The OpenCivics Consortium provides decentralized coordination mechanisms for aligned civic stewards engaged in the practice of open civic innovation. opencivics.co/consortium #### Purpose The purpose of the OpenCivics Consortium is to: - Provide scaffolding for mutually beneficial coordination and collaboration between civic innovators - Serve the network by creating new civic tools and education - Generate novel outcomes, protocols, and standards that can only be produced through collaboration and coordination - Empower self-governed and self-organized activities that catalyze swarm intelligence and collective action To learn more about the consortium, read [[OpenCivics Consortium Constitution]]. --- **Purpose:** Enable peer-to-peer coordination among those actively building civic systems **Who belongs:** Innovators, organizers, and patrons engaged in the work **What it provides:** - Strategic alignment around shared frameworks - Cross-project collaboration - Access to funding and resources - Peer support and learning **Governance:** Participatory—members shape priorities, allocate resources, and evolve protocols together **Key activities:** - Quarterly alignment assemblies - Thematic cluster coordination - Collaborative initiatives - Grant distribution - Knowledge commons stewardship **Decision-making:** Uses consent-based processes for strategic decisions, with domain-specific working groups for implementation