Policy process design

Goal(s)

 * The goal of the policy process is to find answers to political questions.
 * It is a good practice to create a list of subjects that need dialogue. On the R2 wiki we created a dialogue agenda.

How to design a political process

 * Participatory: Every member should be able to bring forward a political question
 * Inclusive: Ensure that marginalized voices are heard just as loud as others.
 * Transparant: Ensure that every step of the process is transparant.
 * Efficient: Ensure that the whole process can be finished in an appropriate time-frame with the available capacities.

Timeline of process
Here below you see the process at Volt
 * Drafting the policy
 * Application (proposal)
 * 20 days of proposition of amendements
 * 10 days of vote on amedements

Aspects of a policy
A policy should contain:
 * Define the problem ("What is wrong and why?")
 * Define the goals ("How should it be?")
 * Formulate political measures ("How do we get there?")
 * Reference best practices (Did someone do it before?)
 * Reference scientific research (What do scientists say about this?)'