What is the World Parliament Experiment (WPE)?
The World Parliament Experiment is a generic simulation of a working Global Democracy on the Internet. For this purpose it mirrors the main political institutions of an existing state. As a model of democratic opinion making and policy execution it can be generalized to all organizational and institutional settings, including corporations, governmental subsystems, non-governmental organizations, and large, multi-site peer groups. What is the purpose of the World Parliament Experiment? The WPE aims at providing a platform on which each human being can discuss and vote on issues of international relations. The results are supposed to be introduced into the real political process. How does the decision making process work? Our decision making process makes sure that everyone in the WPE can influence any aspect of the WPE at any time. This is guaranteed in the following way: Step 1: Every participant has the right to submit “future votes” concerning contents, procedures or representatives
