Civiciti: technology at the service of participative democracy

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Civiciti: technology

at the service

of participative democracy

Decision-making soware is on a roll, and civiciti is one of the most marking success

stories in this constantly growing market. eir e-voting technology is bringing the

wonders of participative democracy to all interested public authorities, and even

proposes specic services for private companies and the education sector.

It all started in Spain, with municipalities eager to involve citi-

zens in local decision-making. Civiciti (The Citizen Participation

Platform) was just what they were looking for – a secure, cloud-

based e-voting technology for users to make proposals, allow-

ing municipalities to select the best ones and put them to a

citizen’s vote. At the time, there was no equivalent tool on

the market.

Fast-forward to 2019. Civiciti is now used by over 100 cus-

tomers across nine countries, partly thanks to support under

the European Innovation Council pilot’s SME Instrument strand.

“Thanks to the EU-funded feasibility study, we first found out

that civiciti could easily be used in Latin America, where no

product adaptation is required. Features and language were

already perfectly adapted to the market, and there is a great

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