First steps with Decidim
Decidim is a digital platform
for citizen participation
Installing Decidim
You can install it yourself or find someone to help you with tech support.
The right tool for you
For big or small organisations, discover how Decidim can cater to your needs.
Decidim in your city
If your city is thinking of deploying participatory policies, find out how you can convince them to do it.
Is Decidim the right tool for you?
Decidim’s flexible features are designed to serve both small and large collectives, public and private organisations, with hundreds or thousands of potential users.
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European Commission
The digital platform was launched on 19 April 2021 and was open to contributions until 9 of May 2022. During this...
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Code for Japan
Decidim provides customize-friendly architecture so that we can adapt it to our domestic situation.
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Who’s behind the platform?
Metadecidim is the community that collaborates in the design of the platform and the development of the project. Together we design and create new features and report bugs for continuous improvement of the platform.
The Decidim Free Software Association is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community.
Part of what makes Decidim so powerful is that it adds a level of abstraction to the work separating out the steps of a process and the activities associated with the process. That’s part of the information architecture, so that not only you are saying what is happening at each step but different parts of Decidim behave differently depending on when you are doing or depending on what step in the process you are in. The fact that that’s customizable really allows Decidim to be moulded to how we are doing our work and not our work to be moulded.
Francisco Tena
Pipeline to Power, working for NYC Civic Engagement Commission
Olemme ratkaisseet lähes kaikki toteuttamamme osallistumisprosessit Decidimin toiminnallisuuden avulla. Työkaluna se on erittäin vahva, mutta sen vahvimmat ja meille tärkeimmät osa-alueet tuntuvat olevan sen ympärille kehittyvä yhteisö, niin alustan kehittäjien kuin sen käyttäjien osalta. Olemalla osana tätä yhteisöä, olemme oppineet arvostamaan yhteisöä ja sen kykyä ratkaista niitä haasteita, jotka liittyvät osallistuvan demokratian toteuttamiseen oikeassa maailmassa.
Alejandra González
Méxicon kaupungin avoin hallinto
Prosessi alkoi lokakuussa 2019 Euroopan komission viestintä- ja eDemokratia-yksikössä yhteisessä tutkimuskeskuksessa, Euroopan komission tiede- ja osaamispalvelussa. Konferenssin tarpeiden analysointi ja erilaisten työkalujen vertaaminen johtivat avoimen lähdekoodin Decidim-työkalun valitsemiseen sen teknisen kypsyyden, laajan yhteisön ja soveltamiskyvyn takia.
Sivan Pätsch
OpenForum Europe tutkimusjohtaja, Euroopan unioni
Usein kysytyt kysymykset
Can I join the Metadecidim community even if I don't live in Barcelona?
Of course you can. People do so through participatory processes, debates, translations, etc. that you might find in Metadecidim. Decidim was born in Barcelona and that is why there is a strong territorial bond with this city, but above all, it's a project for the commons.
I want to fund the project. How can I proceed?
Yes you can! Decidim is a non profit project and for the moment it depends completely on funding. Please find all details to fund the project at OpenCollective
What can a Decidim administrator do?
Easily configure participatory processes Do you want to make a strategic plan? Or discuss new regulations? Or discuss a new square or a public building to achieve the common good? Thanks to Decidim you will be able to configure participation spaces (initiatives, assemblies, processes or consultations) and enrich them through the multiple available components (face-to-face meetings, surveys, proposals, voting, follow-up of results, comments and many more).
What is the Metadecidim community?
Metadecidim is the community of Decidim that collaborates in the design of the platform and the construction of the Decidim project. We meet regularly through the Community Meetings, for issues related to the technological aspects of the platform and the Labs witc are Research oriented meetings. Our annual conference is Decidim Fest. Go to meta.decidim.org to follow the calls closely and if you want to join the community. We'd love to ;-)