A global platform for democratic participation and collective decision-making.

Shared democratic infrastructure

The Global Experiment seeks to establish a shared civic infrastructure capable of operating across national and jurisdictional boundaries. It integrates democratic governance, public administration, institutional transparency, and economic participation within a single, interoperable framework underpinned by privacy-by-design principles, thereby ensuring that individuals may participate securely and without undue restriction.

Open and transparent

The platform is intended to let participants submit ideas, consider different perspectives, revise proposals, and vote on decisions. Decision-making authority is designed to be distributed across the community and governed by clear, published rules rather than controlled by one person or institution.

The experiment’s core software is being developed as free and open source so it can be inspected, reused, and improved. Governance rules, finances, decisions, and development work are documented publicly to support scrutiny and accountability.

Protection of privacy

Participation should not require people to give up control over their personal information. Privacy is therefore treated as a foundational requirement.

The platform is being designed to limit access to private data. Public discussions, results, and statistics are intended to reduce the risk of linking information to identifiable participants. Administrative access and actions are restricted and recorded. Each participant controls which profile information is made public and retains the rights provided by applicable data-protection law.

Why it matters

Many decisions have consequences across borders, while the people affected have limited opportunities to participate in them. The experiment explores whether democratic decision-making can become more inclusive, continuous, and accountable.

The Global Experiment is a work in progress, not a finished model. Its institutions, rules, and platform are being developed openly. Contributions from different regions, disciplines, and lived experiences can help identify assumptions, limitations, and practical needs.

Early development

The first version is intended to establish the foundations of a distributed organisation. It will include basic administrative processes, public statistics, and a documented history of administrative decisions.