The Net Democracy Foundation was created in 2012 with a vision to modernize democracy through technology. They developed DemocracyOS, an online and mobile app that allows citizens to get informed, debate issues, and vote on bills. Over 3,000 citizens used the app to vote on 40 bills from Congress. The Foundation also created The Net Party, the first political party in Latin America to finance itself through crowdfunding. In its first year, The Net Party received 22,000 votes, presented its ideas internationally, and helped democracy activists in other countries. Going forward, the Foundation aims to maintain a full-time staff and continue projects that use technology to foster more open democracies worldwide.

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2. We want to share with you all the
achievements of our first year!

3. In 2012, an idea brought us together:

4. Our current democracies had become stale, unable
to attend the demands of a more complex society.

5. We asked: How can we update democracy to
the challenges of modern society?

6. We proposed to empower the citizen through
technology so he could get informed,
debate and vote every day.

7. Our vision: change the tool. Build an operating
system for a more open and accessible democracy.

8. We created a system with 2 elements. An online app
& another one offline: a new kind of political party.

9. The candidates of The Net Party are committed to always
vote according to the decisions made by citizens online.

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We got 22.000 votes, around 1.2% and were the
most voted local force in the city of Buenos Aires.

11. We were the first political party to do collective
financing in latinamerica through the site ideame.

12. We developed DemocracyOS where citizens
can get informed, debate and take the decision
they want their representative to make.

13. The application works in any kind of device.

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More than 3000 citizens registered, debated and
voted over 40 bills from congress.

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The Net Democracy Foundation develops and provides
support so other parties can adapt the app and use it.

16.
An active community of developers
contribute to the free and open source code at
github.com/democracyos

17. We are preparing a global campaign on Kickstarter to
collectively finance the development of DemocracyOS.

18.
With great effort, in 12 months we were able to
create an incredible team of 200 volunteers.

19. And we had a great impact on
national and international media.
The full list of media coverage:
http://wiki.partidodelared.org/index.php/Radios,_Television,_Diarios_y_Blogs

22. We presented our idea at the World Economic Forum
(Davos), World Justice Project (The Hague),
Transparency Camp (Washington) and over 30
conferences in Latinamerica.

23. World Economic Forum 2012
“Opening Democracy” TEDx (spanish)
Plenary Session World Justice Forum
“Hacking Politics” TEDx (spanish)

24. Met with Prime Minister of the UK; received a letter of
support from US Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy; and
our app is used by democracy activists in Tunisia.

25. It’s all just getting started!
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The received support was key to achieve all the
goals we have set for this year.

26. !
We have a long road ahead!
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We are looking for office space (or co-work) for a team of 5 developers
and good internet access.
We need to maintain a full-time staff:
Executive direction and project management.
Three senior engineers for DemocracyOS
Research teams.
We want to carry on with projects that foster the use of technology in
marginal places and promotional campaigns.

27. We hope that in 2014 you can be part of these
efforts to update democracy worldwide!

28. Stay in touch:
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Follow The Net Party in social media
@partidodelared and facebook.
Pia Mancini – Executive Director
Net Democracy Foundation
piamancini@gmail.com / @piamancini

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¡Thanks… y que despierte la red!