Since its inception, Decidim has relied primarily on funding from the city of Barcelona, creating a dependency on this public organization. In 2022, following a funding crisis that nearly jeopardized the project, we developed a Sustainability Plan aimed at diversifying funding sources and reducing our dependence on a single funder. A year and a half after implementing the plan, we have made significant progress toward our goal.

This session will reflect on our approach and key learnings. We will explain how we designed this plan, the challenges for sustainability that a FLOSS project faces, the learnings we have made during the process and the main actions we have taken

We will delve into the different strategies we have designed to attract new funders, especially from the private and philanthropic sector, as well as the challenges we face when it comes to receiving funding from public agencies. Finally, we will evaluate the successes and failures of this plan.

This is an ideal talk if you are interested in knowing the challenges that FLOSS projects face when seeking funding, want to learn which are the best strategies to diversify your sources of income and ensure a sustainable growth of your project.