THAILAND, BANGKOK
WeVis: We Visualize Data for Democracy
- Hub
- Activity
- Model
- Digital participation
- Purpose
- Strengthening democracy
- Democratic education
- Citizen empowerment and capacity building
- Deliberative skills
- Civi capacitties
#CIVICTECH #DELIBERATIVEPOLLING
This practice, led by WeVis, aims to empower Thai citizens to participate in political life through the use of open data, civic technology, and creative storytelling. Using digital tools such as maps, data visualizations, and simulations, the organization simplifies access to complex public information and promotes deliberative processes such as deliberative polling and civic imagination.
The initiative focuses on both monitoring power and envisioning democratic futures, covering topics like elections, government spending, and constitutional reform. Their methods have been especially applied in youth-centered projects, using digital environments and creative activities to foster participation.
- Use of open data to monitor elections and public spending.
- Design of deliberative experiences like “Democracy at School” and “Dream Constitution”.
- Promotion of deliberative polling as a tool for collective reflection.
- Stimulation of civic imagination through games and creativity.
- Strategic communication campaigns to influence public debate.
- Improved access to public information via digital tools.
- Active youth engagement in structured dialogue exercises.
- Spread of new narratives about democracy across digital and in-person platforms.
- Influence in public discourse on structural issues such as constitutional reform.
KEY CONCEPTS
Contextual: Open data, public spending, elections, constitutional reform.
On Democracy: Civic tech, deliberative polling, civic imagination, youth participation.
