Decidim
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Decidim is a free, open-source participatory democracy platform implemented as a Ruby on Rails web framework that organizations can deploy to host processes like participatory budgeting, public consultations, strategic planning and collaborative policy-making. The talk covers Decidim’s technical identity (a Rails-based configurable website platform), its real-world deployment across 400+ instances worldwide, and lessons from outreach and advocacy efforts with diverse institutions such as city governments, national assemblies and international bodies.
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