# Overview

* Council Protocol: <https://council.delv.tech/>
* Council Developer Wiki: <https://github.com/delvtech/council-kit/wiki>

Council is a decentralized governance system on the Ethereum mainnet blockchain that allows a community to manage a DAO. The governance system is designed to enable flexibility, improvements, and experimentation while successfully maintaining the security and robustness of the governed protocol.

## Element's Governance Framework

Element's Council is the governance system used to direct the Element Finance Protocol's evolution and development. The interface for governance is live at [**gov.element.fi**](https://gov.element.fi/)

For more details on the key features of the Council governance system, check out the below conference presentations:


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