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About Decidim

The Decidim Free Software Association is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community.

We want to contribute to the democratization of society through the construction of technology, methodologies, practices, standards, actions, narratives, and values, in a free, open, collaborative and reflective way.

Our values

From the beginning, Decidim has a social contract that includes the values of the project.

All members of the Decidim Free Software Association undertake to respect this contract.

Read the social contract
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Open content to share and cooperate
Free software to enable autonomy
Compromise and responsibility
Equal opportunities and quality indicators
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity
Continuous improvement and collaboration between organizations
Data confidentiality
Transparency, traceability and integrity

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The Decidim Free Software Association is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community.

We want to contribute to the democratization of society through the construction of technology, methodologies, practices, standards, actions, narratives, and values, in a free, open, collaborative and reflective way.

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FAQs
What does it mean that Decidim is for free, "libre" and open source?

Decidim is a platform for citizen participation made by the people and for people. Its source code is open and can be inspected, modified, and enhanced by anyone. The Decidim software is covered by the AGPL license. That means that you can use it, modify it and redistribute derived versions of it as long as you respect the AGPL license.

What can a Decidim administrator do?

Easily configure participatory processes Do you want to make a strategic plan? Or discuss new regulations? Or discuss a new square or a public building to achieve the common good? Thanks to Decidim you will be able to configure participation spaces (initiatives, assemblies, processes or consultations) and enrich them through the multiple available components (face-to-face meetings, surveys, proposals, voting, follow-up of results, comments and many more).

Can I join the Metadecidim community even if I don't live in Barcelona?

Of course you can. People do so through participatory processes, debates, translations, etc. that you might find in Metadecidim. Decidim was born in Barcelona and that is why there is a strong territorial bond with this city, but above all, it's a project for the commons.

What is Decidim?

Decidim is a Free Open-Source participatory democracy platform for cities and organizations. But Decidim is more than a digital platform: it’s a common's free and open project and infrastructure involving code, documentation, design, training courses, a legal framework, collaborative interfaces, user and facilitation communities, and a common vision.

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