---
title: Consul Democracy
type: platform
status: active
country: ES
website: https://consuldemocracy.org
logo: /assets/org-logos/consul-democracy.png
contact:
  checked: 2026-07-30
  email: info@consulfoundation.org
  source: https://consuldemocracy.org/about
summary: An open-source e-participation platform originally developed by Madrid City
  Council, now stewarded by an independent foundation and used by ~350 governments
  worldwide.
concepts:
- democracy-tools
- direct-democracy
- deliberative-democracy
- participatory-budgeting
- e-government
- citizens-assembly
location:
  latitude: 40.4168
  longitude: -3.7038
  name: Madrid, Spain
rss_feed: https://consuldemocracy.org/feed
events:
- date: '2026-09-15'
  title: ConsulCon 2026 — three-day gathering on digital democracy and open-source
    civic tech, Munich
  url: https://consuldemocracy.org/2025/12/consul-conference-2026-munich/
  quote: The CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation in collaboration with the Landeshauptstadt
    München organises the next ConsulCon on 15-17 September 2026 in München, Germany.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-13'
  end_date: '2026-09-17'
  notable: true
  type: conference
  location: Munich, Germany
  country: DE
activity:
  rss:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    date: 2026-06-29
    note: 'Latest post: Made with Consul'
    url: https://consuldemocracy.org/2026/06/made-with-consul/
last_checked: '2026-06-15'
---

Consul Democracy is an open-source e-participation platform first deployed as Decide Madrid in September 2015 by Madrid City Council to let citizens submit proposals, vote on participatory budgeting, and collaborate on legislation. The Consul Democracy Foundation, a non-profit incorporated in the Netherlands, was established in 2019 to steward the project independently of the Madrid city government.

The platform supports citizen proposals, participatory budgeting, collaborative legislation, public debates, and consultations. Released under AGPL v3, approximately 350 governments and civil society organisations have used it. The platform won the UN Public Service Award in 2018 and has been deployed in UNDP projects across multiple countries.

## Links

- Website: [consuldemocracy.org](https://consuldemocracy.org)
- Source code: [github.com/consul/consul](https://github.com/consul/consul)

## See also

- [Direct Democracy](../concepts/direct-democracy.md)
- [E-Government](../concepts/e-government.md)
- [Citizens' Assembly](../concepts/citizens-assembly.md)
- [Decidim](decidim.md)