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  • Democracy & participation

VoiceIt

Bringing LGBTQI+ people into political decisions about their rights, through dialogue with elected officials, government and LGBTQI+ organisations. Ethos Lab worked as a subcontractor to KMOP.

The problem

Decisions about LGBTQI+ rights are taken by elected officials and government, with limited direct involvement from LGBTQI+ people themselves. VoiceIt set out to increase that involvement and build a more inclusive vision of their rights.

What Ethos Lab did

Ethos Lab worked on VoiceIt as a subcontractor to KMOP.

PlaceholderThe tasks Ethos Lab carried out for KMOP

Outputs and findings

  • A constructive dialogue between elected officials, government representatives, LGBTQI+ organisations and LGBTQI+ people motivated to take part in political debate

Status

PlaceholderOngoing or completed, to confirm (funded under the EU Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme 2014-2020)

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correct answers out of six when the same article was read in a second language (control average 3.7)

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MultiPoD – Public Spaces for Citizen Deliberation

A Horizon Europe project building a multilingual space where citizens can deliberate on European policy across language borders. Ethos Lab led its seven-country language experiment.

OngoingHorizon Europe

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