The shortest presentation of the Pirate Party, 60 seconds... Can it help? PirateParty International Think Twice Conference February 22 23 Frankfurt Guillaume Saouli Political director @ Swiss Pirate Party </set alphabetsoup=off>
Introduction Challenges : What is the pirate party? What can the party do for the citizens? What are its core values? How does it work? «If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.» Albert Einstein (aka Master Yoda) Caveats This is work in progress! Some assembly required! Approved and supported by the Swiss Pirate Party general assembly as Identity 2.0 initiative
Agenda Preamble Issues Visibility Perception Traction Environment A picture better then a 1000 words! A toolkit, not a dogma Key development principles Structured approach Applicability Results The way forward
Preamble Key elements Situational Transcultural Enabler What is it about? What this is not about : Defining a «pirate» ideology Defining a «pirate» political program Provide means to build and develop a coherent communication approach Provide an empowering approach to political communication Provide a synthesis of the charter, the wheel and the essence of the pirates
Issues Visibility Perception No clear vision of what the party is doing for the citizens Dec12-Jan13 : a survey in the lake geneva region Conclusion : NOBODY knows the Pirate Party A technophic «nein-sager»? Traction «A nice idea...» but notbody takes the Pirate Party into consideration in the political landscape Action passeport Action evoting Action billag Actions sans fondation? Quel est son programme? Enjeux Identité Programme
Environment Mature and vivid direct democratic system (at all levels of the political system) Petition Initiatives Referendums Street activism short attention span Highly competitive political environment with mature players Long relationship development cycles Proximity street and «pubs» activism
A picture better then a 1000 words!
And a snapshot Vision Principes Vision Programme
A toolkit, not a dogma Key development principles No jargon! No Studies material, a straigtforward document. Structured approach 1- Principles structured in an identity 2- A societal vision 3- A Program Framework Baptism by fire
Results Newspapers TV Radio French 100 8 20 German 25 4 6 https://ag-ppp-ch.piratenpad.de/rapport-202013-20pres Key feats : August 1st Evenning news second subject after Swiss President - 3 Minutes interview 2 Cantonal Elections with strong progress in visibility and results Political Bottom Line National Privacy Day Alexis Roussel invited by the federal data protection and privacy officer as a panel member
Results Newspapers TV Radio French 100 8 20 German 25 4 6 https://ag-ppp-ch.piratenpad.de/rapport-202013-20pres Key feats : August 1st Evenning news second subject after Swiss President - 3 Minutes interview 2 Cantonal Elections with strong progress in visibility and results Political Bottom Line National Privacy Day Alexis Roussel invited by the federal data protection and privacy officer as a panel member
The way forward? Program Development Projects : Local Cantonal Federal Membership drive Increase the number of active militants (1 active militant = 180 ballots ) Entering consultative and governance bodies : Mobility Cooperative Various Cantonal & Federal Commissions Maintaining and Increasing the number of representatives at all level of democratic representation
Conclusion This is not theory but practice It is part of a mid-term (3 5 years) battle plan The approach, the tools and their contents have been all democratically approved by the Swiss Pirate Party through the «basis»
Who am I? Guillaume Saouli Political director @ Swiss Pirate Party </set alphabetsoup=off> Awards : Studies : EPFL CS Engineering BSL MBA (International Global Management) Innovation in Project Management Swiss Project Management Society 2010 Global Networker Award - The Network Institue Boston 1995 «I have no idea of what I am talking about but...»
About Me? Program Manager, Business Consultant, Entrepreneur, Lecturer/Trainer Activités associatives: Quelques projets: EPFL - CS Engineering BSL - Master studies in International Management PMI / Lucent Technologies: Project & Program Management 1995 Global Networker TNI Boston 2009 PMI RiskSIG 2010 Prix de l innovation en gestion de projet SPM / PMI Suisse Distinguished Member of Consulting Staff emeritus - Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Retired Clanmaster Coffin Dodgers - CS Refonte, et fusion des communautés virtuelles de l association PMI Project Management Institute (375 000 membres): Etudes: Awards: Vice-président, membre fondateur de l association des amis de plage publique des Eaux-vives Membre du comité du GenevaCigars Outils et gouvernance Coaching Mentoring Accompagnement de 5 communautés dans une refonte et une remobilisation complète Virtual Work and Engagement Program development / Larry Goldsmith CFI Compta Financière Intégrée de l Etat de Genève SecMon de Fortis Group SecMon de ING South West Europe WhiteBook Sécurité des infrastructure IT Crédit Suisse Plateforme E-Banking de la BCGe Quelques milestones: En 1993, 1994, contributeur au projet ISS de Chris Klaus En 1995 Co-Fondateur du «MassNet: Collaboration for the Commonwealth, a cross-sectoral effort to encourage collaboration among Massachusetts business, government, nonprofits, and educational institutions. En 1995, Co-fondateur de SPAN Petrel Communication En 1998 Fondation de NetExpert En 1999 Création de la filiale service professionnel suisse de Lucent Technologies En 2005 Création de ma propre société de conseil Alphabet soup: (MBA, MS), CID, CCSA, CCSE, SCSA, SCNA, SCE10KA, CIP, PMP, etc
Any questions? You can reach me at : guillaume.saouli@partipirate.ch
Supporting documents References : All reference material presented here is Identité 2.0 officially sanctionned Identität 2.0 material from the Swiss Vision Pirate Party (PPS) and Program Struktur the Geneva Section of Program example the PPS. 12 months of It was submitted to increased debate and vote by the communication : general assemblies AG PPP URL : https://ag-pppch.piratenpad.de/rapport-20201320pres