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.

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