The most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government.
The open source CONSUL DEMOCRACY software is free to use and modify.
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Our public mission has been recognized and supported by
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Our User Community
The CONSUL DEMOCRACY software is and has been used by more than 300 cities and organizations all over the world.
Use the CONSUL DEMOCRACY software to
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Open up spaces for Debate
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Gather and evaluate Citizen Proposals
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Make collective decisions through Voting
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Organize a process of Participatory Budgeting
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Collaboratively draft laws or regulations
Get started right away with the installation and implementation of your own CONSUL DEMOCRACY-based participation platform.
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Partners
We work closely with different tech and network partners. Some of them have been there at the very beginning, some of them are new. Together we make the project better every day.
We are always open to new collaborations, both when it comes to our pool of trusted Certified Companies as well as our Local Partners who actively spread CONSUL DEMOCRACY in their country or region and assist users.
Latest news
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Consul Conference 2025: Gran Canaria
CONSULCON25 The Consul Democracy Foundation in collaboration with the Cabildo de Gran Canaria organises the next ConsulCon on 4-6 February… Read More →
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Demostracíon plataforma Consul (Español)
El miercoles 31 de julio organizaremos una demostracíon en Español de nuestra plataforma de participacíon ciudadana. Explicaremos 1) como funciona… Read More →
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Highlights of 2024 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, Bucharest
The sheer scale and diversity of people and ideas present at the 2024 #GlobalForum on Modern Direct Democracy last week… Read More →
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Summary and video recording of 24/4/24 Meet-up!
The second and very cool Community Meet-Up of 2024 is now reviewable in video below (unfortunately due to human errors… Read More →
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Highlights of the EDDY (European Digital DemcracY) conference in Rotterdam (9-11 april 2024)
Forging new connections and learning from academia about citizen participation methods at the EDDY (European Digital DemocracY) conference last week… Read More →
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New version release!
🔧 Make some noise for Consul Democracy version 2.1.0!We are super happy with the official release of the Consul Democracy… Read More →
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Next Community Meet-up: 24 April!
This time in our Community Meet-up series: lessons from Consul use in Slovenia. The next Consul Democracy Community Meet-up will… Read More →
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Video recording of 20/2/24 Community Meet-up
Our first and – may we say? – awesome Community Meet-Up of 2024 is now reviewable in video below. The… Read More →
CONSUL DEMOCRACY Newsletter
Want to stay updated on tech and community developments, interesting Use Cases and upcoming events?
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