---
title: WeCollect
type: platform
status: active
country: CH
website: https://www.wecollect.ch
logo: /assets/org-logos/wecollect.png
contact:
  checked: 2026-08-09
  email: team@wecollect.ch
  source: https://www.wecollect.ch
summary: A Swiss civic-tech platform operated by the Stiftung für direkte Demokratie
  (Foundation for Direct Democracy) — helps citizens launch initiatives and referendums
  and collect digital signatures. 915,557 signatures gathered across 123 campaigns
  since 2015.
concepts:
- democracy-tools
- direct-democracy
- e-government
location:
  latitude: 47.5596
  longitude: 7.5886
  name: Basel, Switzerland
  precision: city
events:
- date: '2015-01-01'
  title: Launched by the Stiftung für direkte Demokratie as Switzerland's civic-tech
  url: https://wecollect.ch/ueber-uns/
  quote: Seit dem Start 2015 haben wir über 800'000 Unterschriften gesammelt.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-12'
  notable: true
activity:
  dod:
    checked: 2026-08-09
    date: 2026-08-09
    note: Site live and actively publishing as of August 2026
  rss:
    note: No feed found
    checked: 2026-08-17
last_checked: '2026-08-09'
---

WeCollect is the digital infrastructure layer of Swiss direct democracy. The platform supports the full lifecycle of a popular initiative or referendum: developing the idea, building a supporting coalition, launching the campaign, and collecting the required signatures — moving signature-gathering from clipboard-and-market-stall to digital. Since 2015 it has gathered over 915,000 signatures across 123 campaigns.

The platform is operated by the Stiftung für direkte Demokratie, a non-profit foundation based in Basel. Current live campaigns (August 2026) include referendums on palm oil imports and nuclear energy, and popular initiatives on internet rights (the "Internet-Initiative"), Palestinian relations, mobility credits, and family leave — a snapshot of direct democracy in motion. WeCollect is infrastructure, not advocacy: it does not take positions on the initiatives it hosts, providing only the tooling and guidance for citizen-led campaigns to reach the ballot.

## Links

- Website: [wecollect.ch](https://www.wecollect.ch)

## See also

- [Direct Democracy](../concepts/direct-democracy.md)
- [Democracy Tools](../concepts/democracy-tools.md)
- [E-Government](../concepts/e-government.md)