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Global democracy projects

Many organisations and initiatives have worked, and continue to work, towards stronger global cooperation, governance or democracy. Their goals and methods differ widely: some are intergovernmental institutions, others are forums, campaigns, research networks or small citizen initiatives. Together they form the historical and contemporary landscape in which United Earth seeks to contribute, and where we hope to find partners for collaboration and mutual support.

The list below ranges from large established organisations to initiatives run by a few people, sorted by the year they were founded. Inclusion does not imply affiliation, endorsement or shared positions. If you find errors or know of other relevant projects, please let us know!

Name	Acr.	Founded	Description	www	More info	Status
Inter-Parliamentary Union	IPU	1889	Promote democratic governance in general	www	Wikipedia	active
League of Nations	LoN	1920	The first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace	www	Wikipedia	inactive
United Nations	UN	1945	Intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and countries, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for coordinating the actions of member states.	www	Wikipedia	active
World Federalist Movement	WFM	1947	Working for a federation of nation-states	www	Wikipedia	active
One Word Trust		1951	To develop effective, accountable and inclusive global governance through collaboration, research and education.	www	Wikipedia	active
World Citizen Government		1953	Human rights, world citizenship, and world law	www	Wikipedia	active
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	OECD	1961	Economic Cooperation	www	Wikipedia	active
Group of 77		1964	Promote the economic interests of the south within the UN	www	Wikipedia	active
Earth Day		1970	Annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection	www	Wikipedia	active
World Economic Forum	WEF	1971	Forum bringing global business and financial elites together with political leaders to shape global agendas	www	Wikipedia	active
United Earth (USA)		1974	Non-profit, nongovernmental organization that recognizes and promotes environmental leadership and humanitarian excellence around the world	www		active
Great Transition Initiative	GTI	2003	Broad vision for transition toward global sustainability	www		active
GreenFaith		1992	Global faith-rooted climate actions	www	Wikipedia	active
One World		1995	Innovate internet and mobile phone applications that the world's poorest people can use to improve their life chances, and that help people everywhere understand and act on global problems	www		active
Simpol		2000	Coordinating simultaneous policies across nation-states	www		active
Global Democracy Initiative		2005	Former legislators assisting in democratization	www		active
United Earth (Japan)		2006	Certified NPO mobilising thousands of volunteers and partner groups to deliver disaster-relief, overseas self-reliance projects and regenerative community building across Japan and the Global South.	www		active
The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA)		2007	Global parliament within the UN	www	Wikipedia	active
Global Citizen		2008	Movement for global awareness	www	Wikipedia	active
Democracy International		2011	Strengthening direct democracy and citizens' participation at local level	www	Wikipedia	active
Global Challenges Foundation		2012	Awareness of global catastrophic risk and the need for global governance	www	Wikipedia	active
World Government Summit	WGS	2013	Dubai-based forum	www	Wikipedia	active
The International Flag of Planet Earth		2015	A proposal ready to be utilized.	www	YouTube	active
United Earth Community		2015	Open, co-creative movement that invites changemakers to collaborate on whole-systems solutions and unified global actions for a regenerative, peaceful planet.	www		uncertain
Democracy Without Borders		2017	Promotes global democracy, global governance and global citizenship	www	Wikipedia	active
World Citizens Assembly Lab		2017	Concept for global democracy	www		active
World Parliament Experiment		2018	Simulating global voting	www	Discussion paper	active
Young World Federalists	YWF	2019	Youth-led world federalist organisation affiliated with WFM/IGP	www	Policy handbook	active
Global Governance Forum		2020	Stronger international cooperation	www		active
One World Network		2020	Promote democratic governance in general	www	Global Democracy (book)	uncertain
Global Assembly		2021	Experimental "global parliament" demonstated at the COP26 In Glasgow	www	Wikipedia	inactive
Global Democracy Coalition	GDC	2021	A worldwide alliance of over 100 organisations working to advance and defend democracy globally.	www
United Earth	UE	2023	Vision for an Earth Parliament by 2035 and a democratic federal global state by 2050	this site		active
Global Citizens’ Assembly Network	GloCAN	2023	Research collective that generates actionable insights to inform the governance, design, implementation, and evaluation of global citizens’ assemblies.	www		active
Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance	MEGA	2024	Strengthening global governance to protect the environment	www		active
United Earth		2025	Strengthening multilateralism, empowering people.	www		active
United Earth Now		2025	Forum for stronger international laws, solidarity across borders, a world free from oppression, poverty, and exploitation.	www		active

An invitation to collaborate

We are reaching out to organisations and initiatives listed above to introduce United Earth, invite corrections to their entries in our overview, and explore opportunities for dialogue, collaboration and mutual support.

To make our intentions clear and transparent, we publish the general invitation below. Individual messages may include additional information relevant to each recipient.

Subject: Uniting Global Governance Initiatives – A Call for Collaboration

Dear fellow Earth citizen,

We are reaching out from the United Earth initiative, which is developing a proposal for a democratic global federation and a practical path towards establishing it.

Our vision centres on an Earth Parliament, a federation of semi-sovereign blocs, and strong regional and local self-government based on subsidiarity. We also propose AGORA, a global digital environment for knowledge-based participation, deliberation and democratic voting, initially within a proto-organisation that people everywhere can help develop and test.

The proposal is presented in WHY – WHAT – HOW, available at united.earth.

We recognise that organisations and initiatives working towards better global governance have different histories, priorities and approaches. We see this diversity as an opportunity to exchange knowledge, learn from one another and explore forms of collaboration that respect everyone’s independence.

As part of this effort, we have compiled an overview, including your initiative here:

Global democracy projects

We would welcome your help in improving it. Is any information about your organisation inaccurate or incomplete? Are there details we should correct or add?

More broadly, we would be interested to hear how you see the prospects for greater cooperation among initiatives working towards global democracy and more effective global governance.

We hope this can be the beginning of a constructive dialogue and would be glad to explore opportunities for mutual support.

With appreciation and solidarity,

United Earth initiative
https://united.earth

If you see opportunities for dialogue, collaboration or mutual support, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!