Citizen engagement in over 50 countries since 2008
Impact
Engage @ Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament uses Engage on Your Priorities to gather lived experience for committee work and public policy.
Skills-First Hiring: Opening State Jobs with AI
Policy Synth helps New Jersey review public job descriptions and remove unnecessary degree requirements, with expansion to more states underway.
ERIC: An AI Rights Assistant for European Citizens
ERIC uses Policy Synth to answer European citizens' rights questions with evidence from official EU and national sources.
New Jersey AI Task Force: Understanding the Impact of Generative AI
New Jersey's AI Task Force used All Our Ideas and Policy Synth to turn worker concerns about generative AI into policy proposals.
Unlocking Literacy: How Can AI Help Close the Reading Gap?
Northeastern, the Museum of Science, Boston Public Schools, and Citizens Foundation used AI-assisted participation to address early literacy.
Finding "Gold-Plating" in Iceland's Implementation of EU Law
Policy Synth helps Icelandic ministries compare national law with EU directives to find possible gold-plating in implementation.
Smarter Crowdsourcing: Countering Election Subversion
Democracy Fund, The GovLab, and Citizens Foundation used Policy Synth to develop strategies against election subversion.
Southampton Citizens' Climate Assembly
Southampton used Your Priorities to extend its citizens' climate assembly online and gather wider public input.
AI Risk Prioritization: Public Input for OpenAI
The Collective Intelligence Project, OpenAI, The GovLab and Citizens Foundation used All Our Ideas to ask 1,000 representative Americans which AI risks mattered most.
Infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan (World Bank)
Citizens Foundation works with the World Bank to facilitate feedback from those they seek to aid and benefit through their investment programs.
Oakland - City Challenge
The Oakland initiative seeks citizens’ input on the toughest issues facing the East Bay city – homelessness, violent crime, and illegal dumping, to name a few.
Junges Wien - Youth PB
We feel fortunate to have facilitated the implementation of a remarkable Participatory Budgeting effort with the young people of Vienna.
Sudan - Back to school
British Council and Al Ayam used Citizens Foundation tools to gather ideas for keeping education accessible in Sudan during Covid-19.
Better Bangkok
Thai PBS and Citizens Foundation explored Better Bangkok as a way for residents to share ideas and improve public life in the city.
Multi City Challenge Africa
GovLab and Citizens Foundation helped five African cities gather real-time public input during the Covid-19 pandemic.
CODE Europe - 10 Cities tackle Air Pollution
Ten European cities used Your Priorities to gather public ideas on air pollution and cross-border environmental action.
Make Your Constitution Game
The Make Your Constitution Game helped citizens learn about Iceland's constitution crowdsourcing process through an educational game.
Populism and Civic Engagement
Populism and Civic Engagement (PaCE) was an EU H2020 research project studying populism, democratic participation, and civic engagement.
Icelandic Constitution Crowdsourcing
An attempt to change the Icelandic constitution in the 2018-2021 election period was made, in collaboration with all parties in the Icelandic Parliament.
Smarter New Jersey
Smarter New Jersey used Your Priorities to collect public ideas for state government, helping residents shape policy discussions.
True Stories from the future – EVE Online
The EVE Online True Stories project attracted over 100,000 visitors and thousands of player contributions through Your Priorities.
Kópavogur's Transport Policy
Kopavogur used Your Priorities to crowdsource its transport policy, inviting residents to propose and prioritize mobility ideas.
Elections 2017 on Better Iceland
Ten Icelandic political parties used Better Iceland to gather and share public input during the 2017 national election campaign.
Piratenpartij Amsterdam
The Pirate Party in Amsterdam used Your Priorities to gather citizen ideas for its election manifesto.
Your Ellp Ideas
Ellp used Your Priorities to crowdsource product improvements from users, showing how the platform can support companies as well as governments.
Choose Malta: Forza Nazzjonali
Forza Nazzjonali used Your Priorities to crowdsource ideas from Maltese citizens during the 2017 election campaign.
Reykjavík’s Education Policy
Reykjavik used Better Reykjavik to crowdsource ideas for its education policy, the first time a specific Icelandic government policy was opened this way.
Our Mosó
Our Moso is a participatory budgeting project in Mosfellsbaer, collecting resident ideas and turning the strongest proposals into local action.
Argyll & Bute - Scotland
Argyll and Bute used Your Priorities to collect ideas for Growing Gaelic, starting with a pilot project in late 2016.
Crowdsourcing a better business environment
Serbia and the UN Development Programme used Your Priorities to crowdsource ideas for improving the country's business environment.
Our Kópavogur
Our Kopavogur is an annual idea crowdsourcing process where residents propose and prioritize improvements for the municipality.
DEEP-Linking Youth
DEEP-Linking Youth explored how e-participation tools can help young people take part in democratic life across Europe.
Municipality of Pula, Croatia
The Municipality of Pula used Your Priorities for participatory budgeting, inviting residents to propose and prioritize local projects.
Forbrukerradet - The Norwegian Consumer Council
Norway's Consumer Council used My Ideas to let people suggest, discuss, and prioritize consumer issues through Your Priorities.
Girraween Public School – Australia
Girraween Public School in Australia used Your Priorities to help primary-school students practice democracy and improve their school community.
UK Healthcare - NHS Citizen
NHS Citizen used Your Priorities to help people identify and discuss issues for NHS England board assemblies.
Active Citizen
Active Citizen explored how open-source AI could simplify participation by notifying people about civic issues that match their interests.
Rahvakogu - People’s Assembly in Estonia
Estonia's Rahvakogu used Your Priorities to crowdsource democratic reforms after political scandals in 2012.
My Neighbourhood
My Neighbourhood is Reykjavik's annual participatory budgeting process, where residents propose and vote on neighborhood improvements.
Better Iceland
Better Iceland lets citizens present and debate local or national ideas, building on the Your Priorities platform launched after Iceland's financial crisis.
Your Voice at the City Council
Your Voice at the City Council connected top citizen ideas with Reykjavik city authorities, helping public priorities enter official processing.
Better Reykjavik
Better Reykjavik lets residents propose, debate, and prioritize ideas for the city, giving voters direct influence on local decision-making.
Dear Parliament
Dear Parliament began as Shadow Parliament, bringing Icelandic parliamentary proposals online so citizens could discuss bills and resolutions.
Your Priorities - YRPRI
Your Priorities is Citizens Foundation's long-running participatory platform for idea generation, debate, prioritization, and public decision-making.