Pre-Summer Newsletter 2024
Our pre-Summer Newsletter, sent out on 27 May 2024. As we publish it in .jpg format here, the links are non-clickable. To receive the next one in all its authentic glory, please sign up for the newsletter.
Forging new connections and learning from academia about citizen participation methods at the EDDY (European Digital DemocracY) conference last week in Rotterdam! 馃挕We learned, for example, about the different voting methods that are currently prevalent in computer sciences, such as the so-called Equal Shares method which revolves around the idea of a more fair distribution…
馃敡 Make some noise for Consul Democracy version 2.1.0!We are super happy with the official release of the Consul Democracy software version 2.1.0! Big thanks to our loyal maintainers at Rock&Rohr, Democrateam and Enreda who work tirelessly to keep the Consul code of the highest quality! 馃檹馃徏 Here are some of the most important updates…
Our Spring Newsletter, sent out on February 28th, 2024.
One question, various answers. We were thrilled to explore some of these at the Smart Country Convention 2023 with gov and non-gov organizations from across Germany. 馃寙 In North-Germany an interesting example is to be found in the city of Hansestadt L眉beck, which is on a potentially transformative path towards becoming the first German ‘Social…
We love this title of an article published by the online magazine Democracy Technologies, who talked to our colleague Jens Kimmel (whose face is shamelessly dominating the article cover..) 馃敠 The interview shines light on the current state of the Consul Democracy project, the global community and the role of the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation in…
Intense discussions and new connections at the Getting Civic Tech Right For Democracy conference at the OECD – OCDE in Paris yesterday. 馃挕 How could technology be used for the empowerment of citizens? Great to see 150 people from civil society, science and governments from all around the world try to wrap their heads around…
Our Autumn Newsletter, sent out on October 21st, 2023.