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representatives and the electorate. To do so, the solution is evident -- open the dialogue.
By offering easy access to information regarding this matter, DEMOS XXI posits about the
future of Democracy.
With YOUR participation, using an innovative media-platform, online analytic-tools will be
used to encourage genuine dialogue and debate of your political and social concerns,
providing a barometer to be used as an instrument for reforming governance.
The Story of DEMOS XXI
Tired of waiting, citizens came together to go from indignation to action in different parts
of the world. Civil Society is creating movements and developing digital tools that will
allow citizens to build a new Democracy, their Democracy.
The rise of Democratic Labs is playing an essential role in the evolution of our systems.
These new frameworks are making citizen-participation possible by pioneering tools and
political models.
Their Foundations?
Collective Intelligence complements the biggest disruptor-tool of our time: the Internet.
Starting often at a local or municipal level, connectivity finally transcends distant borders,
ethnic origins, social conditions and political allegiance. Every citizen, in his/her own way,
is helping build the edifice for the 21 th century Democracy. By inventing the next
generation of democratic tools, citizens are again placing people in the heart of the
decision-making process and to give a more human face to our system.
Who are they?
In the past, most citizens were not involved in the traditional political game. Today,
instead, people, civil society, have decided to promote change from the inside, leveraging
these media tools. For example, in as little as two years, Barcelonas political party
Barcelona en Comu and their candidate Ada Colau went from having obscurity to
winning the mayoral race of Spains second largest city. Their efforts were supported by an
online campaign that provided a forum for citizens to participate in local politics, when
their voices would have otherwise gone unheard.
What are they experiencing?
Ideas are seeds to every revolution. The challenge is to provide an effective conduit to
create meaningful dialogue and debate. By forming new political frameworks in using
these media tools, citizens are speaking out and defining their own governance.
None of them pretends to have the solution, but at least they are transforming their
ideas into actions and exploring the relevance of their tools.
For this project, DEMOS XXI will focus on seven new and existing political-frameworks in
five different countries. These documentaries will allow us to picture and understand
actual democratic tendencies.
In the rubric Citizen Questions, DEMOS XXI will uncover concepts that are crucial to the
terms of Democratic Innovations, which include Network Democracy, Big Data, Open
Democracy, CrowdSourcing, Electronic Vote and more than ten key questions that will be
explained by some of the best specialists.
WHY A WEB DOCUMENTARY?
Flexibility, Interactivity, Freedom, Reactivity, are the main reasons that convinced us to
chose this broadcast format. A format, in accordance with our time. DEMOS XXI offers an
online forum that includes knowledge-based resources, information sharing and dialogue
exchange. The platform will be composed by four main sections.
Part1: Democratic Labs
One Movement = One video documentary portrait of about 15 minutes.
Part2: Citizen Question
One Question = One short video that explains the concept in an accessible and easy way.
Part 3: Tools
Knowledge base and Tutorials about the latest Digital Tools regarding governance and
citizen participation.
Part 4: The Map DEMOS XXI
A crowdsourcing based map! Interactions with users will generate anonymous data in
order to offer a global vision of different citizen preoccupations all around the world and
connect them.
The web documentary will be available in three languages (English, Spanish, French)
because DEMOS XXI is for all audiences. At the end of the documentary, the credits will
list and connect the best examples of Democratic Innovations.
THE PROJECT
This project started with a crazy precept: different and better democracies are actually
possible. Starting from this conceit, we've decided to explore interesting political
frameworks that could ultimately be used to redefine our own system of governance.
Where to do we begin?
Our journey has already started in Argentina where we've heard of a new organization, El
Partido de la Red, which means literally The Network Party. We wanted to know if their
ideas and proposals were providing real change. After a few video interviews with
different members of the organization, we were left convinced that their governmental
structure was truly unique and deserved further exploration for everyone to consider.
and they are not alone! Iceland, Spain, Tunisia, France and other Democratic Labs are
developing new innovative frameworks.