---
title: Current Known Efforts World Wide Regarding Democracy Related Organisations
contributors:
  - BrianKhuu
  - RandStrauss
---

> **Mostly migrated.** The organisations listed here have been reviewed against the [Democracy Landscape](../organisations/index.md). Most now have Landscape entries; the remaining entries (Discourse, hypothes.is, Nation Builder) are software tools outside the Landscape's scope. This file is retained as the original raw list.

## Citizen Parliament (UK)

<https://www.citizensparliament.uk/>

Citizen Parliament want the House of Lords replaced with a
representative, random selection of everyday people - a House of
Citizens.

## None of the Above Party (Canada)

<http://nota.ca>

> Vote for the None of the Above Party to elect independent MPPs who are
> not bound by party control and who truly can represent their
> constituents first. We support the 3Rs of Direct Democracy:
> Referendum, Recall and Responsible Government laws for true
> Legislative and Electoral Reforms.” More About None Of The Above Party

## People Count (USA)

- <http://blog.peoplecount.org/>
- <https://wiki.designingopendemocracy.com/PeopleCount>
- <https://discuss.designingopendemocracy.com/t/making-politics-work-real-representation-and-accountability/25>

> PeopleCount.org (not yet live) is a non-partisan organization that
> will empower the public to communicate constructively by taking stands
> on political issues influencing the country today, seeing the
> collective votes (tallies), and holding their politicians accountable
> for their promises, plans and results. Users will be given a voice to
> support relevant and timely solutions to political issues, including
> ones not yet in the mainstream news.

## Nation Builder

Website software to allow for easier management of political parties.

<http://nationbuilder.com/>

- Used by
  - <http://www.reason.org.au/>
  - <http://sustainableaustralia.org.au>

## Discourse

Discourse is a web forum software with design focused on fostering a
more civilised discourse.

> Our trust system means that the community builds a natural immune
> system to defend itself from trolls, bad actors, and spammers — and
> the most engaged community members can assist in the governance of
> their community.

<https://www.discourse.org/about>

## hypothes.is

> We’re a nonprofit on a mission to bring an open conversation over the
> whole web.

<https://web.hypothes.is/>

## Worldwide Direct Democracy Map

> This map shows organisations and individuals from around the globe who
> are collaborating in making Direct or Liquid Democracy possible.

<https://sites.google.com/view/worldwide-direct-democracy/home>

## Further Links By Rand Strauss from peoplecount.org

<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jz_X1ZVCtX2W3etsgjX5iCBylsMBPyUKD7I05ZF0FuI/edit#>


# Possible addition?

* The Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (also known as Rojava but the term is avoided by the Kurds even though it is a Kurdish word, meaning west, because the DFNS is seeking to establish and promote a pluralistic, multi-ethnic system). DFNS achieves ‘governance-without-a-state’ according to the principles of ‘Democratic Confederalism 1’ - a ‘bottom-up’, decentralised, direct democratic model.
  - Heads up on this model by Chris Feigl
* Not on democracy-related organizations per se, but there are a lot of links about reforming politics on http://bit.ly/political-sites (RandStrauss)

# Other Resources

* https://sites.google.com/view/worldwide-direct-democracy/home
  - A map of the world in google maps showing organisations and individuals working toward Direct or Liquid Democracy - currently active and updating - also available as Google Earth File (votedave)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_technology#Civic_hacking
  - Suggested by Nick Merange