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A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.

Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.

Process phases

We're kicking off our community creation with a workshop September 27, 2019 in Palma de Mallorca, where participants will be able to play, learn, and make with Decidim and the new features Platoniq has coming your way.

After the inaugural workshop in Palma de Mallorca, we're launching an open survey in which participants can work with us to rethink, criticize, and add to the work of expanding the possibilities of Decidim.

Not just that, in addition the platform will be open for those interested to propose new ideas and solutions within Open Spaces.

Check out the proposals and survey section!

Creating Community in Open Spaces

A space for us to collaborate, build community, and innovate participatory processes 🌰🌱🌳

About this process

Welcome to our Decidim community!

Our goal is generate a community interested in playing, innovating, and co-creating with digital democratic participatory processes. In a time when the majority of digital platforms are owned by giant companies and democratic processes seemed to be stunted by out dated methods and ideas; we here shake things up with digital tools 📡📱 and more transparency🔍.

Why Decidim?

The reality is that not many tools exist to create a more transparent and democratic participatory process online. But unlike other online platforms like consul there are a lot more features to play with and at Platoniq are creating even more possibilities, features, and components to make the platform even more accessible and ready for a variety of contexts.

Moreover Decidim was created by the Ayuntamiento of Barcelona and is open source unlike facbook, twitter, or slack it's not owned by a giant private corporation.

What's happening here?

In this process we're creating a community to generate knowledge, play with the platform, debate ideas, and propose new solutions and concepts to create a more usable and holistic online tool for participatory processes whether it's for municipalities, organizations, collectives etc.

Why you?

Because we believe that you, whether you see yourself as a participant or administrator hold the keys to collaborating to build a better world. Your experience, know-how, and questions are invaluable resources for building, creating, and innovating.

Reference: OS-PART-2019-09-38