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The most complete citizen participation tool for an open, transparent and democratic government.
The open source CONSUL DEMOCRACY software is free to use and modify.
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The CONSUL DEMOCRACY software is and has been used by more than 250 cities and organizations all over the world.
München, Germany
Aarhus, Denmark
Madrid, Spain
Sãu Paulo, Brasil
Fryslân, Netherlands
Celje, Slovenia
Montevideo, Uruguay
Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Edinburgh, Scotland
Tenerife, Spain
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Use the CONSUL DEMOCRACY software to
Open up spaces for Debate
Gather and evaluate Citizen Proposals
Make collective decisions through Voting
Organize a process of Participatory Budgeting
Collaboratively draft laws or regulations
Learn more about the features →
Get started right away with the installation and implementation of your own CONSUL DEMOCRACY-based participation platform.
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Partners
We work closely with different tech and network partners. Some of them have been there at the very beginning, some of them are new. Together we make the project better every day.
We are always open to new collaborations, both when it comes to our pool of trusted Certified Tech Partners as well as our Regional Partners who actively spread CONSUL DEMOCRACY in their country or region and assist users.
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Latest news
CONSUL wins WSIS Champion Award 2026
We are delighted to announce that CONSUL DEMOCRACY has been recognized as a WSIS Prizes 2026 Champion! Our director Simon… Read More →
10 June 2026
Version release 2.5.0! 🎆
We are incredibly happy to release version 2.5.0 of the CONSUL DEMOCRACY open source software! Here’s release 2.5.0 with: Check the Changelog to see… Read More →
22 April 2026
Developing digital participation in Nairobi County, Kenya
Together with our Certified Tech Partner Enreda Cooperative, we travelled to Nairobi (Kenya) at the invitation to take part in… Read More →
6 April 2026
CONSUL Meet-up: Mejorando Málaga
La próxima encuentro en linea será uno en español. Estamos muy contentos de presentar el proyecto de participación ciudadana del… Read More →
9 February 2026
Presentación en español The Participatory Group
Estamos muy contentos de haber podido presentar el proyecto CONSUL DEMOCRACY en la serie de encuentros en linea organizado por… Read More →
9 February 2026
Newsletter January 2026
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29 January 2026
Consul Conference 2026: Munich
Registration now open! Get your donation-based ticket through the button below. Get your ticket The CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation in collaboration… Read More →
18 December 2025
Video collection: CONSUL Meet-up recordings
Every software application needs instruction videos, which is why we publish short, subtitled and easy to follow instruction videos on… Read More →
18 December 2025
CONSUL Meet-up: Decide Madrid
💙 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁-𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗬 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀… Read More →
17 November 2025
Version Release 2.4.0!
We’re happy to announce Consul Democracy 2.4.0 , with: For details, check the release notes and the changelog. You can also use the release discussion to give… Read More →
28 October 2025
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