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Summary

vTaiwan is a hybrid online/in-person participatory governance method developed in Taiwan that uses digital tools like Pol.is to facilitate large-scale public deliberation on policy issues. It combines four structured stages to move from opinion-gathering to consensus-building, enabling government and civil society to collaboratively shape legislation. The method has been recognized as a pioneering model for digital democracy and handling polarized public debates.

Key Points

•Combines online mass deliberation (via Pol.is) with face-to-face meetings to achieve broad public participation in policymaking at national scale
•Structured in four stages: proposal, opinion, reflection, and legislation — bridging citizen input with formal government decision-making
•Designed to handle polarized topics by surfacing areas of cross-partisan consensus rather than amplifying disagreement
•Associated with Taiwan's digital minister Audrey Tang; seen as a global model for civic tech and participatory governance
•Open to all participants with special recruitment efforts, using consensus-based decision methods rather than majority voting

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Face-to-Face, Online, or Both?[Both](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&facetoface_online_or_both=both)General Type of Method[Deliberative and dialogic process](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&method_types=deliberative)[Participant-led meetings](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&method_types=participantled)[Public meetings](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&method_types=public_meetings)Typical Purpose[Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&purpose_method=make)Spectrum of Public Participation[Involve](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&public_spectrum=involve)Links[The main page of vTaiwan (in Traditional Chinese) where participants can interact with the program.](https://vtaiwan.tw/)[Information page for vTaiwan in English](https://info.vtaiwan.tw/)Videos[Future Voice Award – Interaction Awards - goV:vTaiwan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQf3Ta8BC)Audio[Future Curious: Digital Democracy (ft. Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang's discussion of vTaiwan)](https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-curious/digital-democracy/)Open to All or Limited to Some?[Open to All With Special Effort to Recruit Some Groups](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&open_limited=open_to)Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population[Captive Sample](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&recruitment_method=captive)Types of Interaction Among Participants[Express Opinions/Preferences Only](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&participants_interactions=express)[Ask & Answer Questions](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&participants_interactions=ask)[Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&participants_interactions=discussion)Facilitation[Yes](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&facilitators=yes)Decision Methods[General Agreement/Consensus](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&decision_methods=general)Scope of Implementation[National](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&scope_of_influence=national)Level of Polarization This Method Can Handle[Polarized](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&level_polarization=polarized)Level of Complexity This Method Can Handle[Moderate Complexity](https://participedia.net/search?selectedCategory=method&level_complexity=moderate)

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[vTaiwan: Screenshot from the Pol.is mass deliberation on ridesharing](https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/six-pioneers-digital-democracy/vtaiwan/)
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[The Four Stages of vTaiwan](https://info.vtaiwan.tw/)
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