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title: Civics Ecosystem Toolkit
template: project.html
status: active
summary: "A practical toolkit for building participatory civics structures in Australia, covering cooperative governance, party member funding, and ecosystem design."
contributors:
  - Brian Khuu
website: https://www.designingopendemocracy.com/Civics-Ecosystem-Toolkit/01-civics-ecosystem-toolkit-index.html
concepts: [cooperative, community-business, economic-democracy]
---

The Civics Ecosystem Toolkit is a versioned reference document exploring how to design and sustain participatory civic structures within the Australian context.

It is published as a standalone resource at the link above. The wiki entry here tracks its development and links to the canonical source.

## Overview

The toolkit covers seven topic areas including cooperative governance models, the Civics Ecosystem Cooperative structure, and the Party Members Fund concept — a mechanism to support grassroots participation in democratic processes.

It is intended to evolve over time as the ideas are tested and refined.

## Current Version

**v1.2** — May 2026

See the [full toolkit](https://www.designingopendemocracy.com/Civics-Ecosystem-Toolkit/01-civics-ecosystem-toolkit-index.html) for the complete set of documents.

## Get involved

Read the toolkit and share feedback — the ideas here are meant to be stress-tested. Reach out to Brian via the [DOD Telegram](https://t.me/joinchat/HNk_UBX8A7jBPJPbAZU5Zg) if you want to discuss or collaborate.

## See also

- [Cooperative](../concepts/cooperative.md)
- [Community Business](../concepts/community-business.md)
- [Economic Democracy](../concepts/economic-democracy.md)
- [CAPAD](../organisations/capad.md)
- [Co-operative Bonds](../organisations/cooperative-bonds.md)
