My project sponsor, Sian, writes:

“The BBC project seeks to engage people in a unique interactive community through which they can make a difference in civic life. The initial aim is to foster communities connecting people interested in the same issues. They will be helped to attract and channel support for their issues, achieving very broadly-defined outcomes, ranging from contact with like people to coverage on BBC networks, with even the occasional possibility of influencing legislation.

To help it become easier to navigate civic life, we will provide a ‘database of democracy’ which people can use to find out who they have to contact on any given issue. We want to provide people with the opportunity and means to participate in democracy at local and national levels, not simply to observe it. This will be a service designed for action, not talk or ‘chat’.”

» OpenDemocracy.net: “The BBC’s plans for digital democracy”