D-CENT (Decentralised Citizens ENgagement Technologies) is a Europe-wide project bringing together citizen-led organisations and popular movements that have transformed democracy over recent years, helping them develop the next generation of open source, distributed, and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.

23-27 May
Medialab-Prado, Madrid, Spain

The five-day Democracy Lab delivered workshops, hackathons and open sessions to develop, think, and design tools, processes and strategies for democratic participation.

The week included sessions hosted by D-CENT partner organisations, LaboDemo, Redecentraliz, IN3 Open University of Catalonia, Consul Team, Madrid City Council, Decidim, Barcelona City Council, Fundació Civio and Más Democracia, among others.

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27-28 May
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

The International Conference showcased the success of the D-CENT project and looked at the future of digital democracy with discussion and debate on network democracy, new forms of citizen participation and digital commons in democratic cities.

Presentations, panels and roundtable discussions were held on the following topics:

• Collective platforms, citizen empowerment, and new forms of democracy in Europe
• Beyond surveillance capitalism: towards democratic alternatives
• Post-capitalism, digital commons and democratic cities
• Direct democracy: new opportunities in the digital age for reinventing politics
• Building a network of cities of change
• Freedom and technology: self-determination in the era of digital surveillance
• Hacktivism for democracy

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