Our cases
We collaborate with public and private organizations, knowledge institutions, activists, parties and people who want to take a clear role in shaping the world we are part of. Here, you will find selected projects.
Welfare citizen gathering in Greve
The future of welfare is under pressure and new ways of approaching the difficult task and conversation are needed.
In Greve, politicians chose to invite citizens into the heart of the discussion and the citizens responded by identifying new ways to go in the country’s first welfare citizen gathering.
Vejle citizen panel on climate action
How can communities and civil society in Vejle 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.
Ruds Vedby Citizen Panel
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 Citizen Panel through an innovative participatory process to help strengthen village life in Ruds Vedby.
The deliberative democracy wave
The deliberative democracy wave These days, there is talk of an international wave of deliberative democracy: countries like Ireland,...
Copenhagen Citizens’ Assembly on the climate area
How can the City of Copenhagen help its citizens reduce their CO2 emissions? A representative group of the city’s citizens will now gather in a Citizens’ Assembly on the climate area, which over the next three years will make recommendations on how Copenhagen can become a carbon-neutral municipality.
Climate citizen gathering in Gentofte Municipality
Gentofte Municipality involves its citizens in the transition to a more sustainable municipality. Therefore, a citizen involvement process is underway, where 30,000 citizens are invited to become part of a municipal Climate Citizens’ Assembly, which will make recommendations for a climate plan for how Gentofte Municipality can become more CO2 neutral.
Climate Assembly at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen
For the first time, a Danish university is hosting a climate assembly. The Climate Assembly aims to ensure a broad involvement of students and staff in the faculty’s green transition. This applies in particular to the question of how the faculty can achieve its own climate goals and how the faculty can and should actively contribute to society’s green transition.
Copenhagen Assembly in Bispebjerg
The Copenhagen Assembly in Bispebjerg is the first of the Copenhagen Assemblies in the City of Copenhagen. The assembly aims to involve young people in how to best ensure the well-being of all young people in the area, and the City of Copenhagen has therefore invited all young people in Bispebjerg between the ages of 14 and 24 to participate. The 24 young people who signed up have all been given a place in the assembly, and in the fall of 2023 they will work together to find solutions to key questions about young people’s well-being in Bispebjerg.
Climate Citizen Assembly in Gentofte
Gentofte Municipality is involving its citizens in the transition to a more sustainable municipality. Therefore, a citizen involvement process is underway, where 30,000 citizens are invited to become part of a municipal Climate Citizens’ Assembly, which will make recommendations for a climate plan for how Gentofte Municipality can become more CO2 neutral.
Climate Assembly at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen
For the first time ever, a Danish university is hosting a climate assembly. The purpose of the climate assembly is to ensure broad involvement of students and staff in the faculty’s green transition. This applies in particular to the question of how the faculty can achieve its own climate goals and how the faculty can and should actively contribute to society’s green transition.
Citizens’ assembly on green urban life in Inner Østerbro
What should the future Østerbro look like in terms of cars, urban spaces, and urban nature? Based on this question, all citizens of Østerbro are invited to participate in a neighborhood citizens’ assembly and make recommendations to the City Council.
Citizens’ Assembly on Sustainable Consumption
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.
Citizens’ Assembly in Næstved
The citizens’ assembly in Næstved consisted of representative citizens who were asked to make recommendations for the future of the municipality.
Citizens’ Assembly in Rudersdal
How can a municipality best realize the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals? Rudersdal municipality wanted the citizens of Rudersdal to help them find answers to the question, which led them to hold a citizens’ assembly on realizing the SDG’s in practice.
Deliberative Masterclass
Deliberative Masterclass is We Do Democracy’s educational program that takes you through the principles, methods and practices of deliberative democracy. The course equips you to understand the potential and possibilities behind citizen assemblies and other participatory processes.
Citizens’ Assembly in Albertslund
Albertslund is a municipality with a long tradition of working progressively with citizen involvement and democracy. Therefore, after a political process, the municipality decided to invite all citizens over the age of 16 to participate in a citizens’ assembly on the future of Albertslund, to be run by We Do Democracy.
Climate Citizen Panel in Hørsholm
Denmark’s first citizen panel working with climate as both mitigation and adaptation took place in Hørsholm Municipality. The citizens developed recommendations to be included in the municipality’s general climate action plan.
Democracy Fitness
Democracy cannot be taken for granted. It doesn’t just fall into our laps. Democracy is something we need to train. That’s why we have taken the initiative for Democracy Fitness!
The Europe Assembly
How can Europe help make Danes’ lives more meaningful? The political party ‘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 do not yet have an opinion on the EU.
The Youth Assembly
With the Youth 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.
Climate Citizens’ Assembly in Greve Municipality
Denmark’s first municipal climate citizens’ assembly took place in Greve Municipality. Here, the members of the citizens’ assembly developed a number of ambitious green recommendations for how the municipality can become CO2 neutral – as part of DK2020
Democracy Garage
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.
Københavnerting
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.
Citizens’ assembly on green urban life in Inner Østerbro
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.
Citizens’ Assembly on Lynetteholm
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 citizen assembly
Næstved’s citizens’ assembly consisted of a representative selection of citizens who were asked to make recommendations for the future of the municipality.
Rudersdal citizens’ assembly
How can a municipality best realize the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals? The municipality of Rudersdal wanted the citizens’ help to find out, which led them to hold a citizens’ assembly on realizing the SDGs in practice.
Citizens’ Assembly on the Medieval City
City centres around the world are under pressure and facing a radical rethink – on the citizens’ terms. In 2019, the City of Copenhagen established the country’s first Citizens’ Assembly in collaboration with We Do Democracy. The task was to identify a future for a sustainable and viable city centre in Copenhagen. Politicians wanted a representative group of citizens to lead the way for the capital.
Democratizing tourism development
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.
Passengers Take the Pulse
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.
Deliberative Masterclass
Deliberative Masterclass is We Do Democracy’s educational program that takes you through the principles, methods and practices of deliberative democracy. The course equips you to understand the potential and possibilities behind citizen gatherings, citizen things and other participatory processes.
Albertslund Citizen Assembly
Albertslund is a municipality with a long tradition of working progressively with citizen involvement and democracy. Therefore, after a political process, the municipality decided to invite all citizens over the age of 16 to participate in a citizens’ assembly on the future of Albertslund, to be run by We Do Democracy.
Education for Sustainable Development
The World’s Best News invited We Do Democracy to partner in the development of Education for Sustainable Development as a cross-cutting partnership between a wide range of actors in the education sector. The sustainable initiative covers everything from daycare to adult and continuing education – from ABC to PhD. Together, an entire sector sets an ambition to strengthen education in and for sustainable development.
Hørsholm Municipality’s Climate Citizen Panel
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 Fitness
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!
Europe Collection
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.
When young people vote in local elections
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.
Climate citizen gathering in Greve Municipality
Denmark’s first municipal climate citizen gathering took place in Greve Municipality. Here, the members of the citizens’ assembly developed a number of ambitious green recommendations for how the municipality can become CO2 neutral – as part of DK2020
Sustainable Bornholm goals
Bornholm’s Regional Municipality takes responsibility and shows how to create a sustainable island community where citizens are involved in shaping their future. The citizens of the municipality developed 8 Bornholm goals.
Democracy Garage
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.