Digidem Lab
Digidem Lab is a Gothenburg-based democracy innovation organisation that designs and implements digital participatory processes. It is an official partner and provider of the Decidim platform (the Barcelona-originated open-source participatory democracy framework) for the Nordic market, adapting the platform's citizen proposals, participatory budgeting, and consultation tools to Swedish and Nordic governance contexts.
The organisation's practice spans three areas: digital citizen participation (Decidim-based processes for municipalities), citizens' assemblies (planning, coordination, and facilitation, working with Göteborg Stad since 2019 on citizens' councils and budgets), and community organising (a vocational training course in community organising for local leadership, run through the Digidem Academy). Current and recent clients include Göteborg Stad (citizens' councils, budgets, and community dialogue), Lunds Kommun (eco-social neighbourhood planning, 2024–2026), People Powered (digitising global participatory democracy processes), and collective digital sovereignty tools.
Digidem Lab is part of the Nordic Deliberation network alongside We Do Democracy, SoCentral, Sitra, and FIDE — the emerging Nordic infrastructure for deliberative and participatory governance.
Links
- Website: digidemlab.org
See also
History
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2017-01-01
Founded in Gothenburg to design and implement digital participatory democracy processesFounding of the organisation
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Digidem Lab is an independent democracy lab that supports neighbourhoods, municipalities and public institutions in conducting effective and inclusive citizen dialogues.
The About page confirms the organisation's activity and (via its contact address) Gothenburg location, but doesn't state the 2017 founding year directly.
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2024-03-09–2024-03-10
Led Sweden's first national citizens' council on climate policyFirst national citizens' council of its kind in Sweden
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Den 9-10 mars samlas Sveriges första nationella medborgarråd om klimatet.
Translation: "On 9-10 March, Sweden's first national citizens' council on climate convenes." 60 randomly selected people from across the country deliberated on how Sweden should cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, part of the Fairtrans research programme with Stockholm University, University of Gävle, Uppsala University, Lund University and IVL. Digidem Lab designed and facilitated the process.
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