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Free and open source software

• Everyone has the opportunity to adapt the software, improve it or analyze its code.
• Promise of greater quality (continuous improvement), greater security (the code can easily be tested and corrected) and total transparency.
• Enables the development of a more open and participatory democracy.
• Builds trust: data management, transparency, etc.

Service offering

Our technical and consulting teams will help you:

Four areas allowing the creation of functionalities and content: Concertations, Assemblies, Initiatives, Votes, etc.

• The Concertations are suitable for the establishment of a temporally-bound participatory mechanismwith steps (participatory budget, classic consultation with collection/proposal voting for example, etc.).

   

• The Assemblies are better suited to a participatory governance over a long period of time. It is also possible to create sub-assemblies and/or to link an assembly with a consultation.
  → Assemblies can for example be useful to set up a participatory mechanism within an organisation, allowing the creation of working groups/sub-groups via sub-assemblies.

   

• The Initiatives are a space similar to a petitions (coming soon).

Example of the Senate platform

• The Votes allow for the implementation of referendums (coming soon). 
• The Conferences allow you to enter information about a particular event in order to provide a maximum of detail on the programme, benefit from a more developed registration module, etc.

Example of the NEC platform

Numerous participation modules:

• Proposal : allows for the creation of a participatory space for users to post a contribution/idea/proposal; to vote for proposals; to support proposals (equivalent to the "Like" functionality); to comment on proposals; to filter proposals, etc.

Example of the platform of the Citizens Convention for Climate

• Meetings: allows you to highlight an event (workshop, public meeting, debate, etc.) by indicating its date, location, description/objectives and/or by integrating visuals (posters, "flyers", etc.).

• Survey Create surveys/forms/questionnaires and choose how to answer them: single choice; multiple choice; short answer; long answer; sort in the desired order. This feature allows you to easily set up a registration form, questionnaire or survey that lends itself to the format.

Example of the CNDP's imPACtons platform

• News : allows you to organize a "blog" type section on the platform, allowing users to comment on the different articles and the administrators to communicate. 

• Debates : enables open debates initiated by the administrator and/or by users through a comment thread.
  
• Budgets : enables the set up of a participatory budget after a submission of proposals by users or by the administrator. Users can thus vote for different projects, follow the budget and its evolution, etc.

Example of the Angers platform

• Page Create and edit pages that inform the user about the platform administrator, the current consultation, the methods of participation, the objectives, etc. 
• Random selection:allows you to draw lots for applications/proposals. For example, it can be useful to create assemblies by random selection.
  Example of the platform of the European Metropolis of Lille

• Follow-up: The "Follow-up" functionality allows users to monitor the progress of implementation (overall, by category and/or by sub-category) of an action linked to a concertation.
  Example of the Barcelona Platform

Functionality Details

• Category : allows the creation of categories and permits users to classify their proposals by theme (e.g. housing, environment, social justice, etc.).
• Sectors allows you to create geographical categories (e.g. by neighbourhood, district, etc.).
• Pages : allows you to create "cold pages" (FAQ, T&Cs, Legal Notice, etc.)

Advantages of the Decidim platform 

A social and engaging dimension: 

User profiles enables the development of a form of a social network, including the possibility for users to subscribe to a profile, exchange messages, create user communities, etc.

A platform offering real traceability of participation through the proposal and follow-up modules. For each proposal, Decidim makes it possible to indicate its origin, whether it comes from a public meeting, an institution or a group of citizens.
A proposal on Decidim is living content that can be linked to other content on the platform: an investment project from the participatory budget, an achievement announced by an institution whose progress is monitored over time.

16% of French people do not feel able to carry out procedures online, 40% are worried about the idea of carrying out procedures online and 28% would like to be assisted in local establishments. This shows a real need to combine digital and face-to-face tools, in order to allow the greatest number of people to participate. Thus, the "represented user" function makes it possible to contribute on the platform in the name of a person, whether or not they already have an account. This can be very useful to include people who are not very familiar with digital technology in a participatory process, for example by collecting contributions in markets or during a door-to-door session.