CONSUL Platform
activeOpen-source government participation platform for proposals, debates, voting, participatory budgets, and collaborative legislation. ~200 governments in 39 countries.
Organizations
4| CONSUL Democracy | Open-source participation platform for proposals, debates, voting, participatory budgets, and collaborative legislation. Used by ~200 governments in 39 countries reaching ~90 million citizens. Originally built by Madrid City Council. |
| Decidim Association | Open-source participatory democracy platform used by 500+ institutions with 3M+ users worldwide. Pioneered in Barcelona. Supports participatory budgeting, citizen proposals, and deliberation. MultiPOD project (2025-2027) creating European Public Space. |
| Participedia | Open-source crowdsourced research database of 1,800+ cases and 330+ methods of participatory democracy worldwide. Hosted by UBC. The definitive academic database of participatory democracy practices globally. |
| People Powered | Global hub for participatory democracy. Publishes comprehensive Digital Participation Tool Ratings (30 tools evaluated). Co-developed UNDP Digital Participation Platforms Guide 2025 (80+ platforms). |
Related Projects
2| Decidim Platform | Open-source participatory democracy platform. Supports participatory budgeting, citizen proposals, and deliberation. 500+ institutions, 3M+ users worldwide. |
| Your Priorities | Open-source idea generation and participatory budgeting platform by Citizens Foundation. Rated #1 on People Powered 2025 Participation Platform Ratings. Better Reykjavik engaged 70,000 of 120,000 residents with 10,000+ ideas. |
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CONSUL Democracy
Approach
AI-Assisted Deliberation
This response uses AI to facilitate large-scale democratic deliberation on AI governance and policy.
Risk
Multipolar Trap (AI Development)
Competitive dynamics where rational individual actions by AI developers create collectively catastrophic outcomes.
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Decidim Association
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