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== Objectives of the squad ==
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The purposes of this squad are to
== Introduction ==


# help define what a '''[[Pirate Democracy]]''' could be '''(working documents and presentations are listed there)'''
This topic provides the tools that lead to a more direct democracy for the next city and national elections:
# interact with other Pirates to try to reach a consensus on this question
* create documentation and support for Flatpack Democracy and citizen lists on the local level
# help publicize our view on democracy (provided point 2 is achieved)
* discuss on different other levels (national, European, ...) how democracy can be implemented
# work on the tools that will be needed to implement this new type of democracy
* discuss our 'internal' democracy


== Current Projects ==
=== Internal Democracy ===
=== Proposition for Pirate Party's Statutes: The Charter Party ===
The objective of the Charter Party of the Pirate Party is to provide, within a single document, a complete guide to the Belgian Pirate Party. Instead of formal statutes organized as a series of articles, it introduces the entities of the party, describes a few guiding rules and proposes a series of good practices. Thus the Charter Party should be considered as a basis for guiding the Crews, but it can be modified internally in order to test and select new good practices. During each General Assembly, each Crew can propose these empirically tested amendments to the Charter Party.


[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exek1lCSreUia8nHtKRdfOd6P3qkr5Q0Cr_rxCDuqZg/edit Charter Party]
In the [[Internal_Democracy|Internal Democracy]] workgroup, we organize meetings where we think and discuss about our internal democracy, in order to define rules, methodology, or guidelines that can lead to a democratic decision-making within a group. More generally, we experiment around the concept of "co-creative meeting", where every attendees share the common desire of building something together.  


== Meetings ==
=== Local Democracy ===
[[November 12th 2012]]


== Contact ==
The [[Local Democracy|Local Democracy]] topic gathers information about local initiatives (citizens' lists, municipalism, ...).
For questions, comments, etc... please write to Alex at <email>zenonDOTalexATgmailDOTcom</email> (F,E) or Paul at <email>paulDOTnollenATgmailDOTcom</email> (N,E),we have a mailing list but only recently. Please subscribe the list on the bottom of this page.


== Content ==
=== Democracy ===
The important concepts that need to be discussed include:


*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy direct democracy]
Democracy in general (on this page)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_voting#Delegated_voting liquid democracy]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliberative_democracy deliberative democracy]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-democracy E-democracy]
*General overview:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy#Forms Forms of Democracy]


== References ==
== What Pirates say about this topic 📣 ==  
*[http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~matsusak/Papers/Matsusaka_DD_PC_Encyclopedia.pdf Direct Democracy] :
Definitions, literature and references - John G. Matsusaka, University of Southern California


*[http://www.democracy-international.org/book-direct-democracy.html book direct democracy]
=== [https://pirateparty.be/basic-text/ Values of the Pirate Party] ===
Direct '''democracy''' and self-determination right


facts, arguments and experiences on the introduction of initiative and referendum
#Pirates believe that all citizens have unlimited right to be involved in decisions that concern them.
This book is a must for anyone who has an interest in the current changes in society. It is available for free in eight languages.  
#Pirates advocate a more direct democracy: an open, pragmatic, dynamic, realistic and transparent system in which citizens have the opportunity and receive the right to participate, and are encouraged to do so.
#The Internet enables new forms of citizen participation and democratic organization.The Pirates want to explore these possibilities and put them into practice.
#The power of party politics should be phased out.
#Pirates believe that corporatism, i.e. The mixture of economic and political power, should be avoided.


*[http://www.iri-europe.org/publications/guidebooks/ IRI Guidebooks to Direct Democracy]
=== Publications of the Pirate Party ===
* Article : [https://nl.pirateparty.be/het-initiatiefrecht-voor-de-burger/ Het initiatiefrecht voor de burger] (06/01/2021) / [https://fr.pirateparty.be/le-droit-dinitiative-des-citoyens/ Le droit d'initiative des citoyens] (08/01/2021)


It is the goal of the Initiative and Referendum Institute, Europe's first think-tank on modern direct democracy founded in 2001, to make a significant contribution to improving the knowledge of the history and practice of direct democracy – in the world in general, and especially in Europe.
== [[File:Toicon-icon-avocado-build.svg|class=icon|link=]] Projects ==


That is why the IRI "Guidebook to Direct Democracy" (published in English, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Italian, Finnish and Chinese) focuses on the place where the tools which allow citizens to take part in political decision-making are the most extensive and have been used for the longest period of time – Switzerland. Over the past 150 years, citizens' rights have been continually extended and now cover all the levels of political life (national, cantonal and local) and all areas of politics (including foreign policy).
=== Active ===
IRI also developed, in collaboration with [http://www.democracy-international.org/ Democracy International], the [http://direct-democracy-navigator.org/ direct-democracy-navigator] – a unique global information and collaboration platform on modern participative democracy.


*[http://liqd.net/en/schwerpunkte/theoretische-grundlagen/liquid-democracy/ Liquid democracy]
{{Projects|Democracy|status=doing,active|showstatus=false}}


The idea of “Liquid Democracy” has already been circulating on the web for a couple of years, however without any suggestions for a specific execution. The core of the idea is delegated voting, which removes the previous separation between representative democratic and direct democratic decisions. The principle of delegated voting is the base for all Liquid Democracy concepts, however the idea itself is not sufficient when it comes to the description of complex political processes. Since the end of 2008 people associated with the current Liquid Democracy e.V. deal with the theme of liquid democracy and try to advance it ever since.
=== Inactive ===


The term “Liquid Democracy”, LD stands for a new form of democracy in which various “rigid“ barriers are being “fluidised“.
{{Projects|Democracy|status=inactive|showstatus=false}}


*[http://books.google.be/books/about/The_Athenian_Democracy_in_the_Age_of_Dem.html?id=o2mgjqbFGp4C&redir_esc=y Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles & Ideology] by Mogens Herman Hansen (ISBN-10: 0806131438 | ISBN-13: 978-0806131436)
=== Archived ===


This book summarize 30 years of research on Athenian society and focus on the second era of Athenian democracy (403-322 BC). As the Athenian democracy is probably the most nearly perfect example of (direct) democracy, it is a very important inspiration for any person who want to understand how a democracy can work. This book is also translated in French.
{{Projects|Democracy|status=abandoned, done}}


*[http://participedia.net/ Participedia] is an open global knowledge community for researchers and practitioners in the field of democratic innovation and public engagement.
== [[File:Toicon-icon-avocado-publish.svg|class=icon|link=]] Resources ==
* [[Democracy/Resources/en|Resources in English]]
* [[Democracy/Resources/fr|Documentation en français]]
* [[Democracy/Resources/nl|Dokumentatie in nederlands]]


*[http://www.ftu-namur.org/fichiers/TIC_participation_citoyenne.pdf Les outils numériques au service d’une participation citoyenne et démocratique augmentée] : Initiatives in francophone Belgium and good foreign practices to enhance the expression citizenship and participatory democracy.
== [[File:Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg|class=icon|link=]] Events [[File:Noun project - Calendar.svg|24px|top|link=]] ==


== Mailing list  == 
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{{#widget:Mailinglist|value=cHAuYmUuZGVtb2NyYXRpZUBwaXJhdGVwYXJ0eS5iZQ==}} pp.be.democratie@pirateparty.be

Latest revision as of 13:06, 8 January 2021

Democracy Toicon-icon-avocado-read.svg
Infographie - démocratie participative.jpg
Subtopics Local Democracy
Municipalism
Participatory Budgeting
Transparency
See also Transparency
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Introduction

This topic provides the tools that lead to a more direct democracy for the next city and national elections:

  • create documentation and support for Flatpack Democracy and citizen lists on the local level
  • discuss on different other levels (national, European, ...) how democracy can be implemented
  • discuss our 'internal' democracy

Internal Democracy

In the Internal Democracy workgroup, we organize meetings where we think and discuss about our internal democracy, in order to define rules, methodology, or guidelines that can lead to a democratic decision-making within a group. More generally, we experiment around the concept of "co-creative meeting", where every attendees share the common desire of building something together.

Local Democracy

The Local Democracy topic gathers information about local initiatives (citizens' lists, municipalism, ...).

Democracy

Democracy in general (on this page)

What Pirates say about this topic 📣

Values of the Pirate Party

Direct democracy and self-determination right

  1. Pirates believe that all citizens have unlimited right to be involved in decisions that concern them.
  2. Pirates advocate a more direct democracy: an open, pragmatic, dynamic, realistic and transparent system in which citizens have the opportunity and receive the right to participate, and are encouraged to do so.
  3. The Internet enables new forms of citizen participation and democratic organization.The Pirates want to explore these possibilities and put them into practice.
  4. The power of party politics should be phased out.
  5. Pirates believe that corporatism, i.e. The mixture of economic and political power, should be avoided.

Publications of the Pirate Party

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Inactive


Archived


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Toicon-icon-avocado-discuss.svg Pirate Lab January 2020 Sat 25 January 2020, 2:00pm Les Triplettes – Avenue des Saisons, 81
1050 Ixelles - Elsene
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg Demoparty #01 Fri 10 May 2019, 7:00pm Club House Union Saint Gilloise – Chaussée de Bruxelles - Brusselse Steenweg 223
1190 Forest - Vorst
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg Assemblée Citoyenne d'installation Sun 25 November 2018, 2:00pm Lycée Martin V – rue du Collège 3
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg Datagueule – Démocratie(s) ? Fri 12 October 2018, 4:30pm La Cité Miroir – Place Xavier Neujean 22
4000 Liège
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg 1ère Assemblée Citoyenne des Kayoux Sun 30 September 2018, 2:00pm Salle La Charnière – Rue Haute 6
1340 Ottignies
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg Projection documentaire « Démocratie(s)? » Fri 8 June 2018, 8:00pm Ateliers de la Baraque – 1, rue des artisans
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg Civic Tech : et si l’innovation vous rendait le pouvoir ? Wed 2 May 2018, 6:30pm Palais Provincial – 18a Place Saint-Lambert
4000 Liège
Toicon-icon-avocado-schedule.svg Rencontre LOCAL·e Sun 22 April 2018, 3:00pm Salle "La Ratatouille", AGL (1er étage) – Rue des Wallons 67
Louvain-la-Neuve
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Louvain-la-Neuve
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Ottignies
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4000 Liège
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1030 Schaerbeek
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1030 Schaerbeek
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4000 Liège

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