08 sep Can we trust privatised democracy?
Can we trust privatised democracy? Article first published on Medium. Democracy is at crossroads today. Our formal, official democracy is still being done mostly the...
Author: Gaui
02 des DEEP-Linking Youth
DEEP-Linking Youth The aim of the Digital Ecosystem for E-Participation Linking Youth (DEEP-Linking Youth) project is to use e-participation as an instrument to foster young people’s...
19 nóv Digital Commons for Open Government
Digital Commons for Open Government open source marketplace for government tools We propose creating a Digital Commons for Open Government and invite you to join...
16 nóv Citizens Foundation awarded seed financing for Active Citizen AI Notifications
CHEST is a 33 month Research and Development project supported under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to promote the development of digital based...
25 jún Our Better Neighbourhoods wins the Nordic Best Practice Challenge
In May our open source community platform Better Neighborhoods was declared as a Nordic Best Practice Challenge winner in the category – Public Communication. “The project...
12 mar Our Your Priorities hosting is now free and we have a preview of the next version…
All e-democracy communities on *.yrpri.org are now free of charge. So not only is Your Priorities open source but you can also use our unlimited group...
26 feb New Estonian law creates a new law through citizens petitions
Sorry about the meta title but it’s really what it is. An Estonian law about citizens petitions came into the Rahvakogu through Your Priorities and was approved...
25 feb 23% increase in electronic voting in Better Neighborhoods 2015
Voting for projects in Better Neighborhoods finished with a 23% participation increase from last year, slipping just under the numbers for the first...
20 jan The importance of youth organisations for society and democracy
We had a great experience doing a presentation at The Icelandic Youth Councils conference. We presented our work on using e-democracy increase participation,...
30 des Seasons Greetings 2014
A very merry seasons greetings to all from us at the Citizens Foundation in Iceland! Highlights from 2014 In 2014 we presented and participated with...