Launched by the Barcelona City Council in 2016, the Decidim Barcelona project was initially created to coordinate the Municipal Action Plan, a participatory initiative aimed at strategically planning the city's projects for the next four years. In its early stages, Decidim was managed directly by the City Council, but over time, it became clear that an independent entity was needed to ensure the project's sustainability and facilitate its adoption and reuse by other governments.

To address this, the Decidim Association was established on February 16, 2019, during an extraordinary assembly. It was created as the governance body for the Decidim community, with the City Council transferring the management and maintenance of the source code to the Association through a formal agreement.

This public-common collaboration is an example of how to design the governance of digital commons. It is a unique example in the world of how to implement free software as a public policy with a community governance model.

In this session, we will explore how the Decidim Association collaborates with governments worldwide, focusing on three key aspects:

• Technological Governance: Defining the roadmap and identifying needs.
• Reuse and Adaptation of the Framework: Tailoring Decidim for diverse governmental contexts.
• Challenges and Lessons Learned: Insights from working with governments globally.

This talk is ideal for those interested in learning how public organizations can develop FLOSS solutions and the best practices for implementing them with a community governance model.