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  • Tech talk at COSCUP x UbuCon Asia 2026

    We were invited to give a talk at the COSCUP x UbuCon Asia 2026 in Tapei, Taiwan (8-9 August 2026). COSCUP (Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters) is an annual conference in Taiwan, jointly organized by open-source communities. Below is a video recording of the presentation entitled Open source, open voice: the power…

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  • Hecho con Consul: Madrid

    Made with Consul is about showing the real and tangible impact of digital citizen participation, supported by our free and open source participation platform. In each blog post we show in text and image the results of participatory processes run on CONSUL DEMOCRACY, and the impact these have had on cities, regions and the life…

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  • CONSUL wins WSIS Champion Award 2026

    We are delighted to announce that CONSUL DEMOCRACY has been recognized as a WSIS Prizes 2026 Champion! Our director Simon Strohmenger will be going to Geneva on July 9th to receive the prize in person during the official WSIS award ceremony. CONSUL DEMOCRACY took part in WSIS Prizes 2026 in the Category E-government, in which…

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  • Version release 2.5.0! 🎆

    We are incredibly happy to release version 2.5.0 of the CONSUL DEMOCRACY open source software! Here’s release 2.5.0 with: Check the Changelog to see all the changes. Please take your time reading all referenced pull requests to understand new features and changes.

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  • Spring 2026 Newsletter

    This is our Spring newsletter featuring version release 2.5.0., welcoming Arnaud Lesur as a new team member at the Foundation and announcing two new partnership with Usabi (Spain) and Democracy Local (US).

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  • Developing digital participation in Nairobi County, Kenya

    Together with our Certified Tech Partner Enreda Cooperative, we travelled to Nairobi (Kenya) at the invitation to take part in the “CIVIC Residency”, co-organised by the World Bank and Nairobi City County, in collaboration with the E-gov Foundation (India). The aim of this event was to bring together, over four days, international experts and technicians…

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  • Version Release 2.4.0!

    We’re happy to announce Consul Democracy 2.4.0 , with: For details, check the release notes and the changelog. You can also use the release discussion to give us feedback or ask questions about your upgrading process. Thanks everyone for the continued support and contributions! 

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