Stories

Digital Democracy and e-Governance
Digitalisation Can Divide Us or Empower Democracy — We Decide
Town halls are moving online, we are able to sign petitions from the comfort of our own homes, and collective action can suddenly start with a simple hashtag. Whether it is better connectivity, the ability to strengthen networks...
IDC Theme of the Month
Digital Democracy & e-Governance: How Digital Tools are Reshaping Citizen Participation in the 21st Century
On the International Democracy Community (IDC) platform, we're introducing monthly themes inspired by the ideas and interests you shared in our recent survey. We're kicking things off with the theme Digital Democracy and e-...
Myawaddy
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Myanmar's Local Centers of Scam
Junta and Its Local Affiliates Keep Scam Centers Running, Despite War and Global Pressure
Image by Democracy International of citizens participating in the European Citizens' Panel
European Union
€1.8 Trillion Through the Eyes of 150 Europeans
How would you allocate €1.8 trillion and shape the future of Europe for the next seven years? Defence?...
SALINAS CALIFORNIA
COLUMN Finding Health in a Cauliflower Field
Rolling back health benefits for undocumented migrants would betray success.
CORDÓBA Argentina
Top Prize in Participatory Democracy Goes to San Luis Potosi, Mexico
The Central Mexico City's "Building Citizenship" program of 284 citizen participation panels is now...
SETAGAYA
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS: Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya District, Tokyo
"In the future... we will replace a lot of elected representatives like myself"
PARIS
NOEMA Government 'With' the People
Closing the gap between citizens’ deliberation and binding action.
CORDÓBA Argentina
NEWSLETTER: Can Your City's Twin Save You? Militant Democracy,...
What's worth reading, watching and attending as May turns to June.
BARCELONA
EVENT VIDEO Deliberative Democracy's Future in a Digital Age
A Carnegie Event Looks at Why Digital Deliberation Grows in Some Places, Not Others
TIJUANA
COLUMN Call it the River Trump
The Endangered, Border-Crossing Tijuana River Needs Transnational Attention. A New Name Would Help.
MONTEVIDEO
APPRECIATION My Afternoon With Mujica
Uruguay's modest revolutionary and president has died