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In a shared ambition to strengthen the Nordic democracies, the partnership Nordic Deliberation has now been founded. The goal is to reduce the gap between citizens and the political system, ensure robust democracies and accelerate the Nordic deliberative wave.

Zakia Elvang was the keynote speaker at the Local Government Summit in Aalborg and Danske Kommuner follows up on the summit with an article about Zakia Elvang, who spent Friday in Aalborg. The focus is on democracy, citizen gatherings and how municipalities must reactivate the social contract with citizens if we want more people to participate in the welfare solutions of the future.

When Austrian millionaire heiress Marlene Engelhorn uses citizen gatherings as a method to distribute funds, she also highlights the unique potential of foundations in an accelerating crisis of democracy. This should call for self-reflection in the Danish foundations,...

An international task force of researchers, urban planners, officials and advisors has released a report mapping how the world's major cities can strengthen democratic participation in urban planning. We Do Democracy contributes expert knowledge. The 'who' and 'how'...

In this new training program, advisors from Komponent and We Do Democracy give you concrete tools to create tangible change. Based on new knowledge in the field, you will learn about participation processes and how to create sustainable and engaging participation formats for both citizens and members.

36 representatively selected citizens from Gentofte Municipality will meet during the fall of 2023 in the municipality’s climate citizen gathering. The purpose is to ensure good, inclusive and legitimate solutions to the green transition in the municipality and to give citizens a voice in the green municipality of the future.

If we are to succeed in transforming our consumption to sustainable, it is necessary for all three political levels in Denmark to act now – including the national level. This is the message from a number of members of the Citizens’ Assembly Sustainable Consumption and they have therefore chosen to invite politicians from the municipal, regional and national level and other stakeholders to a joint conversation about how we ensure sustainable consumption in the future. It takes place at Christiansborg on d. November 20 from 13:00-14:30 and YOU are invited to come and hear the conversation.

On November 2-3, communication colleagues from the country’s municipalities will meet in Copenhagen to spar, share knowledge and learn from each other. The day will be closed by Managing Director and advisor from We Do Democracy, Zakia Elvang, who will talk about “Democracy crisis and citizen stuff – why the answer to everything is all of us”.

The members of Denmark’s most extensive citizen consultation process to date will today hand over the final recommendations for Denmark’s largest construction project to the politicians at Copenhagen City Hall. We Do Democracy designed and operated the Citizens’ Assembly as an independent third-party secretariat. It has been an extensive, dilemma-filled and eventful journey that sets a new standard for citizen involvement.

Today, 50,000 Copenhageners will receive an invitation to participate in the Climate Citizens’ Parliament, where 36 representatively selected citizens will jointly answer the key question: “What does a good Copenhagen life look like with far fewer greenhouse gas emissions from the consumption of food, housing and transportation, and how can we best get there together?”

We Do Democracy is one of the country’s leading consultancies in the deliberative field and has chosen to strengthen the leadership and thus the momentum of the organization by hiring Ziga Friberg as Managing Director.

The Østerbro Citizens’ Assembly has finalized their work and agreed on 10 recommendations and 25 concrete initiatives to create a greener, more vibrant and more car-free Østerbro.

How can we ensure that young people thrive in Bispebjerg? 24 young people from Bispebjerg will help answer this question in the fall of 2023.

Together with Gentofte Municipality, We Do Democracy will run and facilitate a citizens’ assembly that will focus on how Gentofte can transition in a more sustainable direction. On June 6, over 30,000 invitations were sent out to the citizens of the municipality, who have a unique opportunity to help shape climate policy.

Together with Gevninge Library and Community Center, We Do Democracy will spearhead an ambitious citizen engagement project on community building and volunteer-based activities. In the next few days, Gevninge library and community center will be sending out letters to all citizens in Gevninge to invite them to participate in the development and rethinking of the library and community center.

Together with Komponent, We Do Democracy has entered into a partnership to strengthen and promote deliberative democracy!

The members of the Næstved Citizens’ Assembly have completed their work. Through a series of meetings, members have developed and agreed to recommend 31 concrete initiatives, divided into 6 overall recommendations

After many months of work, the members of the Citizens’ Assembly on Sustainable Consumption are ready to launch their recommendations.

The City of Copenhagen is launching an ambitious citizens’ thing that We Do Democracy will design and facilitate. It will be the first municipal citizens’ council in Denmark!

What should the future Østerbro look like? Based on this question, citizens in Østerbro will meet in the spring of 2023 and make recommendations to the City Council.

We Do Democracy has been appointed to design and facilitate a citizens’ assembly on Lynetteholm by By & Havn. The development of the citizen collection must be done in collaboration with Analyse & Tal, CitizenLab and a team of international democracy experts.