Surveys & polls
From a quick check to an in-depth survey. Ask questions publicly or use a unique participation code.
AI question support · Excel and PDF exportSolutions · Citizen participation
Strong participation.
Simply organized.
Hoplr gives local authorities a complete citizen participation platform connected to the local neighborhood network. Run surveys, phased projects and participatory budgets on a public website in your own branding. Reports and the survey analysis agent help your team interpret residents’ contributions.
- Participation with your own branding
- From surveys to participatory budgeting
- Insights for informed policymaking
Fictional exampleParticipation project · The neighborhood square
A square where
everyone feels at home.
Your experiences help shape the plan.
- Ideas
- Survey
- Decisions
The question for the neighborhoodWhat makes this square a welcoming place for you?
Tell us what you’d like to keep and what could be improved.
What happens next?
We’ll share how your input shapes the design.
Collecting input — and showing what happens with it.
From sharing ideas
to informed policy.
Surveys & pollsProjects with phasesParticipatory budgetingSurvey analysis
Sound familiar?
You want residents to have a say. Your team already has a full agenda.
Preparation adds up.
Creating a survey, finding participants and setting up a project takes time alongside your everyday work.
The same people take part.
For every new project, you also try to reach residents who do not readily make their voices heard.
Collecting input is only the start.
Processing responses and showing what happens next need just as much attention.
The building blocks of participation
A quick question.
Or a whole process.
Choose the approach that suits your question and your residents. Familiar participation tools remain the foundation, with more ways to understand your results.
Projects with phases
Give every project a clear structure. Bring information, surveys and opportunities to meet together in one project.
From the first question to sharing the outcomeInteractive map questions
Where is more greenery needed? Which crossing feels unsafe? Let residents link their experiences to a location.
Local knowledge, visible on the mapIdeas from the community
Give local initiatives a home. Let residents share proposals, respond to each other and develop ideas together.
Room for ideas from the communityParticipatory budgeting
Let residents submit proposals and vote on how a defined budget is spent.
Your own rules · verified votingInsights & reporting
Track responses and view results in your dashboard. Explore topics and sentiment by neighborhood, and share findings with your team.
Dashboard · AI insights · reporting360° neighborhood scan
Understand how residents experience their neighborhood, from safety and quality of life to connection and social capital.
Understand neighborhood strengths and needsComplete participation platform
Give participation a recognizable home. Bring projects, surveys and participation together on a public website with your own branding.
Your branding and URL · connected to the neighborhoodThe Hoplr participation platform
A complete participation platform.
Clearly part of your local authority.
Bring your entire participation process together on a public website with your own branding and URL. From project information and surveys to ideas, participatory budgeting and feedback.
Connect your platform to everyday neighborhood communication. Make participation visible and keep residents involved in what happens next.
- Projects with phases
- Surveys and ideas
- Participatory budgeting
- Insights and reporting
Municipality of Terneuzen
Have your say in Terneuzen.
Plans, projects and surveys in one public place.
View the participation platform
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
A town that thinks together.
Residents share their ideas for their town, from parking to play areas.
View the participation platformThese local authorities also use Hoplr as their participation platform:
Projects with phases
Make the next
step clear.
A mobility plan, a redesigned square or a vision for the neighborhood: participation doesn’t end after one survey. Give your project a structure residents can follow.
Bring the right information and participation methods together in each phase. Combine online input with information sessions or workshops, and show residents when they can get involved.
Discuss your participation project
What a project could look like
Fictional exampleShaping the neighborhood square together.
- 01March · Explore
What’s happening in the square?
Explain the context and collect experiences through a survey and map questions.
- 02April · Share ideas
From experiences to ideas.
Invite residents to share proposals and join a neighborhood design workshop.
- 03May · Choose
Which proposals should go ahead?
Present feasible options, for example through participatory budgeting.
- 04June · Share the outcome
Here’s what we’re doing with your input.
Publish the reasoning, the selected proposals and the next steps.
Ideas on the map
A good idea sometimes starts
with a place.
More greenery, a safer crossing or a place to meet? Let residents show where their idea would make a difference.
Participatory budgeting
Give ideas
real influence.
Let residents help decide how part of the budget is spent. From community proposals to a vote: make clear what’s possible and how the decision is reached.
- Set the budget, the target group and the rules.
- Collect proposals and present the feasible options.
- Organize the vote and share the outcome.
For example: which combination of neighborhood ideas fits within €30,000? Try this simplified example.
You decide how to spend the neighborhood budget
Interactive exampleWhat would you choose for the neighborhood?
Combine proposals within an example budget of €30,000.
Selected €20,000Still available €10,000
Your 2 proposals fit within the example budget.
New Survey analysis agent
Understand what residents say.
And what you can learn from it.
Our new survey analysis agent helps you analyze surveys using an academic, methodical approach. It supports your team in turning answers into meaningful insights.
Analysis that considers the context.
A useful insight is more than a percentage or a summary. It also takes a clear research question and careful interpretation.
- 01
Frame the question.
What do you want to learn, who do you want to hear from, and which policy decision will it inform?
- 02
Interpret the answers.
Use the analysis as a starting point to discuss patterns, understand differences and weigh up conclusions.
- 03
Check the conclusion.
Consider who took part and whose voices may be missing. Your team remains responsible for interpretation and final decisions.
What does the neighborhood square need?
120 participants · multiple answers allowed
| Mentioned by participants | Number | Share |
|---|---|---|
| More shade | 72 | 60% |
| Places to sit | 60 | 50% |
| Space to play | 36 | 30% |
What this could mean
Shade is mentioned most often among these participants. This suggests it is worth exploring comfort on warm days in more detail.
What you cannot simply conclude
That 60% of all residents want more shade. Participation does not automatically make a survey representative.
An illustration of careful interpretation, not real survey data or the agent’s actual output.
A more complete solution
Participation doesn’t start with an empty page.
It starts with a connected neighborhood.
A project has a beginning and an end. Your relationship with residents continues. Invite residents through the neighborhood network, gather their input on your participation platform and report decisions back to the neighborhood. Each project builds on the connections already in place.
Make your question visible.
Invite residents through your neighborhood communication. Explain what they can influence and why their input matters.
Keep the conversation open.
Share project updates, send survey reminders and explain the next phase.
Show what happens with the input.
Share insights, explain your decisions and outline the next step. Keep participation a conversation.
The benefits
What does it deliver?
Participation does not have to be expensive or complex. Choose what your question needs and keep the follow-up in one place.
Start small, within your budget.
Begin with a short survey or a project with phases. Choose the features that fit your goals and expand when you need to.
Less recruiting from scratch.
Invite residents through the neighborhood network where you are already building relationships. Your next participation project need not begin with an empty participant list.
A clearer view of the follow-up.
Collect responses, review results and share the next steps in the same place. That makes it clearer who is following up and what happens to residents’ input.
Residents have their say. Their ideas get room to grow.
Read the case studyTerneuzen. Cover photo from the original case study.Practical answers
Frequently asked questions
Does Hoplr also offer a standalone public participation website?
Yes. The Hoplr participation platform is a public website with your own branding and URL. It brings together project information, surveys, ideas and feedback. The neighborhood network helps draw residents’ attention to opportunities to participate.
How do we organize a participation project in phases?
Divide your project into clear steps, such as informing residents, gathering ideas, weighing options and reporting back. Bring together the relevant information and participation methods for each phase. Residents can see when to take part and what happens to their contributions.
How does participatory budgeting work with Hoplr?
The local authority sets the available budget and the rules. Residents submit proposals and vote on how funds are allocated. Publish the selection, decisions and progress so participants can follow what happens next. Participatory budgeting is included in Premium.
What does the survey analysis agent do, and what remains your team’s responsibility?
The agent supports survey analysis using an academic and methodological approach. Use the insights to discuss patterns and differences. Your team assesses the research design, who participated and which conclusions are justified. AI analysis does not automatically make a survey representative.
From your team’s question to your residents’ voices
What would your
community like to discuss?
Tell us about your participation challenge. We’ll show you how surveys, projects, participatory budgeting and survey analysis can work together.
Book a no-obligation demo