The integration strategy of DEMO_net has four instruments:

1. Integration Activities provide mechanisms for mobility of researchers and practitioners, for knowledge exchange across disciplinary boundaries, for stakeholder engagement, for integration of research into local and regional innovation projects, for strengthening the role of the national centres of excellence, and for integrating the national centres through a single eParticipation network - the European eParticipation centre of excellence. This includes also a specific PhD programme.
2. Joint Research Activities focus on socio-technical and technical research advancements in eParticipation. Key areas are investigated in co-operative research. Thereby innovation across discipline boundaries and diverse backgrounds is aimed at. The activities articulate the themes and issues central to the community of practice and to the development of European excellence in eParticipation.
3. Spreading of Excellence ensures that the network of excellence stands at the centre of a sustainable web of connecting networks which disseminate emerging knowledge and expertise to stakeholders and decision-makers. Furthermore it connects to practitioner experts for the purpose of facilitating knowledge transfer among research and practice. Specific training activities towards young researchers and practitioners are encompassed in this activity, too.
4. Network Management ensures professional management of the network in terms of administrative and organizational coordination, evaluation, risk analysis, contingency planning and sustainability planning, and the creation of a management technical infrastructure.