Matthijs Pontier
Direct democracy, Citizen participation, Digital democracy, Transparency, Research and academia
Amsterdam , NL
With the Piratenpartij, we initiated direct democracy and participative budgeting in Amsterdam. For this, I contacted the ‘Citizens Foundation’, who already successfully implemented direct democracy projects, like Better Reykjavik. With them, I recently co-founded the social enterprise ‘Idea Synergy’. With ‘Meer Democratie’, where I’m a board member, we have been campaigning among others for referenda, a directly elected mayor and citizen assemblies.
DETAILS
QUICK FACTS
- With the Piratenpartij, we initiated direct democracy and participative budgeting in Amsterdam.
- With Idea Synergy, we focus on co-creation using crowdsourcing, collaborative budgeting
WHAT I CAN OFFER
- e-Democracy solutions
- Advise on my areas of expertise
WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN
- E-Democracy
- Citizen Initiatives
- Local / regional governance
- Radical transparency
- Civil disobedience
HISTORY
With the Piratenpartij, we initiated direct democracy and participative budgeting in Amsterdam. For this, I contacted the ‘Citizens Foundation’, who already successfully implemented direct democracy projects, like Better Reykjavik. With them, I recently co-founded the social enterprise ‘Idea Synergy’. With ‘Meer Democratie’, where I’m a board member, we have been campaigning among others for referenda, a directly elected mayor and citizen assemblies.
