Civic initiative platform – ManaBalss.lv – MyVoice

LATVIA

The non-profit Organisation MyVoice, founded in 2011, works in the field of digital democracy and public engagement. MyVoice’s mission is to develop and promote digital tools for better civic participation in decision-making processes. The organisation’s mission is to create and strengthen the digital democracy ecosystem in Latvia. Behind the mission are essential elements, such as the security and sustainability of humanity, inclusive power, and participatory society. The biggest challenge for the organisation is to involve politically and socially passive citizens in civic activities. When developing new digital tools and improving existing ones, we always think about whether it will be interesting for every inhabitant of Latvia to use them and how we can encourage people to use them more and more actively.

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Astrea Justice – Justice Code Foundation Trust

ZIMBABWE

On a general basis, the Justice Code Foundation Trust uses modern and innovative ways to ensure that citizens’ rights are protected, promoted, fulfilled, and remedied adequately in a timely manner. Therefore, it recognizes and acknowledges that for citizens to acquire a remedy, enjoy protection of some of their rights, it does not just end by empowering the citizen alone but it goes beyond to also ensure that other key players are equally empowered, such as government departments, private sectors. ASTREA JUSTICE (human rights remedy app), informs and educates the societies of their legal rights in three local languages: Shona, English and Ndebele. The solution educates the citizens on their rights to administrative justice, vote, demonstrate and petition, equality before the law, rights of the arrested persons and personal security inter alia in simple terms for easy understanding, informing citizens the contents of the right and going on further to inform them what to do in case such right has been violated.

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Polltix.co – VšĮ Pilietinės Technologijos

LITHUANIA

Polltix is a non-profit that tackles two global challenges: the declining trust in democracies and the decreasing rates of civic participation. We solve these challenges through our proprietary digital platform that facilitates direct and simple public consultations between the public sector and the citizens. Our public consultations consist of a single question, a brief description that presents the topic in a neutral way, response options and a place for a comment citizens can leave if they want to share specific arguments or ideas. What sets us apart is our focus on not only the polling infrastructure, but also audience-building, which we do by promoting the public consultations through social media ads, media and influencer partnerships.

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European Capital of Democracy’s Citizens’ Jury – ECoD Gemeinnützige GmbH (ECoD NPO)

AUSTRIA

Hors Concours

ECoD gemeinnützige GmbH (ECoD NPO) is a non profit organisation based in Vienna with a Europe-wide network of partners. The purpose of the organisation is to promote democracy governance and strengthen social cohesion by promoting and expanding democratic participation and democratic awareness, and by strengthening established and news forms of democratic practice in Europe. The main activity of the ERoD NPO is the yearly designation of the European Capital of Democracy (ECoD) – as a Europe-wide initiative for strengthening participatory and deliberative democracy. In co-operation with civil society and citizens, the designated city will curate, organise, and implement a wide range of activities and events.

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