Consul Democracy: open software platform all its code can be used by any person or entity

Consul Democracy: open software platform all its code can be used by any person or entity

Category:
User Experience

Net4Age Ontology Terms:
citizen , computer , experience , inclusion , participation , people , technology

Description:

CONSUL DEMOCRACY is the most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government.

Overview: 
CONSUL DEMOCRACY. It is the most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government used by over 100 institutions in 35 countries, developed by hundreds of contributors worldwide. It is the largest open source digital democracy platform.

Objectives: 
Improve direct democracy and citizen participation worldwide.

Initiatives: 
Platform could be used by any and all to make proposals for people to comment or vote on - this could be any topics.
Shortcomings: 
This would have to be developed to ensure proposals relate to NET4Age topics
Relevance: 
1
Relevance Description: 
Not directly related to NET4Age
Quality: 
2
Opinion: 
Could be a useful tool for highlighting issues that relate to ageing, smart technology etc. but would need engagement by NET4Age to set this up.
Overlap: 
No
Overlap Detail: 
Sources: 
https://consulproject.org/en/
Keywords: 
Citizen participation tool; Debates; Proposals; Budgeting; Voting; Collaborative Legislation
Email: 
helen.kelly@ucc.ie