channels.
Download the free guideCitizens voted and commented on 4 different designs for the future town square. The data reports made the council understand the various arguments amongst the population.
Citizens voted and commented on 4 different designs for the future town square. The data reports made the council understand the various arguments amongst the population.
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