Many associations and voluntary organizations are struggling to stay relevant to their members, to ensure engagement and support in the future, and to get volunteers to engage and take ownership.
Denmark’s largest member democracy Coop amba was at a crossroads after the sale of its shopping stores to OK. How do you rethink the association’s purpose and rethink a member democracy for 2 million co-owners? We Do Democracy was chosen as advisor
Five municipalities are joining forces with We Do Democracy to give young people real influence. At the same time, we are developing a new model for how young people can be broadly and meaningfully involved in local democracy.
Become a powerful facilitator and learn how to successfully lead citizens’ assembly. Our intensive workshop will give you the tools to design and facilitate democratic processes that create real change. Join us and get equipped to manage complex dialogs, make decisions together and engage citizens effectively.
How can communities and civil society in Vejle Municipality work together with the municipality to boost climate action? A Mixed Panel of politicians, civil society groups and representative citizens of Vejle will answer this question.
What does a good cultural and leisure life look like in the future Ruds Vedby? And how do you make sure that more people want to participate? These are questions that 24 representative citizens have worked with in the Ruds Vedby Citizens’ Panel through an innovative participatory process to help strengthen village life in Ruds Vedby.
How can the City of Copenhagen help its citizens reduce their CO2 emissions? A representative group of the municipality’s citizens are now gathering in a Climate Citizens’ Council, which over the next three years will make recommendations on how Copenhagen can become a CO2-neutral municipality.
The Citizens’ Assembly on Sustainable Consumption has brought together citizens across Denmark to develop recommendations for a future of sustainable consumption. As the first in Denmark, the Citizens’ Assembly will deliver their vision to five political organisations: the Capital Region of Denmark, the Region of Southern Denmark and the municipalities of Frederiksberg, Rudersdal and Vejle.
The Copenhagen Parliament is Denmark’s first multi-year municipal citizens’ parliament. In the first year of the Copenhagen Parliament, citizens worked on recommendations for how Copenhagen can develop as a city in the future. The first session of the second year of the Copenhagen Parliament will take place in early 2024.
What should the Østerbro of the future look like in terms of cars, urban spaces and urban nature? Based on this question, all citizens in Østerbro are invited to participate in a neighborhood citizens’ assembly and make recommendations to the City Council.
Cities around the world are facing a series of dilemma-filled questions about how to live, transport and cope with the climate change that is looming on the horizon. We Do Democracy runs a Citizens’ Assembly based on OECD principles to ensure impartial scrutiny of the project and to create a framework for the difficult and contentious conversation about the project. It’s a process that is attracting national and international attention, with follow-up research by the University of Copenhagen and Dublin City University
Næstved’s citizens’ assembly consisted of a representative selection of citizens who were asked to make recommendations for the future of the municipality.
The international Bootcamp Time For DMO-cracy ’22 brought together tourism stakeholders from around the world to focus on how to make tourism democratic and participatory.
We Do Democracy facilitates 5 regional conferences across the country where passengers are invited on board in the development of the future of public transportation.
Denmark’s first citizen panel working with climate as both mitigation and adaptation took place in Hørsholm Municipality. The citizens developed recommendations that will feed into the municipality’s overall climate action plan.
Democracy cannot be taken for granted. It doesn’t just fall into our laps. Democracy is something we need to practice. That’s why we have taken the initiative for Democracy Fitness!
How can Europe help make Danes’ lives more meaningful? Radikale Venstre is testing deliberative democracy as a new method for developing their European policy initiatives with the help of ordinary citizens. Both those who are pro-EU, those who are Eurosceptic and those who don’t yet have an opinion on the EU.
With the Young Citizens’ Assembly, we are testing a new involvement format that invites young people in the 16-24 age group to work on recommendations for a good youth life.
The city’s meeting place and workshop for democracy and participation in the heart of Copenhagen Northwest. In the garages, where there used to be a blacksmith and car repair shop, we are now experimenting with new formats of democracy.