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In order to test the new iDEM democratic spaces three use cases will be co-created and developed in three cities alongside our partners directly working with citizens experiencing marginalisation, such as people with disabilities, migrants and older people.
Use case 1
The urban area of Las Rozas near Madrid runs several participatory processes every year. However, due to language barriers, people with disabilities and migrants are excluded from these processes. iDEM will assist in a piloting activity to be carried out in Las Rozas in order to design and implement an accessible and inclusive participatory space in a Web-based platform to run a consultation process. iDEM will design and implement a top-down (from the institution to the people) use case in which topics of government interest (e.g. mobility, pollution, sustainability) are suggested by the democratic organisation for public deliberation, in which citizens are invited to participate and deliberate.
Use case 2
Several cities and regions in Italy have been running deliberative processes such as mini-publics or civic assemblies on matters of public interest. iDEM will use theoretical and practical knowledge in participatory and deliberative processes to monitor the level of inclusiveness of several current processes in Italy to identify current topics of debate. A parallel bottom-up (from the people to representatives) deliberative democratic space will be piloted which will contain all identified features in the analysis, text accessibility and text production tools to enhance participation of less represented groups.
Use case 3
People with disabilities would like to discuss issues affecting their lives as neighbours of Barcelona and inform the Barcelona Ombudsman office to take care of their needs. Using a transversal approach (from both the people and the organisation to the government), iDEM will first provide an accessible and inclusive space, with text accessibility and text production tools, for the selection of issues affecting the community. The Ombudsman office will consider the identified problems and, applying an intersectional approach, use the iDEM deliberative spaces to debate the identified issues with a broader sample of Barcelona’s citizens. Conclusions and recommendations will be compiled in order to inform policies.
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This document is part of a project that has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon Europe research and innovation program under the Grant Agreement No. 101132431 . Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.