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Every past event recorded across the Democracy Landscape, newest first: the long memory behind Landscape News, which covers only the last three months' major and notable events, and the calendar, which covers what's coming up.

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Each row is an event from an organisation's own page in the Democracy Landscape, with the same citation: the title links to the source, and the organisation's name to its profile. ★ marks a major event and ● a notable one; the rest are the routine milestones an editor chose to record. Events shared by co-hosts appear once, with every organisation named.

This is what DOD has recorded, not a complete history of any organisation: coverage is thin before an organisation was added to the landscape, and dense after. Know of something missing? Add it as an event on the organisation's page with a source, by pull request or in the Telegram channel.

409 events

2026

28 Sep Hosting "Delivering ATI in practice" webinar for International Right to Know Day mySociety · 🇬🇧
28 Sep ● Report launch and online talanoa: "Who has access? Environmental information in the Pacific" (Fiji, Solomon Islands) Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) · 🇳🇿 · Research launch marking International Access to Information Day
24 Sep ● Should we celebrate democracy today — or reimagine it for tomorrow? Folio Collective · 🇦🇺 · Global dialogue marking International Day of Democracy
23 Sep Hosted a webinar on turning election-campaign energy into lasting community organising power Community Independents Project · 🇦🇺
22 Sep Launch of recommendations from Citizens' Assembly on Future Tourism — Copenhagen We Do Democracy · 🇩🇰
21 Sep International Observatory on Participatory Democracy Conference (OIDP 2026) — 25th annual, 'Hope and renewal in the face of a global crisis of democracy,' Kraków People Powered · 🇵🇱
15 Sep ★ Co-hosting "International Day of Democracy: democracy beyond the ballot box" panel with Designing Open Democracy 888 Co-operative Causeway, Designing Open Democracy · 🇦🇺 · Public panel co-hosted for International Day of Democracy
15 Sep ★ ConsulCon 2026 — three-day gathering on digital democracy and open-source civic tech, Munich Consul Democracy · 🇩🇪 · Flagship conference/summit
15 Sep ★ Launches the second edition of the "Democracy Beyond Elections" citizens’ assemblies handbook at UN Headquarters in New York, produced with UNDP and the UN Democracy Fund newDemocracy Foundation · 🇦🇺 · Publication launch with UN agencies
15 Sep ★ Climate Integrity Summit 2026 — global leaders, economists and advocates on Australia's fossil fuel exit, Parliament of NSW Sydney The Australia Institute — Democracy & Accountability Program · 🇦🇺 · Flagship conference/summit
14 Sep ★ Kyle Redman appointed Executive Director as Iain Walker steps back to Director, Advocacy after 15 years newDemocracy Foundation · 🇦🇺 · Leadership transition
14 Sep Lead Facilitator Masterclass — Copenhagen, in partnership with We Do Democracy FIDE — Federation for Innovation in Democracy · 🇧🇪
9 Sep ● Democracy Fitness Trainer camp — Copenhagen We Do Democracy · 🇩🇰 · Facilitator training camp, not a public conference
1 Sep Building Common Ground — online training on social licence for complex public policy through deliberative engagement DemocracyCo · 🇦🇺
27 Aug ★ Melbourne chapter launch event — first Australian RadicalxChange chapter RadicalxChange Foundation · 🇦🇺 · First chapter launch
26 Aug Democracy Camp 2026 Bulgaria — Erasmus+ youth exchange for 70+ young Europeans on democracy and media, Sofia/Veliko Tarnovo Democracy International · 🇧🇬
23 Aug ● 2026 CAPaD AGM — Annual General Meeting, online via Zoom Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy (CAPaD) · 🇦🇺 · Routine annual governance meeting
20 Aug Book launch 'Los dueños de la libertad' by Soledad Vallejos — Santiago Espacio Público · 🇨🇱
17 Aug Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture 2026 — Shane Rattenbury on how the ACT turned climate ambition into action, National Film and Sound Archive ACT The Australia Institute — Democracy & Accountability Program · 🇦🇺
10 Aug ★ Arendalsuka 2026 — multiple sessions on green transition, fjord restoration, and sport inclusion, Arendal Norway SoCentral · 🇳🇴 · Flagship conference/summit
7 Aug Launches Civil Society Joint Action for Strengthening Accountability and People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) · 🇰🇷
30 Jul ● Published a case study on the Castlemaine Hub's $2 million community debenture campaign Co-operative Bonds · 🇦🇺 · Case study on a notable community-ownership financing model
29 Jul ● Welcomed the Federal Court's dismissal of Pauline Hanson's appeal against a racial discrimination finding Democracy in Colour · 🇦🇺 · Advocacy response to a significant court ruling
23 Jul ● Held a Media Briefing and Civil Society Workshop with International IDEA on its Mixed-Member Proportional electoral system simulation Perludem · 🇮🇩 · Flagship electoral-reform research event with an international partner
1 Jul ★ Hosted the West Africa CivicTech Conference 2026, convening 400+ participants from across the region Civic Hive · 🇳🇬 · Flagship regional civic-tech conference
21 Jun ● Published first results from its National Council Census 2026, drawing ~5,000 respondents nationwide Council Watch · 🇦🇺 · Self-run national survey of council trust
1 Jun ★ Published "Facing Up to Our Future," a 21-contributor book on New Zealand's long-term structural challenges ahead of the general election Helen Clark Foundation · 🇳🇿 · Flagship publication ahead of a general election
9 May ★ Convened "Reclaiming Democracy Together" national launch at Melbourne Town Hall, marking the 125th anniversary of Australia's first federal parliament Conversations at the Crossroads · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
8 May ● Australia's fourth Open Government Forum appointed, with co-creation of the fourth National Action Plan beginning Open Government Partnership — Australia · 🇦🇺 · Committee formation, not itself an outcome
22 Apr Formalises strategic partnership with Youth Agenda on youth participation in governance Governance Hub Africa · 🇰🇪
16 Apr ● Reported an audience of 20,000+ weekly listens and a completed nationwide live tour, nine months post-launch Ette Media · 🇦🇺 · Audience growth and live tour milestone
7 Apr ● Democracy Index 2025 finds the global democratic recession has stabilised after eight years of decline Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) · 🇬🇧 · Flagship annual Democracy Index release
2 Apr ● Hosted its 9th Annual Symposium, refocusing its strategic priorities on youth and women Gorée Institute · 🇸🇳 · Strategic pivot of the Institute's flagship annual symposium
26 Mar ● Hosted the second edition of the Festival dell'Amministrazione Condivisa in Assisi, drawing 350+ participants Labsus — Laboratorio per la Sussidiarietà · 🇮🇹 · Flagship annual festival, second edition
21 Mar Tool live for the 2026 South Australian state election Build a Ballot · 🇦🇺
17 Mar ● Democracy Report 2026 finds backsliding has reached well-established Western democracies V-Dem Institute · 🇸🇪 · Flagship annual Democracy Report release
4 Mar ● Opened the fourth session of the 14th National Committee's annual plenary session in Beijing Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) · 🇨🇳 · Routine annual plenary session
8 Feb ★ Wins 11 seats in House of Representatives with 3.8 million votes (~6.9%) Team Mirai · 🇯🇵 · Election result
6 Feb ★ Published an Epstein Files investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's advisory role in Mongolia Lamestream · 🇦🇺 · Original investigative journalism naming a former PM
5 Feb Reintroduces a Bill to cap political donations at $3,000 per term and ban donations from "dirty industries" Australian Greens · 🇦🇺
1 Feb ● Co-developed "Populus Senado 2026," a voter-matching tool for the March 2026 legislative elections Congreso Visible · 🇨🇴 · Latest edition of the recurring voter-information campaign
20 Jan ★ Won the Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Award 2026 at Davos, the first Colombian organisation to do so in its category Movilizatorio · 🇨🇴 · Major international recognition

2025

29 Nov ★ Held its founding conference in Liverpool, using sortition to select delegates Your Party · 🇬🇧 · Founding conference using novel sortition-based delegate selection
27 Nov ★ Designated a "terrorist organisation" by Russia's Supreme Court, the harshest legal classification available Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) · 🇷🇺 · Harshest legal designation escalation against the organisation
12 Nov ● Delivered election observation training for Pan-African Parliament members in Pretoria Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) · 🇿🇦 · Continental capacity-building training for AU election observers
4 Nov ● Bùi Thị Minh Hoài appointed to lead the Front for the 2025–2030 term, succeeding Đỗ Văn Chiến Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) · 🇻🇳 · Top leadership transition within the single-party consultative body
29 Oct ● Named among the "100 Think Tanks to Watch 2025" by On Think Tanks — the only Chilean think tank on the list Espacio Público · 🇨🇱 · International peer recognition
15 Sep Published the 2024 Impact Report on the institute's third anniversary DemocracyNext · 🇪🇺
10 Sep Reached 10,000 connected volunteers DemocracyLab · 🇺🇸
1 Sep Chair warned against using AI (ChatGPT) in government decision-making, drawing a direct parallel to the Robodebt litigation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) · 🇦🇺
24 Jul ★ Announced by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, registered with the Electoral Commission that September Your Party · 🇬🇧 · Founding of the organisation
20 Jul ★ Marlon Vargas elected president, defeating outgoing president Leonidas Iza CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) · 🇪🇨 · Contested leadership transition at the confederation's congress
20 Jul ★ Wins 1 seat in House of Councillors with 1.5 million votes (2.6%) Team Mirai · 🇯🇵 · Election result
14 Jun ● Hosted national conference "Citizen Assemblies — Policy without Politics" at Woodville Town Hall, Adelaide Citizen Assemblies for South Australia (CAfSA) · 🇦🇺 · National conference with prominent deliberative-democracy speakers
1 Jun ★ Launched by journalists Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran, with flagship podcast "We Used to Be Journos" Ette Media · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
30 May Held a planning day setting priorities for the year ahead, including tiny-house production support and "Neighbourocracy" picnics Lismore People's Assembly · 🇦🇺
30 May ● Proposed a European Civic Tech Hub in its statement on the European Commission's Democracy Shield initiative Sitra · 🇫🇮 · Formal policy input to a major EU democracy initiative
22 May ★ Hosted the first Conecta Latinas international gathering in Recife, drawing ~200 leaders from 20+ countries Instituto Update · 🇧🇷 · First edition of the flagship Conecta Latinas gathering
8 May ★ Party officially established by AI engineer Takahiro Anno Team Mirai · 🇯🇵 · Founding of the organisation
3 May ★ Scaled up for the 2025 federal election, growing the team from two to four Build a Ballot · 🇦🇺 · Crowdfunded expansion for federal election
27 Apr ★ Launched as an independent podcast/newsletter by journalists Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell, in partnership with Acast Lamestream · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
20 Mar ● Published its fourth monitoring report on the UNGRD corruption scandal Transparencia por Colombia · 🇨🇴 · Ongoing accountability monitoring of a major corruption scandal
1 Mar Selected to power California's Engaged California digital democracy initiative Ethelo · 🇨🇦
26 Feb Election 2025 — how will independents shape our future Parliament? Folio Collective · 🇦🇺
21 Feb ★ AMPLIFY National Assembly on Housing — sortition selection of 120 participants for a Sydney deliberative weekend Sortition Foundation (Australia) · 🇦🇺 · Ground-breaking national sortition assembly
22 Jan ● Kialo Edu won the Bett Award 2025 for Best Free Digital Content, App, or Open Education Resource Kialo · 🇺🇸 · Notable education-technology award
20 Jan ● Operations transferred to Portable, with co-founder Alvaro Maz joining its advisory board Code for Australia · 🇦🇺 · Operational restructuring, mission unchanged
1 Jan ★ Rebranded from Susan McKinnon Foundation to McKinnon McKinnon (formerly Susan McKinnon Foundation) · 🇦🇺 · Rebrand
1 Jan Assembleias Cidadãs de Moçambique — climate resilience assemblies launched in Mozambique Delibera Brasil · 🇧🇷
1 Jan ● Renamed to "FUSION | Planet Rescue | Whistleblower Protection | Innovation" after forming an alliance with the Australian Progressives and Democracy First Fusion Party · 🇦🇺 · Party rebrand following a new alliance
1 Jan Facilitating Deliberation made free to download globally; first use of AI tool in a deliberative process (NWMPHN Community Panel); ML Giving formalised MosaicLab · 🇦🇺

2024

18 Dec ● Ran a successful "Save WeCollect" fundraising campaign, closing a funding gap threatening operations WeCollect · 🇨🇭 · Community-funded rescue of the platform's operations
4 Dec Relaunched its token as Horizon State Token (HST) on the Base network, with an airdrop to prior Decision Token holders Horizon State · 🇦🇺
1 Dec Citizen OS Indonesia co-organised the 4th Indonesia Opinion Festival with the Indonesian House of Representatives Citizen OS · 🇪🇪
25 Nov ● Gave $1 million to the European AI & Society Fund to drive democratic accountability of AI deployment Luminate · 🇬🇧 · Major grant advancing the organisation's tech-accountability focus
19 Nov ★ Facial recognition complaint EFA co-lodged led to a finding that Bunnings breached the Privacy Act Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) · 🇦🇺 · Landmark legal/court win
28 Oct ★ Hosted the Civic Tech Innovation Forum 2024 (#UnderTheHood) at the Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) · 🇿🇦 · Flagship annual conference
10 Aug Inaugural Lismore People's Assembly on Housing held at the Red Dove Cafe, Lismore Lismore People's Assembly · 🇦🇺
1 Jul ● Democratic Crossroads — unpacking the Voice Referendum: what can we learn about Australia's democracy? Folio Collective · 🇦🇺 · Regular Folio Conversation panel talk
26 Jun ● Stronger Charities Alliance launched a private member's Bill at Parliament House to protect charity advocacy rights (archived copy) Australian Democracy Network · 🇦🇺 · Coalition-led federal advocacy Bill launch
24 Jun Democratic Crossroads — the power of participation: what's holding us back? Folio Collective · 🇦🇺
17 May Renews Monash University partnership with a $25M+, five-year commitment to the McKinnon Institute; Prof. Rod Glover named CEO McKinnon (formerly Susan McKinnon Foundation) · 🇦🇺
16 Apr ★ Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy published (Weyl, Tang & community) RadicalxChange Foundation · 🇺🇸 · Major publication
18 Mar ★ Launched first phase of the platform redesign with a new look and feel Citizen OS · 🇪🇪 · Platform/product launch
17 Mar Publishes "Democracy Technologies in Europe" report Democracy Technologies · 🇦🇹
9 Mar ★ Led Sweden's first national citizens' council on climate policy Digidem Lab · 🇸🇪 · First national citizens' council of its kind in Sweden
1 Feb ● Filed suit with the ECOWAS Court of Justice over repeated Senegalese government internet shutdowns AfricTivistes · 🇸🇳 · Legal action against government internet shutdowns
15 Jan ● Marked its 19th anniversary of organising women in Rojava Kongra Star (Women's Congress) · 🇸🇾 · Anniversary milestone marking two decades of organising
8 Jan ★ Dr Aruna Sathanapally appointed CEO, following Danielle Wood's move to chair the Productivity Commission Grattan Institute · 🇦🇺 · Leadership transition
1 Jan ★ Won the landmark "Reasonableness Case," striking down the government's Basic Law amendment eliminating judicial review of ministerial decisions Movement for Quality Government in Israel (MQG) · 🇮🇱 · First-ever Israeli Supreme Court invalidation of a Basic Law amendment
1 Jan Ranked-choice voting ballot initiatives supported by FairVote passed in multiple cities including Washington, DC FairVote · 🇺🇸
1 Jan Published the 2024 Annual Parliamentary Scorecard, its second assessment of Kenya's 13th Parliament Mzalendo · 🇰🇪

2023

15 Dec ★ Third National Action Plan (2023–25) published, renewing Australia's OGP engagement after the post-2020 dormancy Open Government Partnership — Australia · 🇦🇺 · Major publication
22 Oct ★ Held its inaugural Annual Lecture (Joseph Camilleri, "Australia the Week After") at the University of Melbourne Conversations at the Crossroads · 🇦🇺 · Inaugural flagship annual lecture
29 Aug Electoral (Lowering Voting Age) Bill passes first reading in Parliament Make It 16 · 🇳🇿
11 May Co-hosts Europe's first Democracy Technology Convention in Warsaw Democracy Technologies · 🇦🇹
4 Apr Atlas of Human Rights — violations and protections in Australia and abroad Folio Collective · 🇦🇺
20 Mar (Un)ethical design — Robodebt, accountability, and equity in a digital society Folio Collective · 🇦🇺
7 Mar Announced leadership transition — Alex Soros appointed chair, succeeding George Soros Open Society Foundations · 🇺🇸
1 Jan ★ Established in Adelaide as an incorporated association Citizen Assemblies for South Australia (CAfSA) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Recognised as Digital Public Good by UN Digital Public Goods Alliance Decidim · 🇪🇸
1 Jan Launches the China Journal of Democracy Institute for China's Democratic Transition (ICDT) · 🇨🇳
1 Jan Water Works Across 2021-23 named IAP2 Awards Finalist MosaicLab · 🇦🇺

2022

29 Nov ★ Wins amendments strengthening Inspector oversight powers as the National Anti-Corruption Commission bill passes the Senate Australian Greens · 🇦🇺 · Legislative win
21 Nov ★ Supreme Court issues declaration of inconsistency — rules voting age of 18 breaches Bill of Rights for 16- and 17-year-olds Make It 16 · 🇳🇿 · Landmark legal/court win
19 Oct ● Public integrity, trust and democracy Folio Collective · 🇦🇺 · Regular Folio Conversation panel talk
7 Oct ★ Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Ales Bialiatski and Center for Civil Liberties Memorial · 🇷🇺 · Nobel Peace Prize
15 Sep ★ DemocracyNext launched on the International Day of Democracy DemocracyNext · 🇪🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Aug ★ Hosted the second national Community Independents Convention ("Empowered Communities: Next Steps") Community Independents Project · 🇦🇺 · Flagship national convention
24 Mar ★ Flux, the party behind DigiPol, deregistered by the AEC — effective end of DigiPol · 🇦🇺 · Org deregistered / wound up
23 Mar ★ Published Senator Andrew Bragg's legal-action threat letter and rebutted it point by point, defending its independence They Vote For You · 🇦🇺 · Defended editorial independence against a legal threat from a sitting Senator
27 Jan ★ 2022 French People's Primary conducted under Majority Judgment — the method's largest political election to date MieuxVoter · 🇫🇷 · Landmark legal/court win
1 Jan ★ Launched its first voting tool, "Vote 1 Climate," ahead of the 2022 federal election Build a Ballot · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Anne Twomey starts the Constitutional Clarion YouTube channel Constitutional Clarion · 🇦🇺 · Founding launch of the channel
1 Jan ★ Ran Poland's first National Citizens' Panel, on energy poverty Fundacja Stocznia · 🇵🇱 · First national citizens' panel of its kind in Poland
1 Jan ★ Publishes Facilitating Deliberation — A Practical Guide, drawing on 39 deliberative processes MosaicLab · 🇦🇺 · Major publication
1 Jan Revamped with National Endowment for Democracy support Civic Tech Field Guide · 🇺🇸
1 Jan Project launched by the Innovation in Politics Institute Democracy Technologies · 🇦🇹
1 Jan Published gazetted results for every seat in Kenya's 2022 general election, linked to the source notice Mzalendo · 🇰🇪

2021

14 Dec Court of Appeal rules voting age of 18 is unjustified age discrimination Make It 16 · 🇳🇿
9 Jun Co-founder Grant Rule's company MessageMedia sold to Sinch for a total enterprise value of US$1.3 billion McKinnon (formerly Susan McKinnon Foundation) · 🇦🇺
1 Jun Phase 2 launched under SSHRC Partnership Grant funding Participedia · 🇨🇦
26 May ★ Successfully challenged India's IT Rules 2021 in court, securing key digital rights protections Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) · 🇮🇳 · Landmark legal/court win
28 Apr ★ Voluntarily deregistered as an independent AEC party, later merging into the Fusion Party's federated structure Pirate Party Australia · 🇦🇺 · Structural change in registration status
1 Apr Brought its UNPA and World Citizens' Initiative campaigns under the "We The Peoples" umbrella for inclusive global governance, alongside a proposed UN Civil Society Envoy Democracy Without Borders · 🇩🇪
1 Jan ★ Climate Assemblies of Pará launched — citizen deliberation in the Amazon on climate policy Delibera Brasil · 🇧🇷 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Formed via merger of the Science, Pirate, Secular, Vote Planet, and Climate Change Justice parties, after new AEC rules raised the minimum party membership threshold from 500 to 1,500 Fusion Party · 🇦🇺 · Merger of organisations
1 Jan Sponsors the first humanitarian parole visas for Hong Kong protesters Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) · 🇨🇳

2020

1 Dec ★ Deregistered as a political party Online Direct Democracy Australia · 🇦🇺 · Org deregistered / wound up
6 Nov ● Draft third National Action Plan went through final consultation but was never formally submitted, marking the point the initiative went dormant Open Government Partnership — Australia · 🇦🇺 · Process setback, not a delivered outcome
7 Oct High Court rules voting age of 18 is age discrimination but a justified limit Make It 16 · 🇳🇿
3 Mar ★ Built and launched Tokyo's official COVID-19 data dashboard for the metropolitan government in 5 days Code for Japan · 🇯🇵 · Widely-replicated flagship civic-tech product
4 Feb Ran four mock Citizens' Assemblies at Melbourne's Sustainable Living Festival Coalition of Everyone · 🇦🇺
1 Feb ★ Launched as a joint project of the Human Rights Law Centre, Australian Conservation Foundation and ACOSS Australian Democracy Network · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Organisation established — begins running deliberative minipublics in Brazil Delibera Brasil · 🇧🇷 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Ran Climate Assembly UK for six House of Commons select committees Involve · 🇬🇧 · Ran UK Parliament's Climate Assembly
1 Jan Project Planet co-founded during the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires Build a Ballot · 🇦🇺
1 Jan Wins 14.23% and three seats in the Koblach municipal election G!LT (Offene Demokratie) · 🇦🇹
1 Jan Helps secure US congressional passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy, PROTECT Hong Kong, and Autonomy Acts Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) · 🇨🇳
1 Jan Pioneers Australia's first standing citizens' panels (Mornington Peninsula Shire & City of Kingston); Kimbra White presents at DOD 2020 Primer MosaicLab · 🇦🇺
1 Jan ● Reorganises into an independent global organisation after a member planning process spanning 28 countries People Powered · 🇺🇸 · Reorganised as an independent global organisation
1 Jan Began running democratic lottery selections for Victorian councils under the Local Government Act Sortition Foundation (Australia) · 🇦🇺

2019

10 Dec ★ Danielle Wood announced as incoming CEO, succeeding founding CEO John Daley Grattan Institute · 🇦🇺 · Leadership transition
14 Nov ★ Co-launched the Campaign for a UN World Citizens' Initiative at a meeting opposite the UN headquarters in New York Democracy Without Borders · 🇩🇪 · Platform/product launch
1 Nov ★ Returned under new management after a community group purchased the platform's IP assets Horizon State · 🇦🇺 · Revived under new ownership after shutdown
27 Sep ACT Greens push a truth-in-political-advertising bill modelled on South Australia's law Australian Greens · 🇦🇺
17 Sep Founded in Washington, DC amid the 2019 Hong Kong protests Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) · 🇨🇳
1 Sep ★ Campaign launched out of New Zealand Youth Parliament Make It 16 · 🇳🇿 · Platform/product launch
21 Aug ★ Company shut down after legal costs from a lawsuit Horizon State · 🇦🇺 · Org deregistered / wound up
24 Jul ★ NewVote platform publicly launched NewVote · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
31 May Published its platform for the 2020 municipal elections À Nous La Démocratie! · 🇫🇷
26 May ★ Contested European Parliament elections with a transnational list across multiple member states DiEM25 · 🇪🇺 · First transnational EU election campaign
15 May Acquired Citizen Budget, Canada's leading municipal budget consultation tool Ethelo · 🇨🇦
25 Apr ★ France's Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat announced after the Gilets Citoyens' open letter Démocratie Ouverte · 🇫🇷 · National citizens' climate assembly announced
1 Mar ★ First RadicalxChange conference in Detroit — movement formally launched RadicalxChange Foundation · 🇺🇸 · Flagship conference
1 Feb ★ Ostbelgien permanent citizen dialogue launched — the German-speaking Community's Parliament unanimously adopts a decree embedding a permanent Citizens' Council G1000 · 🇧🇪 · Platform/product launch
1 Feb ★ South Australian government used the platform to run a public election for its Recreational Fishing Advisory Council Horizon State · 🇦🇺 · First government election deployment
1 Jan ★ Co-founded by Willow Berzin, Suse Porter and Dr Sonia Randhawa, inspired by Extinction Rebellion Melbourne's first meeting Coalition of Everyone · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Decidim Association formed — Barcelona transfers trademark and code to community governance Decidim · 🇪🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Foundation established as an independent public policy think tank hosted by AUT, named after former PM Helen Clark Helen Clark Foundation · 🇳🇿 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership established, in partnership with Monash University McKinnon (formerly Susan McKinnon Foundation) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Australian party deregistered before the 2019 federal election, without electing any senators MiVote · 🇦🇺 · Org deregistered / wound up
1 Jan ★ Launches as the Global Participatory Budgeting Hub, a fiscally sponsored initiative of the Participatory Budgeting Project People Powered · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Registered as an independent legal entity headquartered in Accra Afrobarometer · 🇬🇭
1 Jan CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation established in the Netherlands to steward the project independently of city government Consul Democracy · 🇪🇸

2018

10 Oct Lodged a formal submission opposing the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 (the encryption "backdoor" legislation) Digital Rights Watch (DRW) · 🇦🇺
2 Oct Co-founded the "Alliance for a Safe and Secure Internet" coalition opposing the Assistance and Access encryption bill Digital Rights Watch (DRW) · 🇦🇺
1 Oct ★ App launch — first app giving citizens real-time insight into Bundestag legislation, with shadow voting DEMOCRACY Deutschland · 🇩🇪 · Platform/product launch
1 Oct ★ Launched as an independent global philanthropic organisation, spun out of Omidyar Network's Governance & Citizen Engagement initiative Luminate · 🇬🇧 · Platform/product launch
21 Sep Australia's second Open Government National Action Plan (2018-20) formally released Open Government Partnership — Australia · 🇦🇺
1 Jun Runs 42 candidates in the 2018 Ontario general election None of the Above Party (Canada) · 🇨🇦
15 May ★ Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society published (Posner & Weyl) RadicalxChange Foundation · 🇺🇸 · Major publication
14 May Published the inaugural "State of Digital Rights" report assessing Australia's digital rights landscape Digital Rights Watch (DRW) · 🇦🇺
10 Feb Published its "Proposed (Initial) Strategy" outlining the group's founding direction Designing Open Democracy · 🇦🇺
1 Jan ★ Formed as Victoria's first registered co-operative co-working space 888 Co-operative Causeway, Co-operative Bonds · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Launched at Wits University's Tshimologong Precinct as Africa's civic tech community of practice Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) · 🇿🇦 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Founded in São Paulo as a regional platform for political innovation and imagination in the Global South Instituto Update · 🇧🇷 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Helps design Ostbelgien's permanent Citizens' Council — world's first embedded in a parliament newDemocracy Foundation · 🇦🇺 · World-first permanent parliamentary citizens council
1 Jan ★ Took over managing Operação Serenata de Amor, launching the Data Science for Civic Innovation programme Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR) · 🇧🇷 · Absorbed an early, influential civic-tech project
1 Jan ★ Signed a deal with Silicon Valley startup Swarm Fund to use SecureVote's Liquid Democracy Voting Module SecureVote · 🇦🇺 · Major partnership deal with Silicon Valley startup
1 Jan Developed into a full directory under Civic Hall Civic Tech Field Guide · 🇺🇸
1 Jan Launched the online volunteer platform in Seattle DemocracyLab · 🇺🇸
1 Jan Association founded in France to promote Majority Judgment voting MieuxVoter · 🇫🇷
1 Jan Critical Thinking Research with Dr Lyn Carson wins IAP2 Core Values Award for Research MosaicLab, MosaicLab · 🇦🇺

2017

26 Nov Crowdfunding campaign completed, securing €35,000 from 580+ supporters DEMOCRACY Deutschland · 🇩🇪
24 Nov Won the Cyber Security Award at the Australian Technologies Competition SecureVote · 🇦🇺
19 Nov Token Generation Event (ICO) concluded, raising approximately $1.4M Horizon State · 🇦🇺
1 Nov ★ McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership established, in partnership with the University of Melbourne McKinnon (formerly Susan McKinnon Foundation) · 🇦🇺 · Major award
1 Nov Hosted the inaugural Australian Digital Democracy Forum in Melbourne NewVote · 🇦🇺
15 Oct Contests the 2017 Austrian National Council election, winning 0.95% of the vote G!LT (Offene Demokratie) · 🇦🇹
10 Sep ★ Released "The Social Smart Contract" white paper, detailing its Sovereign blockchain voting platform Democracy Earth Foundation · 🇦🇷 · Platform/product launch
1 Sep ★ Delivered the Citizens' Assembly on Brexit — 50 members over two weekends in Manchester Involve · 🇬🇧 · Delivered UK's Brexit Citizens' Assembly
27 Aug ★ Death of long-serving National President Bogey Musidlak (President since 1994) Proportional Representation Society of Australia · 🇦🇺 · Death of a founding/senior leader
15 Aug Verein founded in Göttingen by Marius Krüger DEMOCRACY Deutschland · 🇩🇪
1 Aug ★ Founded by Errikos Pitsos as a structured debate and argument-mapping platform Kialo · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jul ★ Launched in Canberra by founder Tim Lo Surdo as Australia's first national racial-justice advocacy organisation led by people of colour Democracy in Colour · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
30 Jun ★ Final Report published, incorporating the Uluru Statement Referendum Council (Australia) · 🇦🇺 · Major publication
22 Jun ★ Launches global peer-to-peer platform for government at Admiralty House, Whitehall, with the UK Cabinet Office Apolitical · 🇬🇧 · Public platform launch
26 May ★ Uluru Statement from the Heart issued at the First Nations National Constitutional Convention Referendum Council (Australia) · 🇦🇺 · Uluru Statement issued - landmark national outcome
15 Apr Public launch at Princeton University Institute for China's Democratic Transition (ICDT) · 🇨🇳
25 Mar First pan-European convention in Rome, adopting the founding declaration DiEM25 · 🇪🇺
4 Mar ★ Incorporated as a UK company Sortition Foundation · 🇬🇧 · Founding of the organisation
1 Mar ★ Established as an international NGO with its legal seat in Berlin, originating from the Committee for a Democratic UN (founded 2003) Democracy Without Borders · 🇩🇪 · Founding of the organisation
17 Feb Publishes study showing its wahlfieber.com markets beat pollsters after Germany's 2016 state elections Prediki · 🇦🇹
11 Feb ★ MiVote app publicly launched in Australia with its first test vote MiVote · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Feb ★ Rewritten as new modular Decidim software, Barcelona city deployment begins Decidim · 🇪🇸 · Rewrite into new Decidim software
1 Jan ★ Formally granted cooperative status by Consumer Affairs Victoria, becoming Australia's first platform cooperative bHive · 🇦🇺 · First platform cooperative in Australia
1 Jan ★ Founded in Lagos as a civic-tech fellowship and innovation hub for West Africa Civic Hive · 🇳🇬 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Gothenburg to design and implement digital participatory democracy processes Digidem Lab · 🇸🇪 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Jamie Skella and Nimo Naamani as a Melbourne-based blockchain voting startup Horizon State · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Kimbra White, Nicole Hunter and Keith Greaves MosaicLab · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Holds the first Integrity School in the West Bank and Gaza Strip AMAN – Coalition for Accountability and Integrity · 🇵🇸
1 Jan Launched Civic Hive as its innovation centre, and challenged N500bn of insertions in the 2017 federal budget BudgIT · 🇳🇬
1 Jan Democracy R&D international network founded with newDemocracy as a founding member newDemocracy Foundation · 🇦🇺

2016

19 Dec ★ Held its first meetup Designing Open Democracy · 🇦🇺 · Founding meetup
16 Dec ● Re-established by law N°56/2016, confirming its current legal mandate Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) · 🇷🇼 · Current legal mandate confirmed by statute
1 Dec Australia's first Open Government National Action Plan released Open Government Partnership — Australia · 🇦🇺
11 Nov ★ Facilitated the SA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Citizens' Jury on storing international nuclear waste DemocracyCo · 🇦🇺 · Landmark large-scale citizens' jury
10 Nov ★ Established as a not-for-profit / for-purpose organisation in Australia NewVote · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
8 Nov ★ Maine Question 5 established ranked-choice voting for all statewide elections RepresentUs · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
3 Nov Founded by a core group of eight citizens À Nous La Démocratie! · 🇫🇷
21 Sep Party "Liste Roland Düringer – Meine Stimme gilt" founded by actor Roland Düringer in Vienna G!LT (Offene Demokratie) · 🇦🇹
1 Sep Held its founding pitch night in Bendigo, raising $35,000 from Founding Patrons bHive · 🇦🇺
1 Sep Incorporated in New Jersey, USA Institute for China's Democratic Transition (ICDT) · 🇨🇳
15 Aug ★ Founded in India on Independence Day to defend digital rights, free expression, and online civil liberties Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) · 🇮🇳 · Founding of the organisation
17 Mar ★ Announced the establishment of the Democratic Federal System of Rojava/Northern Syria TEV-DEM (Movement for a Democratic Society) · 🇸🇾 · Formal declaration establishing the federal governance system
11 Mar ★ Founded in Melbourne, largely in response to Australia's mandatory telecommunications data retention scheme Digital Rights Watch (DRW) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Feb ★ Launched as Darkenu, rebranding from the OneVoice Israel/V15 get-out-the-vote campaign into a standing movement of Israeli moderates Darkenu · 🇮🇱 · Relaunch as a standing movement
10 Jan ● Executive Yuan mandated agencies post proposed regulations to Join for a 60-day public comment period Join (join.gov.tw) · 🇹🇼 · Formal government mandate extending the platform's remit
1 Jan ★ First Decidim server created by 15M activists in Barcelona Decidim · 🇪🇸 · First-ever Decidim deployment
1 Jan ★ Launched by Yanis Varoufakis and Srećko Horvat as a pan-European progressive movement in Berlin DiEM25 · 🇪🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Bought a hot water tank manufacturer in Morwell, becoming the Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative — its flagship worker-owned enterprise Earthworker Cooperative · 🇦🇺 · Became a worker-owned manufacturing co-op
1 Jan ★ Chair co-founded the "Not My Debt" website documenting harm from the Robodebt automated debt-recovery scheme Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Registered as a federal political party, promoting a novel platform of direct digital democracy via app-based voting Flux Party · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Bogotá as a citizen participation and social innovation laboratory Movilizatorio · 🇨🇴 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Frank Nesci and Max Kaye as a Sydney-based blockchain voting startup SecureVote · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Conceived and first edition published as an open spreadsheet Civic Tech Field Guide · 🇺🇸
1 Jan Launched Système D, the first democratic-innovation incubator in France Démocratie Ouverte · 🇫🇷
1 Jan g0vhk (Hong Kong branch) founded g0v (gov zero) · 🇹🇼
1 Jan Informal founding — nine people met in a London Indian restaurant and decided to found the organisation Sortition Foundation · 🇬🇧

2015

11 Dec Executive director Pablo Solón speaks at COP21 against the Paris agreement Fundación Solón · 🇧🇴
7 Dec ★ Jointly appointed by PM Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten Referendum Council (Australia) · 🇦🇺 · Council's founding appointment by PM and Opposition Leader
30 Nov ★ Australia signs Letter of Intent to join the Open Government Partnership Open Government Partnership — Australia · 🇦🇺 · Origin of Australia's OGP membership
26 Nov ★ Founded in Dakar by Cheikh Fall, initially as the African League of Bloggers and Web Activists for Democracy AfricTivistes · 🇸🇳 · Founding of the organisation
7 Sep ★ First deployed to production as Decide Madrid by Madrid City Council Consul Democracy · 🇪🇸 · Platform/product launch
1 Aug ★ Uber/UberX case — vTaiwan's first major deliberation using Pol.is, ~31,115 votes from 925 participants vTaiwan · 🇹🇼 · First major deliberation, record turnout
1 Jan ★ Registered as a Community Interest Company and crowdsourced the most comprehensive UK election-candidate database to date, used by over a million people Democracy Club · 🇬🇧 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Santiago Siri, Pia Mancini and Guido Vilariño; accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch Democracy Earth Foundation · 🇦🇷 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Launched by Taiwan's National Development Council following a February 2015 Executive Yuan directive Join (join.gov.tw) · 🇹🇼 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Founded (as Susan McKinnon Foundation) by Sophie Oh and Grant Rule McKinnon (formerly Susan McKinnon Foundation) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Launched by g0v contributors partnering with Taiwanese government officials, following the 2014 Sunflower Movement vTaiwan · 🇹🇼 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Launched by the Stiftung für direkte Demokratie as Switzerland's civic-tech WeCollect · 🇨🇭 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ● Renamed Bank Australia, after trading as Bankmecu — Australia's first customer-owned bank — from 2011 Bank Australia · 🇦🇺 · Renamed to its current identity as a customer-owned bank
1 Jan Founded by Ahti Heinla, Margo Loor and the Let’s Do It! Foundation Citizen OS · 🇪🇪
1 Jan City of Melbourne Urban Forest Strategy wins IAP2 Australasian Environment Project of the Year MosaicLab · 🇦🇺

2014

21 Oct ★ Launched They Vote For You, tracking Australian parliamentary voting records OpenAustralia Foundation, They Vote For You · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Jun ★ First used by the Taiwanese government for vTaiwan — the first large-scale deployment for public policy deliberation Pol.is · 🇺🇸 · First large-scale government deployment (vTaiwan)
1 Jun Nominates its first candidates in eight ridings in the 2014 Ontario provincial election None of the Above Party (Canada) · 🇨🇦
1 Apr Wins MIX Prize Digital Freedom Challenge Loomio · 🇳🇿
1 Jan ★ Received a $400,000 Omidyar Network grant and launched Tracka, its citizen project-monitoring platform BudgIT · 🇳🇬 · Flagship platform launch (Tracka)
1 Jan ★ Founded by Alvaro Maz, Jacob Lindsay and Daniel Groch Code for Australia · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Commissioned by the Berlin Senate Chancellery to build meinBerlin, Berlin's central participation platform Liquid Democracy e.V. · 🇩🇪 · Commissioned to build Berlin's flagship participation platform
1 Jan ★ Raises $100,000 via crowdfunding for Loomio 1.0 release Loomio · 🇳🇿 · Crowdfunded flagship 1.0 release
1 Jan ★ First citizens' jury — City of Melbourne 10-Year Financial Plan; Nicholas MosaicLab · 🇦🇺 · First citizens' jury delivered
1 Jan ★ Founded by Staffan I. Lindberg as an independent research institute headquartered at the University of Gothenburg V-Dem Institute · 🇸🇪 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ● Relocated to the University of Canberra Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (CDDGG) · 🇦🇺 · Relocation to its long-term host university
1 Jan Founded by Greg Vezina in Ontario None of the Above Party (Canada) · 🇨🇦

2013

25 Oct ★ Founded as the Japanese node of Code for All, bringing civic tech to Japan Code for Japan · 🇯🇵 · Founding of the organisation
27 Sep NOTA — Supreme Court rules for a None of the Above option on electronic voting machines Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) · 🇮🇳
10 Aug Hosts registration for the first Zapatista Escuelita (little school) CIDECI-Unitierra · 🇲🇽
1 Jan ★ Founded in Rio de Janeiro by Ronaldo Lemos to study the impact and future of technology on Brazilian society ITS Rio · 🇧🇷 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded as the Brazilian chapter of Open Knowledge, promoting open data and civic technology Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR) · 🇧🇷 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ● Won NDTV's Indian of the Year Award in the Public Service category, shared with the Association for Democratic Reforms PRS Legislative Research · 🇮🇳 · National recognition shared with a peer accountability organisation

2012

1 Dec ★ First hackathon (Hackath0n) at Academia Sinica — launches the g0v community g0v (gov zero) · 🇹🇼 · Founding hackathon
13 Oct ★ Created by Colin Megill and the Computational Democracy Project as an open-source tool for large-scale deliberation Pol.is · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Sep First public-sector (non-party) deployment, in Friesland County, Germany, for citizen consultation on council proposals LiquidFeedback · 🇩🇪
22 Jul ★ Launched I Change My City (ICMyC), a civic-participation platform for reporting and tracking local issues Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy · 🇮🇳 · Flagship civic-tech platform launch
1 Jan ★ First prototype launched from Occupy movement and Enspiral network in New Zealand Loomio · 🇳🇿 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Co-founded by Josh Silver and Joshua Graham Lynn RepresentUs · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Oslo as a social innovation platform for sustainable societal development SoCentral · 🇳🇴 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Founded by a collective of democratic innovators Démocratie Ouverte · 🇫🇷
1 Jan Renamed the McGuinness Institute McGuinness Institute · 🇳🇿
1 Jan Open prediction market platform goes online Prediki · 🇦🇹

2011

30 Dec Prediki Prediction Markets GmbH registered in Vienna Prediki · 🇦🇹
1 Dec ★ Published the Herald/Age–Lateral Economics (HALE) Index, correcting GDP for wellbeing Lateral Economics · 🇦🇺 · Flagship national wellbeing index
11 Nov ★ G1000 Citizens' Summit — 704 randomly selected citizens deliberate in Brussels during Belgium's 541-day government crisis G1000 · 🇧🇪 · Flagship conference/summit
20 Oct Holds the inaugural Annual Integrity Lecture, delivered by Fred Chaney on integrity in Parliament Accountability Round Table · 🇦🇺
21 Jul ★ Oregon House Bill 2634 signed into law, making the Citizens' Initiative Review a permanent part of the state's initiative process Healthy Democracy · 🇺🇸 · Legislative win
9 Jul ★ Bersih 2.0 rally — 50,000+ protestors demanding clean elections, met with police crackdown BERSIH 2.0 · 🇲🇾 · Mass protest/mobilisation
1 Jun ★ Formally registered as an association, building on a loose network dating back to 2002 Democracy International · 🇩🇪 · Founding of the organisation
5 May ★ Led the Yes campaign in the UK's Alternative Vote referendum — the first UK-wide electoral system referendum Electoral Reform Society · 🇬🇧 · Referendum campaign/result
16 Jan ★ Founded as the Movement for a Democratic Society, the political coalition governing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria TEV-DEM (Movement for a Democratic Society) · 🇸🇾 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Alexei Navalny as the Anti-Corruption Foundation to investigate official corruption in Russia Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) · 🇷🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Lagos after its two co-founders met at CcHUB's Tech-In Governance competition BudgIT · 🇳🇬 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Formally became a registered cooperative, rooted in discussions dating to the late 1990s Earthworker Cooperative · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Established through merger of institutions to oversee governance, decentralisation, and civic engagement in Rwanda Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) · 🇷🇼 · Merger of organisations
1 Jan Founded in Vancouver as a social enterprise Ethelo · 🇨🇦
1 Jan Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Brooklyn, New York Participatory Budgeting Project · 🇺🇸
1 Jan First three PRSA members admitted as Honorary Life Members Proportional Representation Society of Australia · 🇦🇺

2010

1 Jun Developers establish Interaktive Demokratie e.V., an independent research institute for digital-democracy research LiquidFeedback · 🇩🇪
25 May ★ Launched Better Reykjavík (originally "Shadow City"); nearly 3,000 users and 400+ ideas within three days Citizens Foundation · 🇮🇸 · Platform/product launch
1 Feb Launched Shadow Parliament, importing real Icelandic Parliament proposals for citizens to vote on Citizens Foundation · 🇮🇸
12 Jan ★ Deployed for Haiti earthquake response — mapped tens of thousands of reports, establishing the platform's global humanitarian use case Ushahidi · 🇰🇪 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Pirate Party Berlin becomes the first political organisation to adopt LiquidFeedback, to draft new statutes LiquidFeedback · 🇩🇪 · First political party adopts the platform
1 Jan Origins as a volunteer effort collecting candidate information for the 2010 UK general election, working with mySociety Democracy Club · 🇬🇧
1 Jan CivicsNZ research project begins with a report on Māori representation in Parliament McGuinness Institute · 🇳🇿

2009

21 Dec Launched PlanningAlerts OpenAustralia Foundation · 🇦🇺
22 Oct ★ Publicly launched Vota Inteligente, its flagship voter-information platform, ahead of the Chilean presidential election Ciudadanía Inteligente · 🇨🇱 · Flagship platform launch
1 Oct ★ First published by Public Software Group e.V., developed in response to requests from German Pirate Party members LiquidFeedback · 🇩🇪 · Major publication
1 Sep ★ Launched by Archon Fung (Harvard) and Mark Warren (UBC) as a crowdsourced wiki platform for democratic innovations Participedia · 🇨🇦 · Platform/product launch
7 Jul ★ Founded by Matthew Landauer and Katherine Szuminska OpenAustralia Foundation · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jul ★ Became a fully independent NGO, separating from its founding partners Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) · 🇿🇦 · Became a fully independent NGO
1 May Founded in Berlin as a non-profit association Liquid Democracy e.V. · 🇩🇪
1 Jan ★ Founded as one of Latin America's earliest civic-tech organisations, Santiago Ciudadanía Inteligente · 🇨🇱 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Warsaw with a mission bridging citizen participation, social innovation, and research Fundacja Stocznia · 🇵🇱 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Australian Citizens' Parliament — 150 citizens deliberate on strengthening Australia's democracy newDemocracy Foundation · 🇦🇺 · First flagship citizens' assembly project
1 Jan ★ Founded by Josh Lerner and collaborators, launching the first PB process in North America in Chicago's 49th Ward Participatory Budgeting Project · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Ran the Central LHIN Citizens' Reference Panel on Regional Health Priorities MASS LBP · 🇨🇦

2008

1 Nov ★ Formally incorporated, backed by the Victorian and Commonwealth governments, the University of Melbourne, and BHP/NAB Grattan Institute · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Designed and delivered the first Australian Citizens' Parliament at Old Parliament House Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (CDDGG) · 🇦🇺 · Landmark deliberative-democracy citizens' assembly, jointly delivered with newDemocracy
1 Jan ★ Founded by Robert Bjarnason and Gunnar Grimsson Citizens Foundation · 🇮🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded as part of the international Pirate Party movement, advocating digital rights and direct democracy Pirate Party Australia · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Created in the aftermath of Kenya's 2007 election crisis as a crowdsourced crisis-mapping platform Ushahidi · 🇰🇪 · Founding of the organisation

2007

10 Nov ★ First Bersih rally — 40,000 Malaysians march for electoral reform in Kuala Lumpur BERSIH 2.0 · 🇲🇾 · Mass protest/mobilisation
1 Jan ★ Founded (as Healthy Democracy Oregon) by Tyrone Reitman and Elliot Shuford to run the Citizens' Initiative Review Healthy Democracy · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Peter MacLeod MASS LBP · 🇨🇦 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ newDemocracy Foundation launched — one of the first organisations worldwide dedicated exclusively to citizens' assemblies newDemocracy Foundation · 🇦🇺 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Founded as "Senator Online"; later renamed Online Direct Democracy in 2015 Online Direct Democracy Australia · 🇦🇺 · Rebrand
1 Jan Began publishing sound recordings of committee meetings alongside written minutes Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) · 🇿🇦

2006

23 Nov ★ Coalition formed by opposition parties and civil society groups demanding free and fair elections in Malaysia BERSIH 2.0 · 🇲🇾 · Founding of the organisation
2 Jan La Otra Campaña holds its first public encounter (delegate Zero) at Unitierra-Cideci CIDECI-Unitierra · 🇲🇽
1 Jan ★ Publishes the first Democracy Index, assessing the state of democracy across the world Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) · 🇬🇧 · Major publication
1 Jan ★ Launched the Global State of Democracy indices — a flagship annual assessment covering 160+ countries International IDEA · 🇸🇪 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan Co-founded by former Supreme Court judge Tim Smith Accountability Round Table · 🇦🇺
1 Jan Accredited as Transparency International's Palestine chapter AMAN – Coalition for Accountability and Integrity · 🇵🇸
1 Jan Presented a 19,000-signature petition to the Senate opposing mandatory internet filtering Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) · 🇦🇺
1 Jan Contributed to drafting the Boutros electoral law Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) · 🇱🇧

2005

1 Feb ★ Launched WriteToThem — enabling citizens to contact their elected representatives online mySociety · 🇬🇧 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Founded as the umbrella women's organisation of the Kurdish democratic confederalist movement in Rojava Kongra Star (Women's Congress) · 🇸🇾 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Rome as the Laboratory for Subsidiarity, pioneering shared administration in Italy Labsus — Laboratorio per la Sussidiarietà · 🇮🇹 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded in Nairobi as a non-partisan parliamentary monitoring organisation Mzalendo · 🇰🇪 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by former Indonesian election supervisors to strengthen electoral integrity in the world's third-largest democracy Perludem · 🇮🇩 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded to track parliamentary activity and strengthen legislative debate in India PRS Legislative Research · 🇮🇳 · Founding of the organisation

2004

21 Nov ★ Deployed 1,000+ observers for Ukraine's presidential election, documenting Civil Network OPORA · 🇺🇦 · Large-scale election observation deployment
1 Jun ★ Launched TheyWorkForYou — making parliamentary activity searchable and accessible to UK citizens mySociety · 🇬🇧 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Founded at the Australian National University by John Dryzek and Simon Niemeyer Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (CDDGG) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded as an independent civil network for election observation and civic Civil Network OPORA · 🇺🇦 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Founded by Wendy McGuinness as the Sustainable Future Institute McGuinness Institute · 🇳🇿
1 Jan Obtains UN ECOSOC special consultative status People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) · 🇰🇷

2003

13 Mar Second Supreme Court judgment striking down a watered-down disclosure amendment and restoring the original order Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) · 🇮🇳
1 Jan ★ Founded Involve · 🇬🇧 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Published the first Israeli Democracy Index — an annual survey tracking democratic attitudes in Israel Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) · 🇮🇱 · Major publication
1 Jan ★ Founded by Tom Steinberg as a UK civic-tech charity, launching TheyWorkForYou and WriteToThem mySociety · 🇬🇧 · Founding of the organisation

2002

2 May ★ Supreme Court judgment mandating candidate disclosure of criminal, financial, and educational background Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) · 🇮🇳 · Landmark legal/court win
1 Jan ★ Founded as the Israeli branch of the OneVoice Movement, promoting grassroots civic engagement Darkenu · 🇮🇱 · Founding of the organisation

2001

1 Jan ★ Founded by Ramesh and Swati Ramanathan to improve urban governance and citizen participation in India Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy · 🇮🇳 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Round 1 surveys completed across 12 countries Afrobarometer · 🇬🇭
1 Jan Became an incorporated society and registered charity Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) · 🇳🇿

2000

1 Jan ★ Founded as an independent election monitoring organisation in Russia Golos · 🇷🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by economist Nicholas Gruen as an economic consultancy Lateral Economics · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Established as a Palestinian anti-corruption coalition AMAN – Coalition for Accountability and Integrity · 🇵🇸

1999

1 Jan ★ Founded as a pan-African survey research network measuring public attitudes on democracy and governance Afrobarometer · 🇬🇭 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by former Indian Revenue Service officers to improve governance and electoral transparency Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) · 🇮🇳 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ New Zealand chapter of Transparency International formally established under founding chair Michael Morris Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) · 🇳🇿 · Founding of the NZ chapter
1 Jan ● Registered in Lagos, Nigeria Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD West Africa) · 🇳🇬 · Formal registration in Nigeria, its long-term operating base
1 Jan First international election observation mission, invited by OSCE/ODIHR MEMO 98 · 🇸🇰

1998

1 Jun ★ Launched with NDI support to monitor Slovak media ahead of the 1998 parliamentary elections MEMO 98 · 🇸🇰 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Launched at Universidad de los Andes as Colombia's first legislative transparency platform Congreso Visible · 🇨🇴 · Platform/product launch
1 Jan ★ Founded as the Colombian chapter of Transparency International, working across all 32 departments Transparencia por Colombia · 🇨🇴 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Launched its website, opening the committee record beyond the three founding advocacy organisations Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) · 🇿🇦

1997

1 Jan ★ Established in the United Kingdom as a research, training, advocacy and capacity-building organisation on West African democracy and development Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD West Africa) · 🇳🇬 · Founding of the organisation

1996

1 Jan ★ Founded as the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa, Johannesburg Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) · 🇿🇦 · Founding of the organisation

1995

1 Jan ★ Founded in Stockholm as an intergovernmental organisation supporting sustainable democracy worldwide International IDEA · 🇸🇪 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Established as a partnership between Black Sash, the Human Rights Committee and Idasa to minute parliamentary committee proceedings Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) · 🇿🇦 · Founding of the organisation

1994

10 Sep ★ Founded with ~200 members in Seoul as People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) · 🇰🇷 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Established, inspired by (but not affiliated with) the US Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Begins teaching the Master's in Social Development (Maestría en Desarrollo Social) FLACSO-Cuba · 🇨🇺
1 Jan Founded by artist Walter Solón Romero Fundación Solón · 🇧🇴

1993

1 Apr ★ Founded by George Soros to support civil society, human rights, and democratic governance globally Open Society Foundations · 🇺🇸 · Founding of the organisation

1992

30 Aug ★ Federal party formally established, uniting Australia's state-based Greens parties Australian Greens · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jun ★ Founded at a Cincinnati conference as Citizens for Proportional Representation FairVote · 🇺🇸 · Flagship conference
1 Jan ★ Founded on Gorée Island, Senegal, as a Centre for Democracy, Development and Culture in Africa Gorée Institute · 🇸🇳 · Founding of the organisation

1991

1 Jan ★ Founded as an independent research centre dedicated to strengthening Israeli democracy Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) · 🇮🇱 · Founding of the organisation

1990

24 Mar Peak electoral result — 12.6% Senate vote in the 1990 federal election Australian Democrats · 🇦🇺
1 Mar ★ Founded as the Movement for Quality Government in Israel to combat corruption and promote transparency Movement for Quality Government in Israel (MQG) · 🇮🇱 · Founding of the organisation

1989

24 Aug CIDECI founded in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas CIDECI-Unitierra · 🇲🇽
28 Jan ★ Founded by Andrei Sakharov and others as the first independent human rights organisation in the Soviet Union Memorial · 🇷🇺 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded as an independent, non-partisan think tank in Beirut Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) · 🇱🇧 · Founding of the organisation

1988

13 May ★ Death of founding National President J.F.H. "Jack" Wright, who built PRSA into a national body Proportional Representation Society of Australia · 🇦🇺 · Death of a founding/senior leader
1 Jan FLACSO's Cuban academic unit (Sede Cuba) created FLACSO-Cuba · 🇨🇺

1986

7 Feb ★ Mobilised 500,000 volunteers for Operation Quick Count — demonstrated Marcos lost the snap election, triggering the People Power uprising NAMFREL (National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections) · 🇵🇭 · Mass protest/mobilisation
1 Jan ★ Founded to represent Ecuador's Indigenous nationalities, becoming the country's largest Indigenous organisation CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) · 🇪🇨 · Founding of the organisation

1983

10 Oct ★ Founded as the first citizen-led election monitoring organisation in the world, Philippines NAMFREL (National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections) · 🇵🇭 · Founding of the organisation

1982

1 Jan ★ Founded as one of Colombia's longest-established civil society organisations for democratic participation Foro Nacional por Colombia · 🇨🇴 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan Official Secrets Act 1951 repealed after 31 years of Council campaigning NZ Council for Civil Liberties · 🇳🇿

1980

18 Oct ★ First elected to the Senate, winning balance of power — five Senators elected on a 9.3% vote Australian Democrats · 🇦🇺 · Election result

1977

1 Feb ★ Founded as the umbrella political coalition under the Communist Party of Vietnam, succeeding the North Vietnamese Fatherland Front Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) · 🇻🇳 · Founding of the organisation
1 Jan ★ Founded by Don Chipp, emerging from the Liberal Party split, running on 'keeping the bastards honest' Australian Democrats · 🇦🇺 · Merger of organisations

1975

1 Jan Revista Comunicación becomes an integral part of the Centre Centro Gumilla · 🇻🇪

1968

1 Jan Founded in January 1968 as Venezuela's first CIAS social research centre Centro Gumilla · 🇻🇪

1967

1 Jan ★ Established by the Finnish Parliament as the Finnish Innovation Fund, under parliamentary supervision Sitra · 🇫🇮 · Founding of the organisation

1959

1 Jan ★ Defended STV in Ireland — future director Enid Lakeman led successful campaigns against referendums to abolish proportional representation Electoral Reform Society · 🇬🇧 · Referendum campaign/result
1 Jan Campaigns against the censorship and import ban on Nabokov's "Lolita" NZ Council for Civil Liberties · 🇳🇿

1957

19 Sep ★ Founded as the CSIRO Co-operative Credit Society, its earliest predecessor Bank Australia · 🇦🇺 · Founding of the organisation

1952

18 Aug Founded at a public meeting in Wellington NZ Council for Civil Liberties · 🇳🇿

1948

1 Jan ★ Publicly announced cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party after the Kuomintang declared it an "illegal organization" China Democratic League (CDL) · 🇨🇳 · Foundational political alliance shaping the org's modern role

1945

1 Jan ★ Established as the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the united front and top political advisory body Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) · 🇨🇳 · Flagship conference

1941

19 Mar ★ Founded in Chongqing as an umbrella organisation of China's centrist and left-leaning intellectuals during the Second Sino-Japanese War China Democratic League (CDL) · 🇨🇳 · Founding of the organisation

1884

1 Jan ★ Founded as the Proportional Representation Society — one of the world's oldest electoral reform organisations Electoral Reform Society · 🇬🇧 · Founding of the organisation