ORBIS

Augmenting participation, co-creation, trust and transparency in Deliberative Democracy at all scales

ORBIS aims to transform the democratic landscape of Europe by addressing the chasm between citizens and policy-makers. Through innovative digital solutions, it champions a transparent and participatory deliberative democracy model at scale. Pioneered democratic

models, methods and processes developed within ORBIS would offer pragmatic solutions resonating with the modern European citizen’s voice and will be validated in 6 distinct use cases

6 use cases to experiment with scaling deliberative democracy tools, methods and processes:

#1 REIMAGINING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF DEMOCRACY

Collaborate globally to strengthen democracy’s foundations / expert roundtables - citizen panels / resilient

DCF (Democracy & Culture Foundation) https://www.democracyculturefoundation.org/

#2 TEENS FOR DEMOCRACY

Teens influence policy-making / bridging intergenerational gaps / Initially European, to scale out to a global level

#3 YOUNG THINKERS AND EU DECISION-MAKERS

Digitally empowers youth / fostering

co-creation of policies / enhancing

democratic engagement / European

https://www.democracyculturefoundation.org/what-we-do/our-projects/teens-for-democracy/#:~:text=Teens%20for%20Democracy%201%20Empowering%20teens%20to%20be,Saltiel%20and%20Alexia%20Papageorgiou%20on%20this%20project.%20

#4 EUROPE4CITIZENS

AI-enhanced Citizen Dialogues / reshaping narratives for inclusive decision-making / Initially national, to scale out to a European level

https://re-imagine.eu/future4citizens

#5 TRANSITION MECHANISMS FOR A DEMOCRATIC CITY

Collaboration to collaborate to amplify citizen voices / shaping a sustainable urban future / Initially local, to scale out to the national and EU level

https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-ideas-lab/

#6 ALLIANCE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN GREECE

Enhancing citizen participation and co-creation in entrepreneurial and social innovation policies / Initially regional, to scale out to the national level

https://www.pde.gov.gr/gr/

Partners

• Politecnico di Milano
• National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology
• Université Côte d'Azur
• CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES - CEPS
• RE-IMAGINE EUROPA
• ATHENIAN AGORA FOR DEMOCRACY AND CULTURE CIVIL NONPROFITABLE COMPANY
• D.TSAKALIDIS-G.DOMALIS OE - NOVELCORE OE
• Unisystems Sarl
• CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD - CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD
• Associazione Copernicani
• Rob de Matt - Association of Social Promotion
• REGION OF WESTERN GREECE
• Università della Svizzera italiana
• Fondazione Feltrinelli