Democratic Innovation ©Antoinette Reyners, G1000 & Maéva Lafleur, What about Dem Suits, badges and a room full of future delegates: what a youth-led UN simulation approach can tell us about deliberative democracy. Security checks, side by side with MEPs From 7 to 9 October, MUNUCCLE 2026 brought together students from several schools across Europe. On opening day, everything started where delegates first had to go through security, in the same corridors as sitting members of

In 2007, the United Nations proclaimed 15 September the International Day of Democracy. Next year, as that declaration turns 20, Brussels will become European Capital of Democracy. To mark the occasion, What about Dem co-hosted an evening with the City of Brussels and UNDP, bringing together city officials and UN representatives, parliamentarians and academics, youth organisers and civil society leaders.

Design What about Dem is proud to announce that we coordinate this unique project for G1000 , in partnership with Levuur and Tree Company , to contribute to a process where citizens genuinely help shape a more inclusive future. Paying with your smartphone, checking your accounts at any time, blocking a bank card in just a few seconds: for many people, digital banking has become part of everyday life. Fast, convenient and often more cost-effective, it has profoundly transfor

In a context of war, a ray of hope has emerged in the form of the first local citizens’ assemblies in Israël

This initiative brought together a diverse group of citizens to deliberate on the crucial topic of party funding

From small-scale experiments, deliberative democracy has recently taken a constitutional turn.

In 2011, amidst a political stalemate that left Belgium without a fully functioning government for 541 days, the G1000 was initiated

Between 2014 and 2019, I had the opportunity to co-coordinate the G1000 after writing my Master thesis (political science) on the dynamics o