DEMOS Agile Tools for Open Societies

  1. Democracy depends
    on Engagement

  2. Participation requires
    Transparency

  3. Involvement supports
    Development

What we do

We build agile tools
for an interactive democracy

Democracy has to reconcile the often competing forces of public planning, participation and decision-making. Agile tools and processes help to allow enough space for different interests and perspectives to be aired, enabling them to be fairly reconciled, in turn yielding useable results. That’s what we work towards in our Berlin and Hamburg offices.

Our projects span a broad spectrum, from a public participation platform in Togo to prize-winning online participation in spatial planning, via the public consultation concept for the German commission on the storage of highly radioactive materials. Additionally, we implement eParticipation projects such as participatory budgets and urban planning discussions for public sector customers. Interested? Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Favourite Projects

  1. Geological repository for radioactive waste with social consent?

    The lower and upper houses of the German parliament established a commission to make recommendations, with the aim of ensuring “the highest possible security over a period of one million years”. Demos has supported the Commission by drawing up a concept for involving various expert and interest groups. Because of the conflict surrounding the history, and the importance for future generations, this task required a high degree of sensitivity and many years experience in public participation procedures.

  2. Public participation platform in Togo

    Economic and political development through participation and transparency: in Togo, we are implementing a municipal platform for public involvement in the advancement of market places. The project is part of a programme initiated by the Kfw Development Bank (owned by the German government) and was commissioned by the GFA Consulting Group GmbH. Thanks to the project, stall owners and residents are able to shape the area in which they live and work. There are future plans to enable the use of the platform in the whole of Togo in order to strengthen this young democracy.

  3. Spatial planning online

    Schleswig-Holstein is the first state in Germany to support its local authorities in introducing a universal IT process for involving the public as well as public authorities and agencies with regards to spatial planning. After the city state of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein is the second German state to opt for our solution, demosplan. Both applications are operated by the public IT service provider, Dataport. We are happy to make our contribution to the further implementation of eGovernment in Germany through the sharing of interstate systems.

    demosplan

Selected Clients

Get in touch

Visit our Tumblr blog:
Open Government - Best practices internationally

Do your ideas match our work? At the beginning of our best projects was always a vague idea. We would be happy to welcome you for a brief informal meeting: Visit us in Berlin or in Hamburg!

Represented by:
Rolf Lührs, Dr. Markus Klima
Registry court:
Amtsgericht Hamburg
Register number:
HRB 110069B
VAT number (Umsatzsteuer-ID):
VAT identification number (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer) according to §27a, VAT law (Umsatzsteuergesetz): DE266267664
Authorized Officer:
Matthias Rehkop

Legal

Information in accordance with §5 TMG (German Law on Broadcasting and Telemedia)

DEMOS E-Partizipation GmbH

Hamburg office:
Eifflerstraße 43, 22769 Hamburg-Altona, Germany, +49 40 2286735-70 (Fax -79)
Berlin office:
Panoramastraße 1, 10178 Berlin-Mitte, Germany, +49 30-2787846-0 (Fax -09)
Represented by:
Rolf Lührs, Dr. Markus Klima
Authorized Officer:
Matthias Rehkop
Contact (Hamburg office)
+49 40 2286735-70 (Fax -79), info@demos-deutschland.de
Contact (Berlin office)
+49 30-2787846-0 (-09), info@demos-deutschland.de
Register entry:
Entry in the companies register
Registry court:
Amtsgericht Hamburg
Register number:
HRB 110069B
VAT number (Umsatzsteuer-ID):
VAT identification number (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer) according to §27a, VAT law (Umsatzsteuergesetz): DE266267664
Details of professional liability insurance:
Name and headquarters of the insurer:
Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG, 50598 Köln
Geographic applicability of insurance:
worldwide, except USA, Canada and Switzerland
Responsible for content according to § 55 s. 2 RStV (Interstate Broadcasting Agreement):
Rolf Lührs DEMOS E-Partizipation GmbH, Büro Berlin Panoramastraße 1 10178 Berlin-Mitte Germany Telefon: +49 30-2787846-04
These legal notices also apply to the following social media profiles and websites:
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  • Twitter: twitter.com/demosbird/
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  • demosplan.de/
  • demosplan.eu/
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  • demosplan.com/
  • demos-plan.com/
  • familiendiskurse.de/
  • höchstspannend.de/

Data Privacy Policy

Our website may be used without entering personal information. Different rules may apply to certain services on our site, however, and are explained separately below. We collect personal information from you (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, etc.) in accordance with the provisions of German data protection statutes. Information is considered personal if it can be associated exclusively to a specific natural person. The legal framework for data protection may be found in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). The provisions below serve to provide information as to the manner, extent and purpose for collecting, using and processing personal information by the provider.

DEMOS E-Partizipation GmbH Office Hamburg: Eifflerstraße 43, 22769 Hamburg, Germany, +49 40 2286735-70 (Fax -79), Office Berlin: Panoramastraße 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany, +49 30-2787846-0 (Fax -09)

Please be aware that data transfer via the internet is subject to security risks and, therefore, complete protection against third-party access to transferred data cannot be ensured.

Server Data

For technical reasons, data such as the following, which your internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider (so called server log files), is collected: - type and version of the browser you use - operating system - websites that linked you to our site (referrer URL) - websites that you visit - date and time of your visit - your Internet Protocol (IP) address. This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal information you may have provided, thereby making it impossible to connect it to any particular person. The data is used for statistical purposes in order to improve our website and services.

Contacting Us

On our website we offer you the opportunity to contact us, either by email and/or by using a contact form. In such event, information provided by the user is stored for the purpose of facilitating communications with the user. No data is transferred to third parties. Nor is any of this information matched to any information that may be collected by other components of our website.

Use of the web analysis service PIWIK

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Information/Cancellation/Deletion

On the basis of the Federal Data Protection Act, you may contact us at no cost if you have questions relating to the collection, processing or use of your personal information, if you wish to request the correction, blocking or deletion of the same, or if you wish to cancel explicitly granted consent. Please note that you have the right to have incorrect data corrected or to have personal data deleted, where such claim is not barred by any legal obligation to retain this data.

Sample Data Privacy Policy Statement provided by the Law Offices of Weiß & Partner

This Data Privacy Policy also applys to the following websites:

  • demos-plan.de/
  • demosplan.de/
  • demosplan.eu/
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  • demosplan.com/
  • demos-plan.com/
  • familiendiskurse.de/
  • höchstspannend.de/

Image Credits

The brand logos or logos of public institutions used on this website in the section “Selected customers” are protected by the respective laws and may be used only with explicit permission of the copyright holder.

Image rights for photos found under the sections "Startslider" and "Favourite Projects" belong exclusively to Hans Hagedorn (HH), Rolf Lührs (RL), Norbert Jordan (NJ) und Matthias Rehkop (MR).

Startslider:
Involvement supports Development (MR),
Democracy depends on Engagement (RL),
Participation requires Transparency (RL);

Favourite Projects:
Spatial planning online (NJ),
Geological repository for radioactive waste with social consent? (HH),
Public participation platform in Togo (MR)