Here are the solutions proposed and discussed across the different events, specifically focused on how groups of people can organize, deliberate, and make collective decisions together, categorized by country:
Germany (Berlin)
Quadratic Voting (QV): Used directly during the Berlin event to select breakout sessions. This system allows individuals to express the intensity of their preferences rather than just a binary “yes/no.” As one facilitator explained:
“[Berlin Facilitator]: 10 different voices or 10 different people have much more weight than like a very strong voice from one person.”
The “Sidewalk Table” (Low-Tech Organic Deliberation): A radically simple, bottom-up approach to neighborhood decision-making. Instead of complex digital platforms, neighbors place a physical table on the sidewalk with an open invitation to eat and discuss local issues. The breakthrough was realizing that “removing distance between people isn’t the same as creating closeness” and that trust must be built slowly.
Polis-Based Community Dialogues: Using open-source survey tools (like Polis) to coordinate consensus on localized issues. This model allows community members to write statements, vote on others’ ideas, and automatically map out where consensus or division lies.
Token-Based Governance (Plural Management Protocol): An “idea market” where community members earn tokens for physical care work (like park cleanups) and can spend those tokens to vote on community decisions—such as choosing who DJs at local events, directly linking labor to decision-making power.
Belgium (Brussels)
The “Democracy XXL” Tri-Fold Model: A systemic model presented by the Democracy XL movement that proposes combining three different democratic structures:
Deliberative Democracy (Citizen Assemblies): Randomly selecting a representative group of citizens, feeding them expert info, and letting them deliberate to make legislative recommendations.
Direct Democracy (Referendums): Inspired by the Swiss model, allowing binding public votes on specific local issues to build civic awareness.
Representative Democracy: Preserving elected officials but holding them strictly accountable to the other two pillars.
Zip-Code Categorized Discord Servers: A localized digital coordination tool (Discord.brussels) where members are sorted by their actual physical zip codes. This ensures that discussions and decisions remain relevant to immediate neighbors, preventing digital noise and spam from outsiders.
The “Open Letter” Accountability Tool: An open-source platform designed to make public requests to politicians completely transparent. Instead of private, black-box emails to officials, citizen requests are given a public, permanent URL where all follow-ups and answers are archived for the community to see and build momentum around.
Italy (Rome)
Agora (Zero-Knowledge Privacy-Preserving Voting): A specialized coordinate-and-vote application tested live in Rome. It uses cryptography (Zk-proofs/KZG commitments) to allow citizens to register and vote on municipal actions without revealing their real digital IDs to the platform or the state.
Drunk for Good (Gamified Deliberation): A playful local decision-making framework designed to combat meeting apathy. Community members gather at a local bar to pitch and debate neighborhood sustainability projects. The project that wins the popular vote gets implemented, funded directly by the bar tab or local partnerships.
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Total Consensus (The Ancestral Village Model): Drawing from tribal governance and Nelson Mandela’s writings, this model rejects “majority rules” systems. Decisions are placed on hold until 100% of the community agrees, forcing individuals to actively compromise and co-create solutions.
Round-by-Round Elimination Consensus: A method used in art residencies where competitive candidates pitch their proposals. Through consecutive rounds of group feedback, candidates are gradually sieved down until the entire room reaches a unanimous, 100% consensus on a single winner.
The “Money Pile” (NVC Resource Allocation): A Non-Violent Communication framework for collective financial decisions. All pooled money is placed in the center of a circle. Each participant takes a turn presenting a proposal for how to distribute the entire pile. The group discusses and adjusts the proposals in rounds until everyone in the circle fully agrees.
Spain (Barcelona)
Block-Level Community Representation: To bypass elitist, out-of-touch political systems, this model places a “block leader” at local hubs (schools, parks, supermarkets) to gather the real-time “pulse” of parents and neighbors. These block leaders then carry this grassroots consensus up to district-level boards.
Compromise Planning (Counter-Proposals): Rather than simply protesting top-down municipal decisions, the neighborhood convenes an assemblea to draft an alternative compromise plan. This turns protests into a collaborative “counter-proposal” that works within existing municipal frameworks.
Uganda (Kampala)
Rotational Leadership Roles: A strict rule of decentralized event and project coordination where the organizer/host role rotates to a new person every single session.
“[Kampala Speaker]: Let’s practice rotation of leadership... in that way we are going to have a lot of views from everyone, opinions from everyone, and we are going to have a collection of voices.”
Direct Public Votes on Local Capital Projects: A proposed model to take decision-making power away from centralized institutions (like the Ministry of Works) and mandate a public vote for every localized infrastructure project, such as road construction or land compensation.
Intradepartmental Separation of Powers: De-escalating the “father-as-president” individualist structure by teaching children democratic expression and compromise within the family, religious, and cultural units first.
Kenya (Thika)
Permanent On-Chain Skill Registries: Using the Andamio stack to establish a decentralized, trustless learning portal. Decisions on training metrics, educational pathways, and community skill verifications are kept entirely on smart contracts, completely independent of traditional centralized oversight or state school boards.
Multisig Wallet Treasury Management: Utilizing a local multi-signature (multisig) digital wallet to coordinate student tracking, pay network fees, and manage grassroots funding without relying on traditional local banks.