Innovative Democracy Through Digitalisation

INNOVADE leverages trusted European digital technologies to foster inclusive democracy and civic participation

Living lab in Brussels
Living Lab requirements gathering
Living Lab screen
Living labs

What are living labs?

As the beating heart of the INNOVADE project, Living Labs are close-to-real-world co-creation environments where citizens, researchers, and public authorities collaborate to design and test inclusive digital democracy tools, ensuring every result is socially legitimate and technically sound.

DIGITAL DEMOCRACY

What INNOVADE does

By fostering a thriving, digitally-enhanced public sphere, INNOVADE contributes to policymakers’, citizens’ and researchers’ understanding of the dynamics of digital democracy. The project investigates recent developments in e-participation solutions through historical analysis and transnational cooperation.

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  • Build an interdisciplinary knowledge base on the current state, future trends, and emerging practices in digital democracy

  • Help decision-makers understand the frameworks, structures and settings required for inclusive digital governance

  • Provide a toolkit to guide governments in transitioning to optimal digital democracies

  • Build a "Digital Democracy App" aligned with data protection, security and ethical principles

  • Develop a conceptual framework, platform and educational materials to democratise access to digital tools for citizens

FEATURES

For whom

INNOVADE recognises the complex nature of the challenges we face. To develop practical and sustainable solutions, we employ an interdisciplinary approach that brings together diverse perspectives and expertise. By fostering collaboration between various stakeholders, we aim to create innovative solutions that address real-world problems.

Researchers

Citizens and citizen-facing CSOs

Software Developers and companies

Policymakers and policy-facing CSOs, Public Administration Officials

Partners

The INNOVADE Partners