The IDEAL Mobile App is a versatile new tool designed to bring digital deliberation directly to your fingertips. Serving as a seamless bridge between citizens and governance, the app integrates with the core IDEAL Platform to empower users to influence policy from anywhere. By offering a lightweight, user-friendly interface, it ensures that participating in the democratic process is no longer a complex task, but a natural part of your daily digital life. At its heart, the IDE

On 19 February 2026, the Digital Inclusion Day organised by the Job Center of the Municipality of Athens at the Serafio Cultural Center brought together policymakers, practitioners, innovators and community actors around a crucial question: How visible is democracy to those who are often rendered invisible ,  and how can digital tools help change that? Among the practices presented, the IDEAL project stood out as a concrete, research-based response to the growing need for in

Please share a short biography Dina Zabaneh is a political economist and development researcher specializing in labour market policies, gender relations, and inclusive economic development in the Arab Mediterranean region. She holds a PhD (magna cum laude) in Politics and Gender Relations from Philipps Universität Marburg and a Master’s in Financial Economics from Kingston University London. Her work integrates feminist, institutional, and political economy approaches to addr

In Paris, La Maison des Réfugiés (House of Refugees) is an emblematic space: a resource center dedicated to learning, support, and socio-professional integration. It promotes solidarity and inclusion, while raising awareness about exile and migration, making it the ideal venue for the IDEAL workshop organized by Relais Culture Europe in November 2025. The IDEAL session adopted a cultural and artistic tone, in line with the mission of Relais Culture Europe . The discussion w

IDEAL and MultiPoD organised and online session “ Voices without borders: Empowering citizens to shape tomorrow ” , during the EURegionsWeek Close to You series of events. IDEAL and MultiPoD are European projects designed to strengthen participatory democracy by combining social science expertise with innovative, ethical-by-design AI technologies. Their mission is to break the barriers that prevent millions of citizens from engaging in deliberation and decision-making proce