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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What does great citizen participation look like?
One question, various answers. We were thrilled to explore some of these at the Smart Country Convention 2023 with gov… Read More →
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Part of a Larger Transformation: The Consul Democracy Foundation.
We love this title of an article published by the online magazine Democracy Technologies, who talked to our colleague Jens… Read More →
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Getting Civic Tech Right For Democracy conference
Intense discussions and new connections at the Getting Civic Tech Right For Democracy conference at the OECD – OCDE in… Read More →
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Community Meet-up 24 January 2024
If you are here looking for the event link because you did not receive an agenda invite and a meeting… Read More →
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CONSUL DEMOCRACY Newsletter
Want to stay updated on tech and community developments, interesting Use Cases and upcoming events?
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