"Title","Summary","Body","Annual Budget","Country","Executive Director","Fulltime Staff","Part-time Staff","Volunteer Count"
"+D = Democracia em Movimento (Portugal)","+D Mission: ""Politics beyond the parties'

The mission of the Movement + D lies in the renewal of representative democracy, promoting the dignity of politics, politicians and proper respect for the public interest by all holders that manage, claiming the approach of politicians to citizens through the electoral process, by requiring transparency and accountability and, in general, the development of ethics in politics. The Movement + D will also assume the task of promoting the strengthening of democracy through the development of instruments legally recognized but also by incorporating innovative tools Participatory Democracy.","In recent decades the Portuguese citizens drifted away significantly from political life, as the growing electoral abstention shows, while the country plunged into a severe financial crisis and the need for an international bailout, with consequences...","","Portugal","","","",""
"ADELS","","ADELS (Association pour la démocratie et l’éducation locale et sociale) is a Paris-based organization, set up in 1960, whose work is aimed at encouraging political participation and civic engagement beyond the ballot box at the subcentral level of...","","France","François Hannoyer","","",""
"Age Sector Platform","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Agir pour la démocratie directe","","Acting for Direct Democracy(French association under Law July First1901)Mission statement(statutes article 2)The association “Acting for direct democracy” has for aim to reform the Constitution of the French Republic to introduce at local, regional and...","","France","","","",""
"Aktiv Demokrati","","Aktiv Demokrati (swedish for ""Active Democracy"") is a non-political party for realizing direct democracy in the swedish parliament, using a mix of delegation and direct voting through the internet.The basic idea is that all citizens from different parts...","200","Sweden","Jonas Liljegren","","","40"
"Alliance For Education","","Mission and Purpose
The Alliance for Education is a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to bettering education in Seattle Public Schools. Independent from the Seattle School District itself, the Alliance works directly with the community...","","","Sara Morris","","",""
"Americans Discuss Social Security","","The Americans Discuss Social Security (ADSS) is an organization based out of Washington, D.C. that focuses on engaging American citizens in discussing the reformation of the United States Social Security System. Mission and PurposeThe Americans Discuss...","","United States","","","",""
"Americans Elect","Written by: Tony Elia and Colton Schweitzer

This article explores the non-partisan, non-profit organization, Americans Elect, the organization that attempted  to create the first national online presidential primary.","DefinitionAmericans Elect is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization whose goal is to “fix the way we elect our leaders” by implementing the first non partisan, national online presidential primary. Americans Elect has focused on achieving three clear goals...","","United States","Peter Ackerman ","","100+",""
"AmericaSpeaks","","AmericaSpeaks is a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to ""engage citizens in the public decisions that impact their lives."" AmericaSpeaks' work is focused on trying to create opportunities for citizens to impact...","7","","Carolyn Lukensmeyer","14","60","6001"
"Annenberg Institute for School Reform","","I. Purpose and Mission of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform:The purpose and mission of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform is to challenge to the nation to improve public education in America by enhancing the quality of learning for youth...","","","Dr. Warren Simmons","46","",""
"Anonymous","We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.","Anonymous is a decentralized hacktivist collective. A variety of internet sub-cultures gave birth to the dynamic entity known as Anonymous. The term “anonymous” originally referred to any internet user in general and their anonymous online identity and...","","United States","","","","???"
"APSA Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security, and Social Justice","","APSA Statement of PurposeThree recent developments have thrust issues of economic security and social justice into the public consciousness.First, the global economic crisis has brought economic insecurity home to developed countries and highlighted that...","","","","","",""
"Artworks Creative Communities","","Who we are…
Artworks Creative Communities is a Bradford-based charity and social enterprise. Since 1998 we have delivered innovative projects that use creativity as a force for change. Working with professional artists and in partnership with...","840","United Kingdom","Ged Walker (Acting CEO)","4","5","4"
"Ascentum","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External LinksAscentum, http://ascentum.com/Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Association for Societal Participation","Let's reboot democracy!","Mission and PurposeThe Association for Societal Participation is an international, non-partisan NGO founded in Budapest and is currently under registration. Its aim is to help create a more direct and transparent democratic form of government, using the...","","United States","","","",""
"Association Italia 150","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Auckland Council","The Auckland Council is the council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the existing regional council and the region's seven previous city and district councils into one ""super council"" or ""super city"" governed by a mayor, 20 members of the governing body and 148 members of 21 local boards.","  ","","New Zealand","","","",""
"Australian Study Circles Network ","The Australian Study Circles Network Pty Ltd (ASCN) is a central resource for those who want to learn about study circles or organise a Dialogue to Change (D2C) program in Australia.  

Dialogue to Change programs are based on the internationally recognised study circle method and the work of Everyday Democracy in the US, but customised for an Australian context.

Dialogue to Change programs involve a community dialogue that helps people explore complex issues, make decisions and take action. It begins with community organising and is followed by facilitated, small group dialogue that leads to change. Study circles don’t advocate a particular solution. Instead, they welcome many points of view around a shared concern.
","Mission and Purpose  Helping communities find ways for all kinds of people to think, talk and work together to solve problemsThe Australian Study Circles Network Pty Ltd (ASCN) is a central resource for those who want to learn about study circles or...","","Australia","Dr. Mark Brophy (Founder) and Mary Brennan","","2",""
"Backbone Campaign","The Backbone Campaign is a progressive, non-profit organization based on Vashon Island, Washington, whose goal is to inspire social change through political commentary, via highly visible “actions.”   According to the Campaign’s website, “The Backbone Campaign is a grassroots effort to embolden citizens to stand up for progressive values. We are expanding the political dialogue by providing creative tools for citizens and the progressive movement. The backbone symbolizes an interlocking agenda, a coalition, and the personal courage necessary to fight for a future worthy of our children.”","Mission and PurposeThe Backbone Campaign’s goal is to give a voice to community members and the masses, alike, by way of “Artful Activism” (Backbone Campaign).  Through the teaching of non-violent techniques and strategies, the Backbone Campaign looks...","","United States","Bill Moyer","","",""
"Balkan Assist","","""Balkan Assist"" is a Bulgarian non-for-profit association established in 2000 uniting individuals and organizations working for the development of the civil society. A part of the members are direct participants in the Program for Cooperation with the...","","","","","",""
"Ballot Initiative Strategy Center","","BasicsAn Overview of Ballot MeasuresBallot measures are powerful policy-making, messaging, and political tools – and also a permanent part of the process in the 24 initiative states.In recent years, initiatives have been used by well-funded, right-wing...","","","","","",""
"Bertelsmann Stiftung","From the Bertelsmann website: ""In keeping with the longstanding social commitment of its founder, Reinhard Mohn, the Bertelsmann Stiftung is dedicated to serving the common good. Our work is based on the conviction that competition and civic engagement are essential for social progress.""","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","Germany","","","",""
"BetterMeans.org","","Imagine companies without managers or employees. Just contributors. You decide what work you do, when you do it, and how. Contribution determines your ownership, not job titles or office politics. Problems are solved collaboratively. Quickly. Efficiently...","","","","","",""
"Black Rock City LLC","Black Rock City LLC is the central organizing body behind the annual Burning Man festival. It was established in 1997, after the event grew so large that a more formal management structure became necessary. ","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","$10-20 million","United States","Larry Harvey","","",""
"Bush Radio","","OverviewSouth Africa’s revolutionary radio station, Bush Radio, contributes to society with its inclusive and deliberative media processes, as well as through its many outlets of community involvement. Bush Radio combines a unique amalgam of music and...","","South Africa","","15","","100"
"By the People","","Purpose and MissionBy the People works with community organization, colleges and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to create events for citizens, that normally do not interact with each other, to takes their views about issues of the day and...","","","Gail Leftwich Kitch","3","",""
"California Citizen's Redistricting Commission","The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is a redistricting organization for the state of California. It is responsible for determining the Senate, Assembly, and Board of Equalization district boundaries throughout the state. The 14-member commission consists of five Democrats, five Republicans, and four others from neither major party. The commission was created following the passage of Proposition 11, the Voters First Act, in November 2008.","Mission and PurposeThe California Citizens Redistricting Commission is a political redistricting organization that operates on behalf of the state of California. Its main responsibilities include evaluating the 2010 United States Census in order to...","$1,000,000+","United States","Daniel Claypool","14","0","0"
"California Citizens Redistricting Commission","The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is a redistricting organization for the state of California. It is responsible for determining the Senate, Assembly, and Board of Equalization district boundaries throughout the state. The 14-member commission consists of five Democrats, five Republicans, and four others from neither major party. The commission was created following the passage of Proposition 11, the Voters First Act, in November 2008.
-","Mission and PurposeThe California Citizens Redistricting Commission is a political redistricting organization that operates on behalf of the state of California. Its main responsibilities include evaluating the 2010 United States Census and determining...","","United States","Daniel Claypool","14","0","0"
"Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation","","Mission and PurposeAccording to the Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation (C2D2) website, the organization's mission is ""to increase our society’s capacity to have constructive conversations to enhance decision- making and collaborative action...","","Canada","actively recruiting","12","50",""
"Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN)","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External LinksCanadian Policy Research Networks [archived site], http://cprn.org/Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Center for Communication and Civic Engagement","","DefinitionThe Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE) is a Seattle, WA-based organization whose mission is to understand “communication processes and media technologies that facilitate positive citizen involvement in politics and social life...","","United States","Lance Bennett ","","",""
"Center for Engaged Democracy","","Mission and PurposeThe Center for an Engaged Democracy acts as a central hub for developing, coordinating, and supporting academic programs – certificates, minors, and majors – around the country focused on civic and community engagement, broadly defined...","","United States","","","",""
"Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU)","CNS-ASU is an NSF-funded research center which explores the societal aspects of nanotechnologies and seeks to build capacity for anticipatory governance.","Mission and PurposeThe guiding conceptual goals of CNS-ASU are two-fold: to increase reflexivity within the nanotechnology enterprise and to increase society’s capacity to engage in anticipatory governance of nanotechnology and other emerging...","","United States","David Guston","","",""
"Centre for Citizens' participation in the African Union (CCP-AU)","","Mission and Purpose
“Guided by our common vision of a united and strong Africa and by the need to build a partnership between governments and all segments of civil society, in particular women, youth and the private sector, in order to strengthen...","","Kenya","Ibrahima Kane","","",""
"Centre for Citizenship, Globalization and Governance (C2G2)","","Mission and PurposeThe Centre for Citizenship, Globalization and Governance (C2G2) at the University of Southampton engages in 'problem-based research' on the multiple challenges to contemporary citizenship at all levels of governance. C2G2 is a core...","","United Kingdom","Gerry Stoker","","",""
"Centre for Civil Society, India",""," Mission and Purpose 
The Centre for Civil Society is an independent, non-profit, research and educational organisation devoted to improving the quality of life for all citizens of India by reviving and reinvigorating civil society.

 External Links...","","India","Dr Parth J Shah","","",""
"Centre for Civil Society, UK",""," Mission and Purpose 
The Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is an international organisation for research, analysis, debate and learning about civil society. 
It is based within the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Established...","","United Kingdom","Jude Howell","","",""
"Centre for Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement","","Mission and PurposeThe Centre for Lifelong Learning builds upon teaching, learning and research projects within the Department of Professional and Community Education (PACE), and works with colleagues in other departments and centres at Goldsmiths, to:...","","United Kingdom","Professor Marjorie Mayo and Professor Len Platt","","",""
"Centre for Public Involvement","","The Centre for Public Involvement was created by the University of Alberta and the City of Edmonton. The Centre is dedicated to leadership and excellence in the theory and practice of public involvement. Its purpose is to advance the practice of public...","120","","Fiona Cavanagh","1","1","12"
"Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d)","","Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d)The c2d is an academic research center dedicated to the study of direct democratic institutions (referendum and initiative) around the world, their history, legal nature, functioning and political implications...","","","","","",""
"Change Makers","","Mission and PurposeChangeMakers develops the capacity and skills of people from disadvantaged communities across England. Using broad-based community organising and leadership traning, it enables people to identify and meet their needs, so that they can...","","United Kingdom","Mark Waters","4","2",""
"Chicago Police Department","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Chicago Public Schools: Local School Councils","","Chicago Local School Councils Mission and PurposeThe Chicago Local School Council is a deliberative process used by the schools of Chicago, Illinois in order to discuss and come to conclusions of how to improve the schools, allocate funds, discuss long-...","500","","Chicago Principals","3","3","8"
"CIC ","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"CIC for COM 417","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"CIDADE Urban Studies and Advisory Center","","In the end of the 80’s, Brazil was living one of the richest discussion periods in its political life. Among the discussed topics, Urban Reform appeared as an important issue, present in the agenda of great part of the social movements.The idea of...","70000","","João Rovati","4","1","1"
"Citizen's Voice: Analysis of the prospects of deliberative democracy in Finnish health care","The plan of this four-year research project (2011-2014), funded by the Academy of Finland, is to critically investigate the many-sided elements of deliberative democracy within the framework of complex health care issues, in the Finnish context. The project is carried out at the Social and Health Management Department at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Vaasa. ","The plan of this four-year research project (2011-2014), funded by the Academy of Finland, is to critically investigate the many-sided elements of deliberative democracy within the framework of complex health care issues, in the Finnish context. The...","","Finland","","","",""
"Citizens","","Íbúar.is CITIZENSShort history of Skuggaþing (Shadow Parliament) and Betri Reykjavík (Better Reykjavík)In the last (2010) municipal elections in Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland, almost 10% of the voting population took part in the majority talks...","","Iceland","","","",""
"Citizens For Democracy, Pakistan","Citizens for Democracy (CFD) is a civil society group in Pakistan. This organization, formed in 2010, was founded by individuals and groups upset by numerous incident involving the misuse and abuse of the ‘blasphemy laws’ and religion in politics. This organization is a combination of many groups and organizations throughout Pakistan. These groups include: Professionals, NGO’s, trade unions, student unions, political parties, and individuals. Citizens for Democracy works to promote the principles created by the Charter of Democracy and hopes to build upon the work of the 18th Amendment, political parties and stake holders. stakeholders. ","Mission and Purpose            One of Citizens for Democracy primary objectives is to create a democratic culture in Pakistan. Part of this focus includes work to counteract religion in politics and state affairs. To do this they must call upon all of...","Unknown","Pakistan","Unknown","","",""
"Citizens for Direct Democracy","","Citizens for direct Democracy is the political task force of Democratie nu (not for profit)Less than 1 on 5 Belgian citizens has still faith in politicians. Would you let such a team take care of your income and your family budget? Probably not... And...","","Belgium","Paul Nollen","","",""
"Citizens in Charge","","Citizens in Charge is a 501 (c) (4) citizen-powered advocacy organization that serves as a partner to Citizens in Charge Foundation in protecting and expanding the initiative and referendum process.The organization works with activists, legislators,...","","","","","",""
"Citizens in Charge (Com 417)","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Citizens in Charge Foundation ","","Purpose and Problem:History:Participant Selection:To be a part of the Citizens in Charge Foundation, fill out a form here. Also, you can make a Contribution.The form requires Personal Information: First and Last Name, Address (Apartment/Suite No. if...","","United States","","","",""
"Citizens in Chargee","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Citizens' Council","","Mission and Purpose
The Citizens' Council, formally referred to as the White Citizens Council, was a white supremacist group created in the South. The Council was formed in the 1950s after the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in Brown v. Board...","300","","Gordon Baum","","",""
"Citizenship DRC","","Purpose and MissionThe Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (Citizenship DRC) is a ten-year international research programme exploring new forms of citizenship that will help make rights real. We are comprised of a...","","","","","",""
"Citizenship Foundation",""," Mission and Purpose 
The Citizenship Foundation is an independent education and participation charity that exists to encourage and enable individuals to play an effective role in democratic society.
Their vision is of a just, inclusive and cohesive...","","United Kingdom","Tony Breslin","","",""
"Citizens’ Initiative and Referendum","","I&RGB We want more and better democracy with town meetings for public debate, the citizens' law-proposal (initiative), the veto-referendum to keep government in ""check"" plus the right to sack (recall) the MP whom we elected. To achieve reform like...","","United States","","","",""
"City of Philadelphia","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"City of Pittsburgh","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"Cité des Sciences et de l´Industrie, Paris, France","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation","","CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international network of civil society promoting members, partners and most significantly, organizations. Since its founding in 1993, the group has used this network to improve citizen participation..."," 2.9 million in 2007","South Africa","Ingrid Srinath","approx. 35","NA","NA"
"Colbert Super PAC","Stephen Colbert's Colbert Super PAC: Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow represents the next generation of civic participation in the United States. It employs the tool of mockery as protest and uses new media to mobilize previously disaffected citizens around an important issue in American politics.","Mission and PurposeThe Colbert Super PAC represents an innovative attempt to promote popular participation in a nation which was once celebrated as the example of a robust civil society,[1] but more recently has experienced a decline in civic engagement...","Unlimited potential","United States","","","","160,000 (as of 2011)"
"Collective Agency","Collective Agency is a representative democracy business located in Portland Oregon. Revenue is from rent by members. There are more than 50 members and growing, and many forms of civic engagement, from Lightning Talks to council and civics meetings, yoga to advice. There is a Constitution, a 2-house system, the right to make amendments, elections, and more. 

Alex Linsker, who started it June 15th 2011, was term-limited as the main community organizer; he transferred control on June 15th 2012 to Fitz Ryland, who was elected by members.","Mission and PurposeA supportive and nurturing place to work alongside people doing work they’re passionate about and committed to.HistoryCollective Agency is a representative democracy business located in Portland Oregon.Alex Linsker, who started it June...","$200,000","United States","Fitz Ryland","1","2","50"
"Colorado State University Center for Public Deliberation","The CSU Center for Public Deliberation (CPD) serves as an impartial resource for the Northern Colorado community. It was established in 2006 within the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University by Martín Carcasson. The official mission statement of the CPD is, “To promote the development of a vibrant deliberative democracy in Northern Colorado.” Working as an affiliate of the National Issues Forum network (www.nifi.org), part of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (www.ncdd.org) and the University Network for Collaborative Governance (http://www.policyconsensus.org/ uncg/index.html), the CPD organizes and hosts many events in the local community, including public forums on national and local issues and various workshops tied to public participation, collaborative goverance, and civic engagement. The CPD trains students as non-partisan facilitators and conveners focused on helping the local community come together and address critical issues more effectively. Deliberation requires safe places for citizens to come together, good and fair information to help structure the conversation, and skilled facilitators to guide the process. The CPD is dedicated to providing these three key ingredients to Northern Colorado. ","Mission and Purpose The CPD is dedicated to enhancing local democracy through improved public communication and community problem solving. It has three primary goals:To Enhance the Local Civic Culture Increase citizen participation in community problem...","","United States","Martin Carcasson","","3 plus 30 students","10"
"Comedie","","Comédie (Concertation, mediation, environment) is a program created by two associations: Geyser and AFIP, with the support of the Foundation of France. On the http://www.comedie.org site, Comédie has a data basis of about 300 experiences of stakeholders...","","France","Pierre-Yves Guihéneuf and Alexandra Villaroel","","",""
"Committee on Social Inclusion and Participative Democracy","","The Committee on Social Inclusion and Participative Democracy aims to encourage the exchange of experiences on social inclusion policies in cooperation with organized civil society. The UCLG Committee brings together cities that have been active in the...","","Spain","Ricard Gomà (Chair)","","",""
"Community Audit & Evaluation Centre","","What is CAEC?The Community Audit and Evaluation Centre undertakes participatory research and evaluations of services and organisations for example Local Authorities, Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Partnerships, Health Care Trusts, the Private and...","","United Kingdom","Carol Packham","5","",""
"Community First",""," Mission and Purpose 
Community First is a charity that works with the community to help improve the quality of life and economic well being of people and local communities throughout Wiltshire and Swindon.
They work in close partnership with local grass...","","","Philippa Read","","",""
"Community Places","Community Places is a not for profit organisation and a registered Charity. ","Mission and PurposeCommunity Places- provides advice on planning issues for community groups and individuals;- supports community involvement in Community Planning;- facilitates community consultation and research; and- provides advice to community...","","United Kingdom","Colm Bradley ","6","1","5"
"Community Pride Unit",""," Mission and Purpose
Community Pride Unit trains and empowers some of the most excluded and marginalised people in society to have a voice.
Community Pride Unit runs Schools of Participation for excluded groups in Salford and Manchester....","","United Kingdom","Anne Stewart","2","1",""
"Community-Campus Partnerships for Health","Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and academic institutions. We view health broadly as physical, mental, environmental, social and spiritual well-being and emphasize partnership approaches to health that focus on changing the conditions and environments in which people live, work and play.  Our strategic goals are to:

* Leverage the knowledge, wisdom and experience in communities and in academic institutions to solve pressing health, social, environmental and economic challenges
* Ensure that community-driven social change is central to the work of community-academic partnerships
* Build the capacity of communities and academic institutions to engage each other in partnerships that balance power, share resources, and work towards systems change

Our members – a diverse group of over 2,000 individuals and organizations affiliated with colleges and universities, community-based organizations, health care delivery systems, student service organizations, foundations and government – are advancing these goals in their work on a daily basis through service-learning, community-based participatory research and other community-academic partnerships.   What ties us together is our commitment to social justice and our passion for the power of partnerships to transform communities and institutions.

By mobilizing knowledge, providing training and technical assistance, conducting research, building coalitions and advocating for supportive policies, CCPH helps to ensure that the reality of community engagement and partnership matches the rhetoric.
 ","","","United States","","","",""
"Conetica","
www.conetica.it
www.andreagelao.it","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","Italy","","","",""
"Consense",""," Mission and Purpose 
Consense specialises in online consultation.
Their systems help involve the community in an accessible, interactive and auditable way.

 External Links 
Consense","","","Bob Woolliams","14","",""
"Course of Society, Development and Citizenship Studies - Tecnológico de Monterrey","","Mission and PurposeTo develop skills for the critical analysis of the Mexican reality, from studying individually and collaboratively the sociopolitical, economical and cultural context, with the purpose of proposing alternative solutions to issues and...","","Mexico","","","",""
"Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership - Pepperdine University","","Problems and PurposeThe state of California is criticized for not being engaged enough in politics. In addition, it has some of the lowest civic engagement rates in the nation. “ Nationwide, California is ranked among the bottom five in voter...","","United States","Pete Peterson","","",""
"David Mathews Center for Civic Life","The David Mathews Center for Civic Life is an Alabama based 501(c)(3), non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt organization that focuses on helping citizens build deliberative decision making skills and creating opportunities for citizens to discuss issues that are important to them so that they can take action in their communities. The Mathew’s center conducts forums and workshops for communities and hosts a research internship program alongside the University of Alabama’s New College. Dr. Robert McKenzie is currently president of the Mathews Center and is also a senior associate of the Kettering Foundation. The Mathews Center receives help from federal and state organizations, as well as communities and universities within the state of Alabama to hold their programs. Topics that have been deliberated range from how to raise awareness and educate students and parents about bullying, to solving the dropout problem in Alabama. ","Mission and PurposeThe David Mathews Center for Civic Life wants to educate organizations and communities on how to engage in deliberative discussion and its benefits of reaching collaborative solutions. Their mission is to, “foster infrastructure,...","$130,961 (for 2012 calendar year)","United States","Christopher McCauley","1","0","approximately 100"
"De Wakkere Burger","","De Wakkere Burger is a movement for a participatory democracy. The organization is active in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium and is focusing on the local and regional level.
De Wakkere Burger supports, in a co-operation, participatiewiki.org, the...","","Belgium","","3","3",""
"Debategraph.org","","Debategraph is:
(1) A debate visualization tool to help groups think through complex topics by building and sharing dynamic, collaboratively-editable and ratable maps of subjects from multiple perspectives.
(2) A creative commons project to increase the...","","","","","",""
"Delib","","Mission and Purpose
This deliberative company is dedicated to helping organizations facilitate discussions with in their company or collect information and data from their organization. It is essentially a specialist online opinion research and public...","","United Kingdom","Chris Quigley","10","3",""
"Deliberative Democracy Consortium","","The Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC) is an association of the leading organizations and scholars who work in the field of deliberation and public engagement. The DDC represents more than 50 foundations, nonprofit organizations, and universities,...","60","","Matt Leighninger","1","","18"
"Demo-net","","DEMO-net, short for The Democracy network is a Network of Excellence research project funded by the European Commission’s sixth framework programme. The overarching objective from DEMO-net.org is to strengthen scientific, technological and social...","1","United Kingdom","Nanna Skovrup","","",""
"Democracy International","","Democracy International is a network movement towards a more direct democracy in the European Union. Democracy International is founded in Brussels Belgium and is operated by a cooperation team made up of 6 members; Heiko Dittmer, Carsten Berg, Ronald...","","Belgium","Heiko Dittmer","6","",""
"DemocracyLab","DemocracyLab is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization which encourages quality deliberation on social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. 

A 501 (c)(3) organization is one that is granted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is not able to promote any person in a campaign or any political party. This is vital for organizations such as DemocracyLab, which promotes political discourse that is based on the non-biased values, objectives, and policies of the general public as a means to create social change. With the help of DemocracyLab, citizens can rank solutions to important problems in their community by to help give politicians some important insight. "," Mission and PurposeThe creators of DemocracyLab discovered that most online political deliberation is based on emotion instead of facts. Thus, their goal is to change the way we deliberate by emphasizing the need for important values and objectives...","A non-profit organization, donation- based","United States","Mark Frischmuth","","Claire Adamsick - Communications Director",""
"Democratic Underground",""," Mission and Purpose 
The main purpose for the Democratic Underground is to provide an online discussion forum to deliberate and share progressive and liberal ideology.  Although the organization is not associated with the Democratic Party, it is...","","","David Allen","3","","32"
"Democratici Diretti","Democratici Diretti is a group of about 600 people (as from the members of their FB page) which is devoted to the implementation of Direct Democracy.
So far, however, there has been no proposal of a system for voting or direct democracy made by this group.
There have been only few votations on some issues of public interest followed by a minority of the users.","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Democratie nu","","Democratie Nu is an organisation that aims for the implementation of Direct Democracy in Belgium. The main goal is the introduction of the binding referendum on citizen's initiative.For the moment the website is only in Dutch but the translation in...","","United States","Bert Pennickx","","3",""
"Democratise","","3. The objects for which the Company is established are:(I) To carry on, in conjunction with each other or as separate and distinct undertakings, all or any of the following businesses namely:Social objectives;(II) To empower individuals and groups of...","200","","Jonathan Elmer","3","","3"
"Democràcia Electrònica","","Democràcia Electrònica(Electronic Democracy) aims to promote reflection and debate about the role in democratic innovation of new information and communication technologies, that is to say, about what some people call electronic democracy. Here you will...","","","","","",""
"Demoex","","Demoex is a civil rights movement for digital direct democracyShort for Democracy Experiment. An association for direct democracy via Internet. Demoex makes it possible to be active in the local governments debates for anyone, but only members have the...","","","","","",""
"Demoex UK","","Demoex aims to extend democracy, by allowing people to vote on each and every issue.Demoex UK are on Twitter and Facebook Direct_Democracy organisations present on Participedia","","United States","","","",""
"Demokratie","","INITIATIV FIR DEMOKRATIE-ERWEIDERUNG  a.s.b.l. (ID)
DEMOKRATIE asbl
Initiative zur Erweiterung der Demokratie
Initiative pour la promotion de la démocratie
B.P. 54, L-8005 Bertrange, Luxembourg","","","","","",""
"Demos","","Mission and PurposeDemos is a think-tank focused on power and politics. They search for and communicate ideas to give people more power to shape their own lives.Demos' vision is a democracy of free citizens, with an equal stake in society.Their work is...","","United Kingdom","Richard Reeves","","",""
"Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA)","","DENIVA (Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations) is a Ugandan Network of Non-Governmental and Community Based Organizations (NGOs/CBOs) providing a platform for collective action and a voice to voluntary local associations to strongly...","","Uganda","Professor J.B.Kwesiga","","",""
"Dick's Drive-In Restaurants","","External LinksDick's Drive-In Community Impact NCDD posting about the Countywide Community Forums and its Citizen Councilor Network NotesDick's Drive-In has underwritten the cost to support the Countywide Community Forums of King County.","","","","","",""
"Dimopolis","","http://www.dimopolis.gr/","","Greece","","","",""
"Direct Democracy Ireland","","Direct Democracy Ireland (DDI) was formed in June 2010, but the concept of direct democracy is not new in Ireland. The people of Ireland previously did have Direct Democratic powers in the Constitution of the Irish Free State (1922). In this Constitution...","","Ireland","","","",""
"Direct Democracy Not Parliamentary Rule","‘Direct Democracy Not Parliamentary Rule’ is a group based in Victoria, Austalia trying to register as a political party to advocate direct democracy to ultimately change the electoral system in place entirely. Their overall aim is not to play another role in parliament but to be present on the ballot as a means to generate interest in the ideology of direct democracy. Their current goal is to reach 550 members to be eligible to be placed on the Australian electoral ballot. They currently have a total of 121 members to date. According to their annual meeting minutes, finding ways of gathering new members to join their cause is their primary concern at this time. "," Definition‘Direct Democracy Not Parliamentary Rule’ is an organization based in Victoria, Austalia working towards registering as a political party to advocate direct democracy to ultimately change the electoral system. Their overall aim is not to play...","","Australia","Dr. Joseph Toscano","121","",""
"Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative","","Mission and PurposeThe Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is a non profit community-based organizing and planning group based in Roxbury/North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. Through economic, environmental, physical, and human growth they...","","","John F. Barros","8","","3"
"Décider ensemble","","1. Mission and Purpose Décider ensemble est une association française dont l’objectif est de « promouvoir et développer une culture commune du dialogue et de la concertation en matière de préparation et de prise des décisions ».2. History Décider...","","","Aurélien Sautière","3","1",""
"E-Democracy.org","","Welcome to E-Democracy.org We harness the power of online tools to support participation in public life, strengthen communities, and build democracy. ","","","","","",""
"E2D International","","E2D International (E2D) is the political international of the E2D Party movement. The idea for the organization was started in 2011 but the formal founding of E2D International has not yet taken place.Contents1 The Project2 The Mission3 An Electronic...","","","","","",""
"ESWEERWE","","Gegründet2005 von Silvia Wienefoet und Ralph Walczyk MitgliederSilvia WienefoetRalph WalczykZielsetzungESWEERWEAgentur zur Demokratisierung der Gestaltung des öffentlichen RaumsESWEERWEdurchbricht den eingeschränkten Kreis der öffentlichen-Raum-Gestalter...","","","Silvia Wienefoet","2","",""
"Eudemocracia","Develop a Direct Democracy system through Internet; being implemented by small wired communities. We believe Web 2.0 has created the perfect environment where to nurse and nourish an Open, Direct Democracy, capable of finding its own place inside the current Representative system or even replacing it!","The Evolution of DemocracyEudemocracy (εὖ an ancient Greek word meaning: “true”, “better”, “good”, “happy”) is an open and direct democracy system that takes advantage of the new Information and Communication Technology to turn current representative...","","Argentina","","","",""
"European Alternatives","","Mission and PurposeEuropean Alternatives is a civil society organisation devoted to exploring the potential for transnational politics and culture. They believe that today the challenges of democratic participation, social equality, and cultural...","","","Lorenzo Marsili and Niccolo Milanese","","",""
"European Alternatives","European Alternatives is a transnational membership organisation promoting democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation state. We are neither a federal nor a national organisation, but a transeuropean organisation which acts in a democratic and transparent way to promote its values both within Europe and beyond. European Alternatives is not only an NGO, it is at the same time and above all a movement of citizens and the emergence of a new political subjectivity. We place members at the heart of our organisation, and empower them to take key decisions on elect the most important positions in the organisation. The organisation is governed by a transnational Constitution which was elaborated and voted upon by its members and which can be found here: http://vm0369.cs05.seeweb.it/images/article_uploads/New%20Constitution%202013.pdf. ","Mission and PurposeEuropean Alternatives is a transnational membership organisation promoting democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation state. The nation state is no longer the appropriate political form in which to define democratic decision-...","","","","","",""
"EUROPEAN CITIZEN ACTION SERVICE (ECAS)","","EUROPEAN CITIZEN ACTION SERVICE (ECAS)  — empowering citizens and civil society with the European Union. An association about action as much as information, creating balance between public interest and corporate lobbying.
ECAS was created in 1991 as an...","","","","","",""
"European Civic Education Foundation","","Who is the European Civic Education Foundation ?ECEF deals as ""think tank"" and ""enabler"" with the themes: Learning how to teach and to learn, learning democracy and human rights, combating bad attitudes like racism, bullying and similar aggressions. ECEF...","0","Hungary","Michael Stanzer","0","0","0"
"European Institute for Public Participation","","VisionThe vision of the European Institute of Public Participation (EIPP) is better and more legitimate policy decisions, informed by the active participation of the public. HistoryThe idea for EIPP sprang from the dissatisfaction of a group of members...","100000","Germany","Patrizia Nanz","8","",""
"EuroPolis","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Everyday Democracy","","Purpose and MissionEveryday Democracy works with individuals in communities throughout the United States to improve local democracy by creating and sustaining public dialogue and problem solving. Everyday Democracy’s mission is “to help communities...","$2 million","United States","Martha L. McCoy","14","",""
"Farmer Groups of Kenya","","Farmer Groups of Kenya is a strategy used by the current Kenyan Government to maximize the efficiency of its agricultural production by spreading newly developed technologies to farmers as well as setting up common goals and developing new strategies. In...","","Kenya","NASEP","","",""
"Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI)","","The Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI) is the regional secretariat for a network of 10 independent community-based organisations working in the Pacific to foster self-reliance and sustainable development.
FSPI is the...","","Fiji","Rex Horoi","","",""
"Funky Dragon","","Mission and PurposeFunky Dragon is a peer led organisation. They represent children and young people in Wales and guarantee that their voices are heard, specially by the Welsh Assembly Government.They also advocate for policy change regionally and...","","","","","",""
"Förändring 2011","","Change 2011 movementOne of the main goals of Change 2011 movement is to give citizens a possibility to influence decision-making process even during the time between elections. Year 2011 is a tiebreaker in Finnish politics. Lisbon agreement and the...","","Finland","","","",""
"GAP Unit","","Mission and PurposeThe GAP Unit is a not-for-profit organisation based in Manchester, UK. They specialise in gender awareness training; research and consultancy on gender equality issues; and supporting women and grassroots women's groups to develop...","","United Kingdom","Carolina de Oteyza and Hannah Berry","","",""
"GIS Participation du Public, Décision, Démocratie Participative","","Mission and PurposeFrench name : Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique (GIS) ""Participation du public, décision, démocratie participative"" National Research Group on Participatory Democracy and Public Participation in Decision-MakingThe group, chaired by the...","","France","Jean-Michel Fourniau","2","",""
"GOV2U",""," Mission and Purpose 
GOV2U [1] is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that supports political discourse between citizens and elected officials through the use of technology. The organization helps provides opportunities for citizens to actively...","","Greece","Vasilis Koulolias","5","","25"
"Governance International","","Mission and PurposeGovernance International helps agencies to achieve outcomes for citizens through excellence in public governance. They are a nonprofit organisation with a strong track record built up over eight years of working with international...","","","Elke Loeffler","","",""
"GovTogetherBC","GovTogetherBC is the hub for government engagement opportunities in British Columbia, Canada that require citizen participation - to listen, get informed and speak up. It supports the Canadian government in its objective to become more transparent and accessible.","Mission and PurposeThe goal of GovTogetherBC is to let citizens know what's being talked about in the province of British Columbia and plug you into ways you can get involved. Whether the government is consulting citizens about taxes, employment...","","Canada","","","",""
"Greater Boston Committee","The Greater Boston Committee (GBC) was critical to the cancellation of the Inner Belt and the shift in focus to mass transit in metropolitan Boston. It was created after Urban Planning Aid (UPA), an advocacy group that opposed the Inner Belt, forged a series of alliances between metropolitan Boston communities against proposed expressways. ","","","United States","","","",""
"Hampton Roads For Civic Engagement","A breakdown on the ins and outs of the HRCCE and what their main drive and goals are.","Shamshir Kaur
The Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement (HRCCE)
Definition
The HRCCE’s main purpose is to promote a democracy in Hampton Roads, Virginia in which deliberation is maintained and then integrate that sustainable democracy within public...","","United States","Todd Solomon","4","33",""
"Hansard Society","","Mission and PurposeThe Hansard Society is a UK independent, non-partisan political research and education charity. They aim to strengthen parliamentary democracy and encourage greater public involvement in politics. At the heart of their work is the...","","United Kingdom","Fiona Booth","22","",""
"Hawaii Department of Transportation","","Stub","","United States","","","",""
"Healthy Democracy Oregon","Healthy Democracy Oregon (HDO) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded to improve the initiative voting process in the U.S. state of Oregon. The purpose of HDO is to establish and help administer the Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review (Oregon CIR) , a process that allows Oregon citizens to deliberate about and evaluate statewide ballot initiatives.","Mission and PurposeHealthy Democracy Oregon (HDO) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded to improve the initiative voting process in the U.S. state of Oregon. The purpose of HDO is to establish and help administer the Oregon Citizens’...","","","Tyrone Reitman and Elliot Shuford","4","",""
"Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung","The Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung is an independent, non-profit, foundation funded by the wealth derived from the stock Heinz Nixdorf held in the Nixdorf Computer AG before his death. The Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung and its sister foundation Stiftung Westfalen are among the bigger private foundations in Germany, according to their website.","Mission and PurposeThe foundation aims to enhance each persons conscious awareness as well as achievement potential by supporting individual development of each person with the goal of personal well-being and the accomplishment of a unified society...","","Germany","Martin Nixdorf","","",""
"IAP2 USA","The International Association for Public Participation—United States of America (IAP2 USA), an affiliate of IAP2, is a nonprofit organization which supports the advancement of public participation in the United States by providing our members with tools and information to conduct high quality public participation processes and by providing government, industry and nonprofit organizations with educational resources to increase the quality of their participation in such processes.","Mission and PurposeIAP2 USA advances public participation in the United States by providing its members with tools and information to conduct high-quality public participation processes, by providing government, industry, nonprofit organizations and...","","United States","","","",""
"IDemos","","איידמוס היא שיטה.
שיטה שאנו מצפים לה ומחכים לה כבר זמן רב.
שיטה המאפשרת לנו, אזרחי מדינת ישראל, לקחת חלק פעיל ומתמשך בעיצוב המדינה ועתידנו.
השיטה מבוססת על דמוקרטיה אמיתית, חכמת ההמונים, שקיפות, אמינות המידע, איזון וגמישות, תוך שימוש בכלים הטכנולוגיים של...","","Israel","Dor Konforty","","",""
"In Control","","Mission and PurposeIn Control is an organisation helping people get real choice and control. They are supporting local authorities to deliver Self-Directed Support.In Control is a social enterprise that was set up to transform the current social care...","","","Julie Stansfield","","",""
"Indiana Conflict Resolution Institute","","","","","","","",""
"Infed","","Mission and PurposeInfed (the informal education homepage and encyclopaedia of informal education) was established in 1995 at the YMCA George Williams College, London as an open and not-for-profit site.Their aim is to provide a space for people to...","","","Mark K. Smith","","",""
"Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe IRI","","The Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe (IRI Europe) is a transnational think-tank dedicated to research and education on the procedures and practices of modern direct democracy. IRI Europe is a non-partisan, non-profit association with...","","","","","",""
"Initiative and Referendum Institute – Asia","","Purpose and Problema) Mission Background:The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy hosted a team of six international observers from the IRI-Asia International Steering Committee, representing seven countries in Asia and Europe, from 19-24 March 2008 in Taipei...","","Taiwan","Mr. Ramon Casiple","","",""
"Insights: Powering Collective Thinking","Insights helps you interact and consult with large-scale audiences. Our pioneering technology lets you consult effectively with ALL stakeholders and engage them in decision making. You can extract actionable insights from the crowd, engage your audience and boost their commitment. We enable you to collect answers instantly; crowdsource the data analysis into insights; make your decisions, and feedback each participant on personal impact. ","Insights offers a pioneering technology to tap the wisdom of crowds.Integrating our web-based platform leads to creative and valuable inputs that enhance your decision making. We enable you to interact with large target audience,  crowdsource the data...","","United States","","","",""
"Institut de la Concertation","","Mission and PurposeFounded in 2008, the ""Institut de la Concertation"" is a non-partisan, non-profit French national network of praticioners engaged in citizen participation, stakeholders dialogue and consensus building. It is made of consultants,...","","France","","","","300"
"Institute for 21st Century Agoras","The Institute for 21st Century Agoras (AGORAS) promotes a democratic transformation of civil society and government by empowering the capacity of client organizations and educators to produce breakthroughs in the collective confrontation of multidimensional wicked problems. Our immediate mission is to establish and nurture new Agoras of the 21st century – global centers of democratic participatory design and education – in areas of critical socio-political importance or demand.

 With each shift in human social communication and technology, the means for wise engagement must evolve. In ancient Athens, all citizens could meet face to face in the public arena. Today, our arenas are globally distributed, with unmanageable relational and problem complexity. The Institute supports client organizations with tools, practices, and training to support engagements for addressing projects of high sociotechnical complexity.
 

""At this critical juncture of the evolutionary process of humanity, there cannot be conscious evolution without the capacity to explicate through dialogue the wisdom of the people in the Agoras of the 21st Century Global Village.""
 
 Alexander Christakis (Founder)

The technology of democracy uniquely promoted by the AGORAS is called structutred dialogic design, and the venue for using this apporach is called a co-laboratory of democracy.  ","                   Mission and PurposeThe Institute for 21st Century Agoras (AGORAS), an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) [EIN 03-0466448] education entity incorporated in the State of California in June 2002, is a membership organization composed of...","","United States","","","",""
"Institute for Citizenship",""," Mission and Purpose 
The Institute for Citizenship is an independent charitable trust. Their aim is to promote informed, active citizenship and greater participation in democracy and society through a combination of community projects, research,...","","United Kingdom","Zandria Pauncefort","","",""
"Institute on the Common Good","","The Institute on the Common Good at Regis University is an organization located on the Regis University campus in Denver, Colorado. The Institute on the Common Good's mission is to serve ""the community at-large by promoting the common good and providing...","225","","Paul Alexander","3","",""
"Intellitics","Intellitics, Inc. is a digital engagement firm based in San José, CA (USA). Intellitics supports organizations in the public, private and non-profit sector as they seek to apply technology to engage stakeholders, constituents and communities in high-quality online dialogue and deliberation and other participatory processes.","Mission and PurposeTo create a more participatory world.HistoryIntellitics, Inc. was founded in August of 2008 by Tim Bonnemann. After spending its first four years in R&D mode, business operations began in earnest in September of 2012. Intellitics...","","United States","","","",""
"Interactivity Foundation","","Mission and PurposeThe Interactivity Foundation (IF) provides forums for citizens to explore public policy. IF believes that the health of a democracy depends on “how well its citizens discuss, explore and develop public policy.” Public policy choices...","","","Jack Byrd","12","",""
"International Association for Public Participation","","Mission and PurposeIAP2 is an international association of members who seek to promote and improve the practice of public participation in relation to individuals, governments, institutions, and other entities that affect the public interest in nations...","","","Moira Deslandes","","",""
"International Budget Partnership","","Mission and PurposeInternational Budget Partnership (IBP) wants to fight poverty and to do so they need to address government budgets. Budgets are the government’s most powerful tool to meet the needs and priorities of a country and its people. The aim...","7","","Warren Krafchik","26","",""
"International Civil Society Consortium","","SummaryThe International Civil Society Consortium is a network of nonprofit organization from many countries that promote positive democratic institutions and public deliberation. The group of organizations from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the...","","","","","",""
"International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance",""," INTERNATIONAL IDEA 
 SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE 
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an intergovernmental organization.
Its programmes aim to:

 Provide knowledge to democracy builders
 Provide policy development...","","","","","",""
"International Institute for Sustained Dialogue","","OverviewIISD, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, was created in 2002 by the president of the Kettering Foundation. IISD has a main goal of uniting people to have an opportunity to talk that have intense backgrounds. Sustained Dialogue is...","","","","","",""
"International Observatory on Participatory Democracy","","Mission and PurposeThe International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) is a space open to all cities in the world and all associations, organizations and research centres interested in learning about, exchanging impressions and applying...","","Spain","","","",""
"International Organization of Citizens for the Sustainable Management of Societies","","Web Site and Contact InformationIOCSMS.orgDenis.Pageau at IOCSMS.ORG Mission<p> Empower the citizen of our Global Village The mission of the International Organization of Citizens for the Sustainable Management of Societies, or IOCSMS, is to...","","Canada","Denis Pageau","","","100"
"Internetes DEmokrácia pártja","","The party of Internet DEmocracy （Hungarian: Internetes DEmokrácia pártja. Abbreviated IDE） is a Hungarian political party, which was established at 23 July 2004 in Gyöngyös.


 Aims of IDE 
IDE aims to complement the existing representative democratic...","","Hungary","","","",""
"Involve",""," Mission and Purpose 
Involve are public participation specialists. Their aim is to involve citizens in public decision making. They work with a variety of organizations, from government to private sector. Involve makes a practical difference by...","","United Kingdom","Simon Burall","9","",""
"Involving People","","Mission and PurposeInvolving People has been set up to support and encourage patient, service user and carer involvement in health and social care research in Wales.Through processes of active involvement, where people are not just the subjects of...","","","","","",""
"Izwe Group","","MissionThe Izwe group is a social entreprise aimed at facilitating better communication amongst and within organisations, government and communities. Izwe was founded in 2009 by Richard Wilson and Nick Nielson who are leaders in participation and...","","","Richard Wilson and Nick Nielson","","",""
"Jefferson Action","The 501(c)(4) nonprofit partner of the Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes.","

Mission and PurposeJefferson Action is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to returning democracy to the people. Its mission is making the informed voice of everyday citizens heard — and making sure elected officials and politicians...","","United States","","","",""
"Jefferson Center","","Mission and PurposeThe Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes is the originator of the Citizens Jury , which creates opportunities for everyday citizens to provide high-quality input on a variety of public policy issues.In a Citizens Jury, a...","","United States","","","2",""
"Kentucky Center for Public Issues (Kentucky, USA)","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you! Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities...","","United States","","","",""
"Kettering Foundation","","Mission and PurposeMissionThe foundation’s mission is to develop strategies that will help in strengthening democracy. They are concerned with what the citizens in our country are concerned with, and in turn focus on these issues. A question that has...","","","David Mathews (President/CEO)","40","",""
"Linnalabor / Estonian Urban Lab","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Linkswww.linnalabor.eeNotes ","","Estonia","Teele Pehk","","",""
"Local Government Centre","","Mission and PurposeThe Local Government Centre is a research centre focusing on major political, economic and social challenges facing local and regional governance and the development of policy initiatives.They specialise in evaluating national and...","","","Howard Davis","","",""
"LogoLink","","Mission and PurposeLogoLink represents a collection of individuals from various agencies and institutions around the world. By cooperating and working in concert with one another, the goal of the organization is to bring about increased participation in...","","","Jose Carlos Vaz and Rafael Martins","","",""
"London Citizens","","Mission and PurposeLondon CITIZENS is a grassroots charity working with local people for local people. Their goal is social, economic and environmental justice. They meet that goal by training people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds to take action...","","United Kingdom","Neil Jameson","","",""
"MASS LBP","MASS LBP is a consultancy that designs and delivers highly innovative engagement strategies that increase public understanding, legitimacy and support for complex decisions and policy choices. MASS LBP's principal methods are the Civic Lottery and the Citizens' Reference Panel.","Mission and PurposeMASS LBP's work goes far beyond polling or focus groups. From conception to execution to evaluation, MASS LBP designs and delivers highly innovative engagement strategies that increase public understanding, legitimacy and support for...","","Canada","Peter MacLeod","8","1",""
"Mehr Demokratie","","Mehr Demokratie (Germany) is the driving force for referenda and a better electoral law. Every vote counts equally and everybody has the right to participate. That's what we stand up for.Citizens committed to change founded Mehr Demokratie in 1988. Today...","","Germany","","","",""
"Mehr Demokratie (Austria)","","Direct Democracy Austria Mehr Demokratie Austria content:  Unsere Organisation   Unsere Ziele    Our citizens’ initiative has existed since the beginning of 2006 and is independent from any political party. We see our field of action in public relations...","","Austria","","","",""
"Metagovernment","","The mission of the Metagovernment project is to support the development and use of Internet tools which enable the members of any community to fully participate in the governance of that community. It is a global group of people working on various...","","","Adhocracy; to be replaced by governance software","","","100+"
"Miller-Rose Institute Initiative Database","","Welcome to the Miller-Rose Institute Initiative Database. This database provides information on all statewide initiatives adopted by voters in the United States from the first successful statewide initiative in 1904 through 2010. It allows users to sort...","","","","","",""
"Mississippi River Commission","","Since 1879, the seven-member Presidentially appointed Mississippi River Commission has developed and matured plans for the general improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of Passes to the Headwaters. The Mississippi River Commission brings...","","","Stephen Gambrell","","",""
"Municipality of Florence","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Municipality of Utrecht","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"MySociety","","MySociety.org is a project of a registered charity named UK Citizens Online Democracy. It was founded by Tom Steinberg in 2003. The organization designs and runs most of the best-known e-democracy websites in the UK. It is supported by donations and...","","United Kingdom","Tom Steinberg","6","",""
"National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement","","Mission and PurposeThe NCCPE seeks to support a culture change in the HEI sector through their vision, mission and aims.Their vision is of a higher education sector making a vital, strategic and valued contribution to 21st-century society through its...","","","Paul Manners","","",""
"National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation","NCDD is a community and coalition of 1,500 groups and professionals who bring people of all stripes together to discuss, decide and collaborate on today's toughest issues.","Mission and PurposeThe National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) is an active network of over 1,500 organizations and professionals who engage the public around today's most challenging problems across partisan, ethnic and other divides....","","United States","Sandy Heierbacher","2","1","50"
"National Initiative for Democracy","","The  National Initiative for Democracy NI4D is a proposal which will permit the People to make or change laws by initiative at all levels of government, including at the federal level.

 Concise and publically vetted, over 100 years in the making
 Builds...","","","","","",""
"Neu&kühn","","neu&kühn is a companion and developer of online projects with public participation. With an active interest in e-participation, we provide advice for politics, administrations and institutions in the German-speaking area, especially in Austria, where...","","","Peter Kühnberger","3","2","1"
"New Democracy Foundation","In 2005 Luca Bellgioro-Nettis with other like minded thinkers, came to the conclusion that democracy had entered a time of crisis of trust. Democracy as practiced today does not encourage common ground and compromise. Elections are adversarial contests, often pandering to populist agendas in order to win the contest.
It has been shown around the world that groups of randomly selected citizens make sensible decisions on how they should be governed.
The aim of newDemocracy Foundation is to provide opportunities for citizens to deliberate together in order to work alongside government and ultimately to provide a model for better government.","Mission and PurposeThe newDemocracy Foundation is an indepenent, non-partisan research organisation whose aim is to identify improvements to the democractic processes. It's aim is to replace the adversarial with the deliberative, and move out of the ""...","","United States","","","",""
"New Jersey Coalition for the Public Good","","The Coalition is a nonprofit organization with the aim of promoting respectable government policies and practices in New Jersey. ","","United States","","","",""
"New York Department of Environmental Conversion","","Stub","","United States","","","",""
"New York Faith & Justice","NY Faith & Justice is a growing movement of churches, organizations, and individuals committed to following Christ, uniting the church and ending poverty in New York through spiritual formation, education and direct advocacy."," New York Faith and Justice (NYFJ) is made up of churches, organizations, and individuals committed to ending poverty in New York through education and direct advocacy. NYFJ’s Legacy Project “Pressing for Food Justice to Press Against Diabetes” aimed to...","","United States","Lisa Sharon Harper","","",""
"New York State Department of Environmental Conservation","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"Newdemocracy Foundation Sydney Australia","","Political structures that once served us well are no longer so useful.Our current political system is adversarial and populist, dominated by opportunism.It's time for Australians to move beyond partisan politics.""There needs to be some sort of involving...","","Australia","Luca Belgiorno-Nettis","","2","10"
"Newid","","About Newid (Change)Newid is a new kind of political organisation. Its politics aren’t left wing or right wing and neither are they centrist. Newid can’t be put in a box, because it represents an entirely different approach to the way we, the people,...","","","","","",""
"NH Listens","NH Listens works at the local, regional and statewide levels to facilitate and support civil, public conversations of complex, polarizing issues. We share resources on dialogue design, train facilitators, and work with local and state leaders to create fair and respectful conversations. NH Listens does not take a stand on issues but seeks to earn trust as a fair and neutral convener.  We catalyze the social capital necessary to implement those decisions and policies, making New Hampshire a better place to live and work for everyone.  ","Mission and PurposeBringing people together for engaged conversations and informed community solutions   Our work: Create engaged community conversations on local and statewide issuesFoster the development of and serve as a resource and support network...","","United States","","","",""
"Observatoire Parisien de la Démocratie Locale","","Paris's Local Democracy Observatory was created in April 2004 with the primary aim of evaluating the quality and development of participatory democracy in Paris.  To meet this goal, the observatory publishes an annual report on the mechanisms in place in...","","France","Jean-Pierre Worms (President)","","",""
"Occupy Seattle ","The Occupy Seattle movement is a Seattle based organization created by the 99%, in response to the 1% who control 99% of all the wealth in America. Through public assembly, the participants challenge the roles of government, corporations, and big banks throughout the greater Seattle area. "," Submitted: Friday, February 24, 2012 - 11:30 Logo provided by www.reddit.com   The Occupy Seattle movement is a Seattle based organization created by the 99%, in response to the 1% who control 99% of all the wealth in America. Through public assembly,...","Since September, budget ranged from $160-$500 per week ","United States","NA","NA","Volunteer","Varies"
"Occupy Vancouver","Occupy Vancouver is not represented by any one individual. It is a consensus-based decision making body built upon the views and beliefs of all those who participate in the General Assembly process. ","Statement of UnityWe humbly acknowledge that Occupy Vancouver is taking place on unceded Coast Salish territories.We, the Ninety-Nine Percent, come together with our diverse experiences to transform the unequal, unfair, and growing disparity in the...","","Kanada","","","","100+"
"OD Russia","","Purpose and MissionoD Russia (also known as openDemocracy Russia) is a special project conducted by the deliberative media project, OpenDemocracy.net, for the purposes of expanding deliberation and meaningful discussion over relevant topics of political...","823","","Oliver Carroll/Zygmunt  Dzieciolowski","5","3","3"
"Office of Public Engagement","","Purpose and Mission
The purpose of the Office of Public Engagement(OPE) is to provide the American public with a more open, inclusive government.  By planning special public events and online activities, the OPE enables citizens to communicate directly...","","","Christina Tchen/Valerie Jarrett","20","",""
"Omnibus for Direct Democracy","","Contents1 The OMNIBUS FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN GERMANY2 Willkommen beim OMNIBUS FÜR DIREKTE DEMOKRATIE3 omnibus, lat. = für alle, durch alle, mit allen4 Auf verschiedene WeisenThe OMNIBUS FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN GERMANYis a citizens’ initiative dedicated...","","","","","",""
"Online Party of Canada","The Online Party of Canada (French: Parti en ligne du Canada, abbreviated as OPC), is a Canadian website founded in October 2010 and is in the process of formally registering as a political party with Elections Canada.","Contents
1 About OPC
2 Mission
3 Founding and governing principles
4 Political Platform
5 Membership
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
  About OPC 
Online Party of Canada (OPC) is an Internet-based Political Party, pending registration.
OPC is a...","","United States","","","",""
"Open Government","","OpenGovernment is a free and open-source public resource website for government transparency and civic engagement at the state and local levels. The site is a non-partisan joint project of two 501(c)3 non-profit organizations, the Participatory Politics...","","","","","",""
"Open North","Open North is a Canadian non-profit that creates websites to increase citizen participation in democracy. We’re building online tools to lower the barrier to entry to active participation, using two main strategies:
	
1. Improve access to government information
make it easily available, by pulling it out of dark corners of government websites, taking it out of PDFs and making access to information requests
make it accessible, by providing context to numbers, explaining legislative jargon and using language everyone understands
make it relevant, by letting citizens find information specific to their community, interests and situation

2. Make participation easy, fun, and meaningful 
work with governments to design new participatory processes and to ensure citizen’s voices are heard
increase the number of ways citizens can engage with elected officials and government information
help citizens connect with each other and organize around issues they care about
"," Open North is an expert in online consultation tools. We believe that the internet has the power to transform democratic engagement and so we’re building the tools to make that happenWe provide platforms for citizens to connect with each other and their...","","United States","","","",""
"Oregon's Kitchen Table ","Oregon's Kitchen Table is an online forum where community members can deliberate about public policy issues. This is an open, online, deliberative setting. Oregon's Kitchen Table is an experiment of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University. ","Mission and Purpose:The Oregon's Kitchen table key objectives is to have deliberative conversations that will lead to affective decision making. This organization wants all voices to be heard. Most of the time people want to be apart of this decision...","","United States","Wendy Willis and Sarah Giles ","","",""
"Oregon's Kitchen Table","Oregon’s Kitchen Table is an online forum where community members can deliberate about public policy issues. This is an open, online, deliberative setting. The organization helps get Oregon citizens engaged in public issues, which helps decision makers make decisions that reflect what Oregonians really want. Oregon’s Kitchen Table started off as an experiment of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University. Oregon’s Kitchen Table is still a brand new tool used to close the gap between citizens and government, but it has been successful in the first consultation so now they are in their second and moving forward.","Mission and Purpose           The Oregon’s Kitchen Table key objective is to provide a neutral, non bias space for Oregonians to participate in deliberation that will lead to effective decision making. This organization wants all Oregonian voices to be...","","United States","Wendy Willis and Sarah Giles ","","",""
"Pan-European e-Participation Network (PEP-NET)","","PEP-NET is a European network of all stakeholders active in the field of eParticipation. PEP-NET includes public bodies, solution providers and citizen organizations as well as researchers and scientists. The network is open to all organizations willing...","","","","","",""
"Participation and sustainable development in Europe","","Participation and sustainable development in Europe provides basic information about participation and sustainable development, introduces related issues such as environmental mediation, refers to interesting case histories of successful participation...","","United States","","","",""
"Participation Cymru",""," Mission and Purpose 
Participation Cymru is a partnership of public and third sector organisations that is hosted by WCVA and supported by an Advisory Panel that provides advice and guidance on strategic development. They provide innovative training,...","","","Mandy Williams","","",""
"Participation Unit at Save the Children Wales","","Mission and PurposeSave the Children Wales hosts a Participation Unit on behalf of the Children and Young People's Participation Consortium for Wales. The unit aims to increase and promote the full and active participation of children in the decisions...","","","","","",""
"Participation Workers’ Network for Wales","","Mission and PurposePWNW is a web based service for organisations working with Children and Young People in the field of Participation in Wales.It offers monthly e-briefings, news and updates from the field of participation. It also offers information on...","","","","","",""
"Participation Works","","Mission and PurposeParticipation Works enables organisations to effectively involve children and young people in the development, delivery and evaluation of services that affect their lives.They are a consortium made up of the following six agencies: the...","","United Kingdom","Mandy Douglas","","",""
"Participatory Budgeting Unit, Manchester, UK","","Mission and PurposeThe PB Unit is a project of the charity Church Action on Poverty based in Manchester. Church Action on Poverty has been in action for over 25 years, since 1982, and is working to eradicate poverty in the UK. Their mission is that...","","United Kingdom","Mark Waters","5","1","1"
"Participatory Practitioners for Change","","Mission and PurposeThe PPC are an affiliation of people involved in different ways, in work around participation.They are active in a range of different sectors in the UK (health, community development, social exclusion, environment), in a range of...","","","","","",""
"Participatory Training",""," Mission and Purpose 
Participatory Training provides training and support for people who want to use participatory methods in their work to involve and engage others.This includes community consultation and research by involving community members in...","","","John Rowley and Kate Gant","2","",""
"Partido da Terra (Party of the Earth / Party of the Land)","The Partido da Terra (literaly Party of the Land or Party of the Earth), is a Galizan political organization established in 2011 with the goal of advancing direct democracy.","Mission and PurposeThe platform of the Partido da Terra encompasses eight types of sovereignty, based on the application of direct democracy at all levels: citizen sovereignty, which calls for a political reform based on direct democracy; territorial...","0","United States","","0","0","70"
"Partido de Internet","","Qué es el PDI


What is PDI?
Our mission is to restore democracy in Spain.
The Internet party has as objective to give voice to every citizen in the political process. Through our platform you can vote on every initiative presented in the Cortes...","","","","","",""
"PASOK Political Party","","The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, also known as PASOK, is the political party that welcomed the idea of Deliberative Polling and put it in to practice for the first time when selecting the electoral candidate for Marousi’s mayor in 2006. PASOK is one...","","Greece","George Papandreou","","",""
"Penn Project for Civic Engagement","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Pew Center for Civic Journalism","","The Pew Center for Civic Journalism was an organization that invested in multiple experiments within the field of journalism to encourage an interest in politics among the public. These experiments involved finding new, innovative ways to present the...","230","","Jan Schaffer","27","",""
"Pirate Parties","     The Pirate Party is one of the fastest growing political movements today. It was started on January 1, 2006, originally named Piratpartiet in Sweden. It aims to change the world through politics of protesting and political deliberation. A majority of their issues deal with reforming copyright laws, the first amendment and increasing the rights to privacy.  

     The Pirate Party is the social progressive party in the United States and other parts of the World. It focuses on the “civil liberties, intellectual property reform, and the empowerment of people to have good, long, healthy lives and to have equal voice in government” (McCrea). Activists of this party can be defined as being apart of a liberal/ progressive political party.  Founder Rickard Falkvinge, ultimately hopes to restore people’s freedom of speech back to the way it was 40 years ago, our parents era where there was minimal tracking.  

     Today, the Pirate Party has been established in 56 countries. It not only holds two seats in European parliament and 15 seats in the Berlin Parliament, but also over 150 seats in local councils.  It is also the largest party for voters under the age of 30 in Sweden. 
","Mission and Purpose     The Pirate Party’s goal is to change laws that are compromising copyrights and the rights to privacy. They believe in complete freedoms of speech and openness, free from censorships, wire-tapping, and the inability to be anonymous...","","United States","Rickard Falkvinge","29 members who run Pirate Party International","Unknown count of total members in USA",""
"Pirate Parties Across the World","The Pirate Party is one of the fastest growing political movements today. It was started on January 1, 2006, originally named Piratpartiet in Sweden. It aims to change the world through politics of protesting and political deliberation. A majority of their issues deal with reforming copyright laws, the first amendment, and increasing the rights to privacy.  
The Pirate Party is the social progressive party in the United States and other parts of the World. It focuses on the “civil liberties, intellectual property reform, and the empowerment of people to have good, long, healthy lives and to have equal voice in government” (McCrea). Activists of this party can be defined as being apart of a liberal/ progressive political party.  Founder Rickard Falkvinge, ultimately hopes to restore people’s freedom of speech back to the way it was 40 years ago, our parents era, where there was minimal tracking (TEDxTalks).  
Today, the Pirate Party has been established in 56 countries. It not only holds two seats in European parliament and 15 seats in the Berlin Parliament, but also over 150 seats in local councils.  It is also the largest party for voters under the age of 30 in Sweden (TEDxTalks). 
","Mission and PurposeThe Pirate Party’s goal is to change laws that are compromising copyrights and the rights to privacy. They believe in complete freedoms of speech and openness, free from censorships, wire-tapping, and the inability to be anonymous. In...","Varies for different parties","United States","Rickard Falkvinge","50 elected on a National Level and 200 for local.","","34,000 activists in Germany, 14,000 in Sweden"
"PlaceSpeak","PlaceSpeak is a location-based community consultation platform. Our mission is to promote authentic meaningful dialogue on local issues.
","Mission and PurposePlaceSpeak connects people’s online identities with their home addresses so that they can voice their opinions electronically in a wide variety of forums. This provides topic hosts with confidence that they are receiving feedback from...","","Canada","Colleen Hardwick (Nystedt)","5","1",""
"Plataforma Mesa de la Ría","","QUE ES MESA DE LA RIASomos un movimiento social compuesto por más de 30 colectivos entre los que se encuentran partidos políticos, sindicatos, ecologistas, Colegios Oficiales, Asociaciones de Vecinos, ONG´s, etc. y ciudadanos que individualmente...","","Spain","","","",""
"Poitou-Charentes' Regional Council","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"President Clinton's Initiative on Race","","Mission and PurposeOn June 14, 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton proclaimed ""One America in the 21st Century: The President's Initiative on Race."" The initiative was a fundamental factor in President Clinton's intentions to transform the United...","","","Judith A. Winston","","",""
"Propuestas por México - Proméxico","Formar líderes integrales a través de la participación ciudadana universitaria.","Mission and PurposeFormar líderes integrales con base en el desarrollo de propuestas ciudadanas para el desarrollo social de México.HistoryFundada en 1994 por jóvenes universitarios en la ciudad de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.Specializations and...","","Mexico","","","","25"
"Public Agenda","","Public Agenda is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization in the United States that undertakes ongoing issues and “provides citizens and leaders the tools they need to tackle them.” PublicAgenda is afflicted with multiple sources that all focus on ensuring...","","","Daniel Yankelovich","37","",""
"Public Conversations Project","","Purpose and MissionThere have been many organizations that have worked to create dialogues between people of opposing views in order to constructively address conflicts that are important to the people but the way they do this is what has received...","1","","Laura Chasin","18","",""
"Referendum Platform","","The Referendum Platform campaigns for the introduction of more direct democracy in The Netherlands and Europe.Currently we campaign for the introduction of the European citizen initiative, through which citizens can put issues directly on the EU agenda...","","","","","",""
"Region of Tuscany","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you! Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities...","","United States","","","",""
"Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen","Local government for the South Okanagan and Similkameen regions of British Columbia, Canada","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus)","RiAus supports scientific debate in response to local issues for Australia and challenges facing the globe. RiAus has several aims, one of which is to engage the public, decision-makers and opinion-leaders in dialogue and policy debate around science. ","Mission and PurposeTo 'bring science to people and people to science’.Our vision is that science is recognised as pivotal in everyday life. RiAus will make science accessible for Australians, the Asia-Pacific Region and the rest of the world.We will...","","Australia","","","",""
"Sadhana",""," Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities...","","United States","","","",""
"Sciencewise","","Mission and PurposeSciencewise-ERC aims to help policy makers commission and use public dialogue to inform policy decisions in emerging areas of science and technology.They aim to provide a comprehensive online resource of information, advice and...","","","Alan Mercer","","",""
"Scottish Community Development Centre","","The Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) launched as a Company Ltd by Guarantee and registered Charity in Scotland on the 1st July 2009. Previously a partnership between the Community Development Foundation (CDF) and the University of Glasgow,...","","United Kingdom","","","",""
"Senator Online","","1 Your Voice Direct in Parliament2 Democracy through Technology3 SOL's Purpose4 Senator Online 2010 Election WrapYour Voice Direct in ParliamentDemocracy should be government directed by your voice. And that's what Senator Online is all about - giving...","","Australia","","","",""
"Seoul National University","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"Shape Burlington","","Shape Burlington was established in November 2009. Its objective is to engage the voice, viewpoints, and concerns of the people of Burlington, Ontario, in a discussion as to new methods of involving people in city affairs. It aims to find better ways to...","","Canada","John Boich and Walter Mulkewich","","","30"
"Shaping America's Youth (SAY)","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"Shoreline Master Program Update (Kitsap County)","In 1971, the people of the State of Washington voted for the Shoreline Management Act (SMA). This ultimately created three primary purposes: 1) To protect ecological functions; 2) To accommodate appropriate uses; and 3) To maintain public access. The Shoreline Master Program (SMP) implements the policies of the SMA at the local level by regulating use and development along shorelines. The Department of Ecology is responsible for ensuring that the local SMP is consistent with the intent of the SMA, and has final approval authority.  As part of a comprehensive update to the SMP of Kitsap County, a task-force of citizens with shoreline-related interests were to be selected to work with County staff to develop goals, policies, and to assist in recommending regulations on SMP issues that need to be updated.  The Kitsap County Board of Commissioners authorized the development of an SMP task-force and was funded to assist until June 30, 2011 or longer should sufficient resources be available. On March 8, 2010, the task-force plan was adopted and 20 volunteer citizens were selected by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners, signed by then Chairperson Josh Brown and Commissioner Steve Bauer.  The members of the task-force were then charged with the responsibility to recommend new policy, regulations, and environmental designations, as deemed necessary by the SMP update. To do so, they were instructed to utilize all existing information including the shoreline inventory and characterization, become familiar with the established work plan and focus on specific topics from that work plan, work cooperatively with Kitsap County staff, and review draft shoreline regulations that were to be guided by the Shoreline Management Act major policy goals. The final task-force meeting took place on January 24, 2012, whereby the most current SMP recommendation was voted upon and submitted to the Department of Ecology for further approval.","Mission and PurposeShoreline Master Programs are local land use policies and regulations designed to manage shoreline use. These local programs protect natural resources for future generations, provide public access to public waters and shores, and plan...","","United States","","","","20"
"Song Of A Citizen","Song Of A Citizen is a non-profit, non-partisan collaboration of prominent thinkers and artists producing innovative films and videos designed to spark a much-needed upgrade in how we-the-people view our role as citizens -- and to showcase proven methods for transforming ourselves from passive civic spectators into hands-on political problem-solvers.","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"Sopinspace","","Mission and Purpose The firm's policy is guided by two main principles: to make possible for all citizens, in full respect of their diversity of opinions, to build and express their views in quality debates; and to provide decision makers with reliable...","","France","Philippe Aigrain","6","",""
"Stichting Lodewijk de Raet","","Stichting Lodewijk de Raet versterkt de sociale competenties die mensen inzetten om volwaardig te participeren, zowel in private en publieke organisaties, als in de brede samenleving. De kernactiviteiten bestaan uit het ontwikkelen en begeleiden vorming...","","Belgium","Yves Larock","","",""
"Sustained Dialogue Campus Network","","OverviewSDCN, Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, was created by the president of IISD and runs off of the same principle. The participating college students are using this process to effectively handle separation throughout their campus communities....","","","","","",""
"Svojpolitik.si","","Here in Slovenia we are also trying to establish an EDD kind of political party called Svojpolitik.si (this is also our web address; rough translation- you are your own politician). But our ultimate goal is to form a viable system for independent...","","Slovenia","","","",""
"TAC CORDILLERA : TALLER DE ACCIÓN COMUNITARIA","","ABSTRACTThe workshop for Community Action (TAC) is a functional community organization that emerges in 1989 in the Cerro Cordillera, Valparaíso.Its fundamental objective is to promote community development, form the generation of new practices in the...","","Chile","Patricia Castillo","","","200"
"Tasmania Together","Tasmania Together is a community action plan that was developed by a broad group of citizens in conjunction with the Tasmanian government in order to promote long-term social, economic, and environmental goals of the Australian state. The project calls for heavy community involvement and feedback about issues that are most relevant and important to the Tasmanian community. The plan currently includes 12 goals and 155 benchmarks indicating the most important community issues expressed in deliberative discussions in 2000, 2005, and 2011.[1] These goals and benchmarks are monitored and reported on by a Progress Board, consisting of nine members (although legislation was passed by Parliament in 2012 to repeal the employment of the Progress Board, and instead use government agencies to report progress in an effort to reduce state funding to the plan). The plan also requires the Progress Board to issue reviews and recommendations for any addition, alteration, or deletion of current goals or benchmarks in order to ensure the plan is operating at maximum potential and securing a prosperous future for the Tasmanian community.","MissonTasmania Together is a community action plan that was developed by a broad group of citizens in conjunction with the Tasmanian government in order to promote long-term social, economic, and environmental goals of the Australian state. The project...","$500,000-$1 million","Australia","Bob Campbell (Chair)","9","",""
"TED","","TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), whose motto is “Ideas Worth Spreading”, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization operated/curated by the Sapling Foundation.[1] Formed in 1984, TED and its subsidiaries gather scholars of varied disciplines and...","2","","Chris Anderson","87","Varies","Varies"
"Telematics Freedom Foundation","","Continuous DemocracyWe promote the adoption of telematics tools to manage the running, in a safe and continuous manner, of a platform to practice a proper application of the concept of Democracy in the Age of the Web.The way Democracy is practiced...","","","","","",""
"Tenant Participation Advisory Service Cymru","","Mission and PurposeOver the past 20 years TPAS Cymru has been working with social housing tenants and landlords in Wales, developing participation methods, based on their expertise of the tenants point of view, through training and support, programmes...","","","Margaret Bracegirdle","","",""
"The American Democracy Project","","Mission and PurposeMission Statement: ""The American Democracy Project for Civic Engagement is a national, multi-campus initiative that seeks to foster informed civic engagement in the United States. The project seeks to create a greater intellectual...","","United States","","","",""
"The Annenberg Institute for School Reform","","The Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) at Brown University is a non-profit research and reform organization that works with various school systems and communities to promote a higher quality of learning for students inside and outside of...","","","Warren Simmons","46","",""
"The Center for Deliberative Democracy","","Mission and PurposeThe Center for Deliberative Democracy is located in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. This organization uses Deliberative Polling® to research about democracy and public opinion. The Center for Deliberative...","","","James Fishkin","13","",""
"The Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"The Center for Ethical Leadership ",""," DescriptionCenter for Ethical Leadership (CEL) is a nonprofit organization that it spread across the nation. Its focus lays in building leadership within smaller community to advance social change. The group supports individual, institutional, and...","","United States","Dale Nienow","Karuma Ruder, Steve Stapleton, Melisa Hamaski","",""
"The Center for Voter Deliberation of Northern Virginia ","","DefinitionThe Center for Voter Deliberation of Northern Virginia is a non-profit whose main objective is to organize community deliberations with people in the local area. The institution was established in 2009 and was one of the first of its kind....","","United States","Beth Offenbacker and Bill Corbet ","","","All "
"The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue","","In the global arena, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) acts independent from any government organization in effort to promote and influence increased dialogue between conflicting groups of people, who would otherwise look for solutions by...","","Switzerland","Martin Griffiths","53","",""
"The Co-Intelligence Institute","","Mission and PurposeThe nonprofit Co-Intelligence Institute (CII) promotes awareness of co-intelligence and of the many existing tools and ideas that can be used to increase it. The CII embraces all such ideas and methods, and explores and catalyzes their...","","","Tom Atlee","","",""
"The Common Enterprise","","Organization
The Common Enterprise  
The Common Enterprise is a national organization, which works to encourage citizens with different backgrounds, party affiliations and beliefs to work together toward common goals. The Common Enterprise has spent...","","","","","",""
"The Consultation Institute","","MissionThe Consultation Institute seeks to promote the highest standards of public, stakeholder and employee consultation by initiating research, publications and specialist events in order to disseminate best practice and improve subsequent...","","","Rhion Jones","","",""
"The de Borda Institute","The de Borda Institute is an international NGO which promotes inclusive forms of decision-making, especially in conflict zones.

[A]    In decision-making, we advocate the Modified Borda Count, (MBC), whereby contentious decisions are always based on a preferential vote, and wherein the outcome is the option with the highest average preference;

[B]    In elections, the appropriate methodology is the Quota Borda System, (QBS), which is both proportional and preferential; and

[C]    In governance, we suggest the matrix vote, the only voting procedure so far devised by which a parliament may elect a power-sharing all-party government of national unity such that, individually, each minister is the best one for that job, while collectively, this coalition represents all factions in the parliament in fair and due proportion.","Mission and PurposeTo promote inclusive politics.HistoryThe de Borda Institute was established in 1997, but by that time, we had been advocating the three Borda methodologies since 1986.Specializations and activitiesVoting systems in both decision-making...","<£5,000","United Kingdom","Peter Emerson","1","1","10"
"The Democracy Imperative","","""We are a network. Our members share an interest in education for a more deliberative democracy and work together to share ideas; steward and distribute knowledge; develop, validate, and disseminate practices; and encourage innovation.We are a resource...","","","Nancy L. Thomas","","","12"
"The Digital Activism Research Project","The Digital Activism Research Project (DARP) is “dedicated to studying the effect of digital technology on civic engagement, non-violent conflict, and political change around the world” (digital-activism.org). Using an online database that is open to submissions, DARP’s mission is to bring a more empirical and collaborative approach to the study of digital citizen engagement in non-violent conflicts, democratization, and peace-building efforts around the world. ","The Digital Activism Research Project (DARP) is “dedicated to studying the effect of digital technology on civic engagement, non-violent conflict, and political change around the world” (digital-activism.org). DARP’s mission is to bring a more empirical...","Donation-based funding.","United States","Mary C. Joyce","Staff list provided in content.","","Anonymous"
"The Freechild Project","","The Freechild Project is a consulting program focused on creating meaningful connections between adults and young people through programs, technical assistance, publications, training, and curriculum. With offices in Olympia, Washington, Freechild works...","250","","Adam Fletcher","1","5","2"
"The Freedom House","","Mission and Purpose
The Freedom House is a non-governmental organization that’s mission is to ensure the spread of democracy worldwide. The organization which is located in Washington D.C. supports democratic change and advocates for human rights....","8.21","","Peter Ackerman","120","",""
"The Freerz Community","The Freerz Community is an online community think-tank aimed at supporting worthy causes of real-world entities. We act as a force multiplier for organizations who are pursuing the same goals one can read in the Freerz Manifesto. Basically these are encouraging dialogue between religions, combatting poverty, propsing direct democracy and the use of open source software, developing an international capacity to effectively respond to disasters, etc.  ","Mission and Purpose(We strongly advise to read the Freerz Manifesto first, in order to understand the core principles We believe in. http://freerz.org)Many netizens are feel Themselves much more comfortable and free while being on-line, than in Their...","","United States","","","",""
"The Greenlining Institute","The Greenlining Institute was founded by a group of people, composed of difference ethnicities, that aimed to help people of color live in society without bias and discrimination. After meeting to discuss problems and solutions, they founded an official institute, The Greenlining Institute, to gain more voice, power, and support. Together, these people have made some profound change in minority communities and society as a whole, including economics, education, and politics. ","Mission and PurposePeople of color do not experience the same society as Caucasian Americans. In many areas of the U.S., minority populations are still discriminated against. For instance, people of color are refused of public services or political...","","United States","","","",""
"The Harwood Institute For Public Innovation","","Mission""The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks nothing less than to spark fundamental change and authentic hope in American public life. We do this by cultivating, coaching, connecting, and...","","United States","","","",""
"The Institute for Civic Discourse & Democracy","","The Institute for Civil Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) is an organization made up of scholars, professors, students and faculty members of Kansas State University who are there to try to help facilitate and promote civic public engagement within its...","","United States","David Procter","30","",""
"The Keystone Center","","Mission and PurposeThe Keystone Center was founded in 1975 by Robert W. Craig and is a non-profit organization who's headquarters are in Keystone, Colorado with other offices in Denver and Washington, DC. The main purpose of the Keystone Center is to...","8","","Peter S. Adler","51","",""
"The League of Women Voters","","The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization, established in 1920 to rework and improve the structure of government and benefit public policies by educating and engaging American citizens in public advocacy. The League of Women...","","United States","Elisabeth MacNamara","","",""
"The newdemocracy Foundation","","The newdemocracy Foundation is an independent, non-partisan research organisation aiming to identify improvements to our democratic process. We aim to replace the adversarial with the deliberative, and move out of the “continuous campaign” cycle. http://...","","Australia","","","",""
"The People Decide","","About UsOur goal is to bring the voice and will of the people to our congressmen and elected officials. The interactive nature of this website allows our members to cast votes for every major bill that goes through Congress. You can also discuss and...","","","","","",""
"Together Creating Communities","","Mission and PurposeTCC works to build citizenship and democracy by training those within our membership groups, giving them the skills and confidence to discover their power and to use it in taking political action in the interests of their local...","","","Mrs Chris Pilsbury","","",""
"Transpartisan Alliance","","The Transpartisan Alliance is an informal network of networks

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Transpartisan Alliance","","United States","","","",""
"U.S. Department of Energy","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)","","Note:  This article is a stub and the Participedia community will appreciate any work you can do to help us complete it by providing additional content and/or editing existing content. Thank you!Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities ...","","United States","","","",""
"UK Youth Parliament","","The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) is a London-based organization that gives the United Kingdom's youth a voice in politics. ""Run by young people for young people"", UKYP consists of more than 600 democratically elected Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs),...","1","","Andy Hamflett","18","","600"
"United Minds","","United Minds 
The Resurrection
The original site was lost to the Internet.
So I've started from scratch and setup this petition site - a simplified version of what I was trying to achieve, and a simple first step the people of Ireland could make to take...","","Ireland","","","",""
"Unlock Democracy","","Mission and PurposeUnlock Democracy (incorporating Charter 88) is a UK campaign for democracy, rights and freedoms. A grassroots movement - they are owned and run by their members. In particular, they campaign for:Fair, Open and Honest ElectionsRights,...","","United Kingdom","Vicky Seddon ","","",""
"Urban Forum","","Mission and PurposeUrban Forum is a national charity and a membership organisation that supports communities to have a greater say over decisions that affect them. They work with their members to influence government policy and to support them to...","","United Kingdom","Toby Blume","","",""
"Urban Planning Aid","UPA was an advocacy group that opposed the Inner Belt and galvanized support for the anti-Inner Belt movement in metropolitan Boston communities.","","","United States","","","",""
"UVic Constitutional Law Class 2011/2012","","IntroductionThis is the working constitution of the University of Victoria's Constitutional Law Class 2011/2012 A02. Everyone is welcome to edit the constitution! Changes to our constitution are tracked through the history and earlier versions can be...","","Canada","TBD","1","","57"
"Viewpoint Learning","Viewpoint Learning, founded by Daniel Yankelovich and Dr. Steven Rosell in 1999, holds public and private issue-oriented dialogues and provides facilitation and consulting services respecting issue-oriented dialogue. Viewpoint Learning has developed several methods of dialogue including Choicework Dialogue -- also called Choice-Dialogue -- Strategic Dialogue, Stakeholder Dialogue, Community Conversation, and Online Dialogue. Viewpoint Learning's methods have been used in several notable public deliberations, including the 2002 Citizen's Dialogue on the Future of Healthcare in Canada; the 2003 Citizens' and Stakeholders' Dialogues on the Future of Housing in San Mateo, California; and CommonGround: The First Five Years: A Dialogue on Early Childhood in New Mexico.","Mission and PurposeViewpoint Learning describes its purpose as ""designing and conducting specialized dialogues on complex and challenging issues for Fortune 500 companies, governments, foundations and other organizations across the United States, Canada...","","United States","Daniel Yankelovich","7","",""
"Washington County - Citizen Participation Organization","","Stub","","United States","","","",""
"Washington County Long Range Planning Division","","Mission and Purpose History Specializations and activities Major projects and events Funding Publications Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","","United States","","","",""
"White House Office of Public Engagement","","Purpose and Mission
The White House Office of Public Engagement was started by President Barak Obama, with the purpose of being a medium through which the American public could directly communicate with the Obama administration.  The president’s goal...","","","Christina M. Tchen","20","",""
"Wikivote","Wikivote is a Moscow based Russian company, set up in 2010 and specializing in building online platforms and facilitating civil participation in law-making and strategic documents drafting. The Wikivote methodology uses the wiki principle of community participation. Technically the Wikivote methodology is implemented on a generic Intelligent Collaboration System.","Mission and Purpose Wikivote is a Russian non-governmental organization which goal is to develop effective means of citizens’ participation in lawmaking and strategic planning. Our approach is based on attracting the open network community to...","","Russia","Vasiliy Burov","15","",""
"World Wide Views on Global Warming overview and analysis ","The following entry on the World Wide Views on Global Warming organization takes a closer look at the history, purpose, participant selection process, the deliberation process, and analysis and criticisms of the global conference held in more than 38 countries spanning over 6 continents with more than 4,000 citizens representing countries around the world. ","  World Wide Views on Global WarmingBy: Jose Batista and Mark ManioDEFINITIONThe World Wide View on Global Warming is a project that sheds light onto the importance of politicians getting involved with citizens in order to make deliberative decisions...","","United States","","","",""
"Z Communications","","Z Communicationsis a compendium of projects and institution that seek to assist social movements to better people's lives in the present context -- while changing the context so in the future injustice is undone. Through it's diverse projects, Z...","","","","","",""
"Zebralog - Experts in eParticipation","Zebralog is the leading agency for online and cross-media civic participation in Germany. As pioneer in the field of web-based dialogues, the company has sought to create and optimize cross-media communication between citizens and state for over ten years. Zebralog designs, organizes, implements, moderates, and evaluates a wide range of participation processes, from participatory urban planning projects over participatory budgeting, to debates on legislative procedures at the federal level. As a consultancy, Zebralog strives to enable private and public organizations to enter into a dialogue with citizens. As an agency, the company takes care of the technical implementation, and as an institute, Zebralog conducts research projects and provides expert opinions."," Zebralog is a leading agency for online and cross-media civic participation in Germany. As pioneer in the field of web-based dialogues, the company has sought to create and optimize cross-media communication between citizens and state for over ten years...","","Germany","","","",""
"Büro für Zukunftsfragen",""," Geschäftsfelder und AufgabenDas Büro für Zukunftsfragen versteht sich als Impulsgeber und Schnittstelle für zukunftsfähige Entwicklungsprozesse: ""Wir fördern innovative Ansätze für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung. Zu diesem Zweck unterstützen wir...","","Vereinigte Staaten","","","",""
"Occupy Vancouver","Needs German translation. ","Needs translationwww.occupyvancouver.com  ","","Vereinigte Staaten","","","","100+"
"wer denkt was GmbH"," „wer denkt was“ führt gemeinsam mit Kommunen Partizipationsverfahren bei Haushalts- und Stadtplanung durch.","Schwerpunkte und AktivitätenDie ""wer denkt was GmbH"" ist eine Ausgründung der Technischen Universität Darmstadt, die aus einem Forschungsprojekt zu internetgestützter Bürgerbeteiligung hervorgegangen ist. Wir führen internetbasierte und...","","Deutschland","Dr. Tobias Klug, Dr. Robert Lokaiczyk","","",""