INNOVADE Living Lab: Co-designing the Digital Democracy Application
Description
This event will translate insights from previous INNOVADE Living Labs into a draft specification for the Digital Democracy App, aligning citizen needs, government priorities, and technical feasibility. It aims to ensure the app’s design and functionality reflect both societal expectations and operational realities.
Workshop Focus
This session builds on INNOVADE’s co-creation approach to bring together citizens, civil servants, and experts around one table. Participants will:
- Review key findings from previous Living Labs.
- Explore and evaluate design and functionality options for the app.
- Discuss inclusion, accessibility, privacy, and practical implementation.
- Prioritise which features and design choices should move forward.
Expected Outcomes
By the end of the day, participants will have:
- A shared, evidence-based Draft App Specification v0.1.
- A prioritised list of core features for testing and development.
- Consolidated citizen and government input to guide the next design iteration.
Registration
Programme
| ime | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration - Welcome Coffee | |
| 09:00-09:15 |
Opening Programme Introduction |
BtH |
| 09:15-09:35 | Ice-breaker activity | BtH |
| 09:35-10:00 | Design Foundations & Evidence Brief | DFKI, KUL |
| 10:00-11:30 |
Workshop 1 – Evaluating the Current State of Digital Democracy Apps Participants assess current digital democracy applications: screens, flows, and functions, identifying which elements best support usability, transparency, and inclusion. |
All |
| 11:30-11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40-13:00 |
Workshop 2 – From Gaps to Adoption: Designing What’s Still Missing Participants will co-design solutions to address unresolved challenges such as feedback loops and hybrid participation. The goal is to define a lean feature set and an adoption path that makes citizen input visible, traceable, and valuable in real institutional contexts. |
All |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Workshop 3 – Designing the Ideal Digital Democracy Application Participants work in groups to design their ideal digital democracy application, building on the previous workshops, by co-creating UI/UX sketches for further development. |
All |
| 15:30-15:50 | Coffee break | |
| 15:50-16:50 | Plenary: Build specification v.0.1 | DFKI, HC |
| 16:50-17:00 | Wrap-up and conclusion | BtH |