Designing Participatory Democracy

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Digidem Lab believes in improving, developing and innovating our democracy. We believe in shifting power and mandate to formulate society's problems and solutions. Therefore, we provide and develop methods for political and democratic innovation.

The Botkyrka dialogue gives local residents a voice

The Botkyrka dialogue gives local residents a voice

The Botkyrka Dialogue, which has been running since 2019, gives the residents of Botkyrka the opportunity to submit suggestions to politicians about things they would like to improve in their district and everyday life.

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COLDIGIT presented at Decidim Fest

COLDIGIT presented at Decidim Fest

Digidem Lab presented our work with an international team of researchers at this years DecidimFest.

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Our services

Participatory Budget and Citizen Participation

  • Process design and digital tools for participatory budgets.
  • Focus on underrepresented groups.
  • Digital platforms combined with physical processes.

Community organising

  • Methods for local organising.
  • Build local knowledge and power.
  • Create resilient and strong organisations.

Civic Tech and Digital Development

  • Develops digital technologies for civil society.
  • Building alliances in the civic tech field.
  • Advocating for inclusive and citizen-centric digital development.

Citizens' Panels and Climate Assemblies

  • A demographically representative group is assembled.
  • During facilitated meetings, they have structured discussions of the issues.
  • They formulate recommendations that are passed on to decision-making bodies.

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Projects

We develop participatory democracy for everything from international institutions and cities to local associations.

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