DECIDE (DECIDE: DEmocratic Compact: Improving Democracy in Europe) aimed at developing, through the establishment of a thematic network of towns and by adopting a bottom-up approach, a democratic compact, namely a set of measures that are needed in Europe to increase the quality of democracy and citizen participation.
In more than two years, these measures were identified, exchanged, further elaborated and tested by all the project partners.

The partnership was composed of 26 partners from 14 countries: 4 countries of the “old” EU15, 6 countries accessing the EU between 2004 and 2007 and 4 IPA countries. This allowed an enriching exchange among partners with different track record in the EU and contributed to develop a sense of belonging to a common “house”.