posted: February 7th, 2018

Use it when:
Participative decisions start with a discussion. Do you want people to contribute to your idea or suggestion? Do you need their input before a decision can be made?
Make decisions backed up by people’s ideas and votes.
Use it for
eDemocracy applications · participatory policymaking · citizen initiatives · online meetings · community decisionmaking

https://citizenos.com/

posted: February 7th, 2018

Öryggisventill is software that allows a group of relevant individuals to support, oppose, or gauge contention on issues. What does this mean practically? To give the most prominent example so far, Safety Valve is being used to allow the Icelandic public to support or oppose all bills and motions being put through Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament). As such, Öryggisventill enables public feedback on parliamentary proposals. 

https://startupiceland.com/2014/08/01/oryggisventill-an-icelandic-open-source-project-that-gives-power-to-the-people/

posted: February 7th, 2018

Five Star Movement Operating System is an Internal Party Platform that encourages active participation and direct democracy.

http://www.beppegrillo.it/en/2015/07/rousseau.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/five-star-movement-internet_us_58cb008ae4b0be71dcf3048d

posted: February 7th, 2018

Appgree facilitates decision-making and the development of ideas by allowing the equal participation of all party members.

http://www.appgree.com/appgree/en/

posted: February 7th, 2018

This website is an attempt to gather best practices for the deployment of new technologies in a single place, presenting a strategic approach to choosing new technology projects. 

The section “How technology can help” discusses the possible applications of new ICTs in three core areas of party organizing: outreach; policy development; and management. This section provides a broad overview of how new ICTs can help parties to better perform their key functions and is an ideal starting point for parties beginning to explore new ICTs, and the types of tools that may help. The chapter on “core concepts” discusses key ideas in political party technology, including databases, and the most basic political organizing and security tools. The preliminary analysis section outlines the types of analysis and decisions that should be conducted prior to deploying new ICTs including: problem analysis; goal setting; what types of technology can help; and selecting specific tools. Finally the toolbox discusses various types of tech tools, key considerations, benefits and possible pitfalls of each.  In addition, the website includes case studies from around the world that explore political parties’ successful, and less successful ICT projects, with more to be added in the future.

https://tech4parties.org/