{"id":1872,"date":"2025-07-30T15:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consuldemocracy.org\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:45:38","slug":"free-consul-instance-for-limited-resource-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consuldemocracy.org\/es\/2025\/07\/free-consul-instance-for-limited-resource-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Consul instance for limited resource organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-custom-text-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-876ba53d5325f20789f5815c980afd41 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98d5452d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"features\" style=\"background-color:#a0ced8;margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e904f650 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-custom-text-color has-text-color has-link-color has-max-48-font-size wp-elements-c2643ba0521290db7f5a6f8073c5e0d9\" id=\"text-on-left-image-on-right\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900;letter-spacing:-1px\">Free Consul platform for limited <br>resource organizations<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b7913ac5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"features\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-499ce4d0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\">In 2025 we start with offering a free Consul Democracy instance to public or civil society organizations with limited resources. This means that not only the platform is free of cost (which it already is, being free and open source), the Consul Democracy Foundation is also taking care of installation and hosting, in collaboration with its Certified Companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This considerably lowers barriers for using the platform, as all users have to do is learn how to use the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Currently we are looking for pilot projects that want to use the platform for free for a preliminary period of 1 year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re representing a public or civil society organization with limited resources that wants to use the Consul Democracy platform, <strong>please get in touch using the form below. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please leave your name, email, organization and briefly describe why you are interested in using the Consul Democracy platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"coblocks-form\" id=\"d306279c78ba170023dd01df14da1a867b488dda\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<form 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In case of high demand, the Consul Democracy Foundation reserves the right to decide which users are prioritized, based on an understanding of available resources, experience with participation, and political commitment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-custom-brand-blue-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-efadba48 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This project is being developed in collaboration with the following organizations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/enreda.coop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enreda Coop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch special-feature is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Enreda Coop is based in Spain and is a Consul Democracy Certified Company. Enreda maintains the instance on a technical level and gives support to its users through our <a href=\"https:\/\/join.slack.com\/t\/consul\/shared_invite\/zt-37zztnrn6-qVTYxiH94Mu~0jPkPvr1bg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slack channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-499ce4d0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-custom-text-color has-custom-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d6f16335f77efb574ab0308332c00328 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98d5452d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"features\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e904f650 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3ac8577b3fdf0d4558c2206cc1ac0add\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);font-style:normal;font-weight:900\">Multi-tenancy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bcdd8920bb9dbfbae5330088260fb028\">This project is made possible by a functionality of the Consul Democracy platform called <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.consuldemocracy.org\/tech_docs\/features\/multitenancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Multi-tenancy<\/a>. 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