Decidim
Decidim is a digital platform for citizen participation that helps citizens, organisations and public institutions to democratically self-organise at all levels.
It is written on free and open source code and designed as a common good, designed to promote participatory democracy.
Created by Barcelona City Council and the Decidim community in February 2016, it has been adopted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and other public administrations and social organisations in Catalonia and around the world. There are currently more than 400 active instances and it has been implemented in 20 countries, by local governments and a diverse range of institutions such as the governments of Mexico City, Helsinki, New York and Kakogawa (Japan) and the National Assembly of France, to name a few. In 2019 it was recognised by the European Commission as one of the most innovative open source projects in Europe. The governance of its code is the responsibility of the Decidim Free Software Association, which is in charge of ensuring the democratic practices of the platform and the promotion of its community Metadecidim.
Its democratic principles are set out here.
