Wietse Van Ransbeeck
2025-2026 Obama Foundation Europe Leader
Co-Founder and CEO, Go Vocal
Belgium
Wietse Van Ransbeeck co-founded and is the CEO of Go Vocal, a global company that offers a digital democracy platform. This platform assists governments in building public trust by improving participatory processes and ensuring decision-making is more representative, transparent, and responsive. Go Vocal has strengthened community engagement in over 500 governments across 20 countries globally, including cities such as Oslo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Dublin, Seattle, St. Louis, and Kansas City. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer used the Go Vocal platform to host the largest public dialogue on the UK’s National Health Service, engaging over 100,000 UK citizens online. Wietse, a civic entrepreneur, champions pluralism as vital for democracy and leverages his expertise in participatory democracy to empower other changemakers.
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