The project seeks to enhance Istanbul’s participatory budgeting system by improving digital tools, communication, and guidelines, drawing on best practices from successful model Decidim from Barcelona to increase citizen engagement, transparency, and trust in local governance.
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The project strengthens citizen engagement and transparency in Istanbul by implementing user-friendly digital tools, clear project selection guidelines, and accessible platforms that make it easier for all residents to understand and participate in the budgeting process. It also builds the capacity of local government officials and community leaders through training, site visits, and knowledge exchange with international partners like Decidim, fostering sustainable participatory governance. Moreover, it promotes the broader adoption of Decidim’s participatory framework across diverse cultural and political contexts, encouraging inclusive and effective citizen involvement in decision-making.
▼ Project Outputs
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Center for Democracy Research (CDR), İstanbul
Center for Democracy Research (CDR) is an independent think-and-do-tank based in Istanbul, focused on enhancing democratic governance through data-informed monitoring and technological innovations. CDR develops digital tools, such as Referandom, for citizen engagement and transparency, and conducts extensive monitoring of parliamentary and municipal activities reaching millions of people in Türkiye. The organization collaborates with local and international partners to promote participatory democracy, transparency, and accountability in decision-making processes.
Decidim Free Software Association, Barcelona
The Decidim Free Software Association is the organised community of the Decidim project, made up of organisations and people interested in the development, growth and improvement of the democratic digital participatory infrastructure Decidim, and who have been collaborating with the project since its beginnings (February 2016), carrying out support activities for all the user organisations of the same, both administrations and non-profit organisations.
▼ Municipalities
This section shows the local authorities collaborated & involved in the project’s development process.
