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The Citizens Foundation〔(Non-profit electronic democracy ). Citizens.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 is a non-profit organization based in Reykjavík, Iceland and founded under Icelandic law.〔(> Fyrirtækjaskrá > Þjónusta > Leit í fyrirtækjaskrá ). www.rsk.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔http://ibuar.is/docs/CitizensFoundation.pdf〕 Its purpose is to promote electronic collaborative democracy around the globe and to develop the software needed for that purpose. Its formation can be traced back to the Icelandic financial crash in 2008 when development of the software started although the Foundation itself wasn't formally founded until 2010. The main focus has been on developing a web based democracy tool called Open Active Democracy (OAD)〔(rbjarnason/open-active-democracy ). GitHub. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 which it uses for its democracy building projects which are: Better Reykjavík,〔(Betri Reykjavík ). Betrireykjavik.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 Shadow Parliament〔(Skuggaþing ). Skuggathing.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 (Iceland only) and the international project Your Priorities.〔(Uw prioriteiten Welcome ). Yrpri.org. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 ==Projects== Shadow Parliament (Skuggaþing) opened formally in February 2010,〔(Vísir – Skuggaþing opnað ). Visir.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 imports all proposals from the Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi)〔(Alţingi ). Althingi.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 and enables citizens to choose which proposals they support or oppose as well as allowing them to put forward their own proposals. The system received acclaim from the Icelandic blogosphere〔(Skuggaþing « Silfur Egils ). Silfuregils.eyjan.is (14 February 2010). Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔(» Skuggaþing – góð viðbót í umræðuna – Gísli Baldvinsson ). Blog.eyjan.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 and over 2000 citizens took part in using the system,〔(Hittu áhrifamesta fólkið hjá Skuggaþing ). Skuggathing.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 including members of the Parliament.〔(Birgitta Jonsdottir hjá Skuggaþing ). Skuggathing.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔(Alþingi – Æviágrip: Birgitta Jónsdóttir ). Althingi.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔(Margrét Tryggvadóttir hjá Skuggaþing ). Skuggathing.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔(Alþingi – Æviágrip: Margrét Tryggvadóttir ). Althingi.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 It has however not been used in any formal way by the Icelandic Parliament. A few months later, on 25 May 2010, the website ''Shadow City'' (Skuggaborg) opened, a few days before the municipal elections in Icelands capital, Reykjavík with all parties running in the election given their own section for promotion and usage.〔(Skuggaborg – Hugmyndavefur fyrir Reykjavík | Svipan ). Svipan.is (28 May 2010). Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 The website was received with acclaim by the Best Party whose supporters used it extensively for their proposals and ideas.〔(Skoðanaskipti í Skuggaborg ). mbl.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 The Best Party won the elections〔 (Reykjavíkurborg | Höfuðborgarsvæðið | Sveitarfélög / kjördæmi | Kosningavefur Dómsmála- og Mannréttindaráðuneytisins | Reykjavíkurborg | Höfuðborgarsvæðið | Sveitarfélög – úrslit | Sveitarstjórnarkosningar | Kosningavefur innanríkisráðuneytisins ). Kosning.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 and started majority negotiations with the Social Democratic Alliance. The parties asked the founders of Skuggaborg to create a special area on the website called Better Reykjavík for the citizens to help them create a majority agreement.〔(Besti Flokkurinn – Pólítískt Partí | Leynifundir og Betri Reykjavík ). Bestiflokkurinn.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔(Fréttir – Beint lýðræði í betri Reykjavík ). DV.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕〔()〕 In 3 days the number of users had reached almost 3.000 with over 400 ideas and 873 points for and against those ideas.〔(Skoðanaskipti í Skuggaborg ). mbl.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 One newssite referred to this as "A flood of ideas about a Better Reykjavík".〔(Flóð hugmynda um Betri Reykjavík « Eyjan ). Eyjan.is (25 February 2010). Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 In their majority agreement the parties said: The website Better Reykjavík will be used as support in decision making and policy formulation〔(Besti Flokkurinn – Pólítískt Partí | Samstarfsyfirlýsing Besta flokksins og Samfylkingarinnar ). Bestiflokkurinn.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 and the city has been working with the Citizens Foundation in opening a new and improved version of Better Reykjavík that will be used as an integral part of the city's governance. This success prompted the Young Social Democrats (the youth movement related to the Social Democratic Alliance) to challenge the government to implement a similar system for the country.〔(Vefur Ungra jafnaðarmanna ). Politik.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 Some of the ideas from Better Reykjavík have already been put into practice, one of them is a proposal to keep one swimmingpool open 24/7 for 1–2 months in the summer.〔(Efstu rök – Betri Reykjavík ). BetriReykjavík.is. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 This was realized two months after the election in the biggest swimmingpool in Reykjavík, Laugardalslaugin〔(Nætursund í Laugardalslaug ). mbl.is (20 July 2010). Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 although the pool was only open continuously for a week. After Better Reykjavík the Citizens Foundation team, Róbert Bjarnason, Gunnar Grímsson and Óskar J. Sandholt started focusing on the Foundation's international effort, ''Your Priorities'', which includes a website like Better Reykjavík for every country in the world, free of charge.〔(Uw prioriteiten Welcome ). Yrpri.org. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Citizens Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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