Pirate Parties International

Pirate Parties International
Party leader	Bailey Lamon
Emergence	2006
founding	April 17, 2010
Place of foundation	Brussels
Headquarters	Geneva
Number of members	44 state parties
Website	www.pp-international.net

Pirate Parties International (PPI) is the world association of pirate parties . The international non-governmental organization emerged in 2006 as a loose union of the pirate parties that were emerging at the time. The PPI was officially founded in April 2010 . It currently has 38 member parties (as of June 2019).

Task and structure

PP International supports and coordinates the start-up plans of pirate parties worldwide. It is also used for internal communication . To this end, it operates international forums and mailing lists .

The organization is led by the PPI Board, consisting of the chairman, the vice chairman, the treasurer, the general secretary and three other members.

history

After the founding of Piratpartiet in Sweden on 1 January 2006 more pirate parties emerged throughout Europe, and later worldwide. In the same year, these parties were loosely networked. In June 2007, representatives of the pirate parties of Sweden, the Netherlands , Austria , Germany , Poland , Spain , Ireland , Denmark and Finland met for the first time for an international conference in Vienna . Further conferences followed in Berlin and Uppsala in 2008 . In Uppsala, Andrew Norton (USA) was elected PPI coordinator and the Uppsala Declaration was adopted.

In early 2009 they met in Helsinki and in August 2009 was a Core Team (Core Team) led by Patrick Mächler (Switzerland) and Samir Allioui installed (Netherlands). Since October 2009 the PPI has had the status of a non-governmental organization (Feitelijke vereniging) based in Belgium .

The official constitution of the PPI, in which 22 national pirate parties took part, finally took place at a conference in Brussels from April 16 to 18, 2010 . The federal party conference of the German Pirate Party from May 15 to 16, 2010 in Bingen am Rhein officially confirmed the German party's accession. The first official general assembly of the PPI took place on March 12 and 13, 2011 in Friedrichshafen . The second general assembly was held in Prague on April 14th and 15th, 2012 . The third General Assembly took place on April 20 and 21, 2013 in Kazan . In 2017 she was granted advisory status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council . She is the patron of the Pirate Security Conference, which has been taking place in Munich since 2015 .

PPI conferences

International Pirate Party Conferences

Surname	Date of the conference	place	host
International Conference 2007	8-10 / 6/2007	Vienna , Austria
International Conference 1/2008	26-27/1/2008	Berlin , Germany
International Conference 2/2008	27-29 / 6/2008	Uppsala , Sweden
PPI Conference 2010 (Founding Conference)	16-18 / 4/2010	Brussels , Belgium	Pirate Party Belgium
PPI Conference 2011	12–13 / 3/2011	Friedrichshafen , Germany	Pirate Party Germany
PPI Conference 2012	14-15 / 4/2012	Prague , Czech Republic	Česká pirátská strana
Pirate Summer Conference	9-10 / 6/2012	Aarau , Switzerland	Aargau Pirate Party
PPI Conference 2013	20–21 / 4/2013	Kazan , Russia	Pirate Party of Russia
PPI Conference 2014	12–13 / 4/2014	Paris , France, on OpenSpace Conference	Pirate Party of France
PPI Conference 2015	4–5 / 7/2015	Warsaw, Poland, on OpenSpace Conference	Pirate Party of Poland
PPI Conference 2016	23–24 / 7/2016	Berlin , Germany	Pirate Party Berlin
PPI Conference 2017	25-23 / 11/2017	Geneva , Switzerland	Pirate Party of Switzerland
PPI Conference 2018	3–4 / 11/2018, online continuation on 10/11/2018	Munich , Germany	Pirate Party Germany , Pirate Party Bavaria

Exits

In February 2015, Pirate Party Australia terminated its membership from the PPI due to a serious disagreement with the direction and management of the organization. In the same month the Pirate Party UK also resigned , and in March the Belgian Pirate Party suspended its membership from the PPI.

On April 20, 2015, the Pirate Party of Iceland voted with an overwhelming majority for PPI to leave. A member of the executive, Arnaldur Sigurðarson, reported 96.56% of the vote in favor of the exit, adding: "The PPI has been pretty useless when it comes to aims to promote international cooperation between pirate parties."

In May 2015 the Swedish Pirate Party decided by a large majority to leave the PPI and terminate its observer status.

Members

According to the statutes, only parties with a modification of the word “pirates” in their name could join, the regulation was changed to allow other parties such as the Internet party New Zealand to join. In principle, only one party per country can become a member with voting rights; if another party is added, the votes are divided. Other organizations can become observing members. Individual sponsoring membership is possible.

country	Party name	continent
Belgium	Pirate Party / Parti Pirate *	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Piratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine	Europe
Brazil	Partido Pirata *	South America
Bulgaria	Piratska Partija *	Europe
Germany	Pirate Party Germany *	Europe
Estonia	Eesti Piraadi Party	Europe
Finland	Piraattipuolue *	Europe
France	Parti Pirate *	Europe
Greece	Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας	Europe
Israel	הפיראטים מפלגת	Asia
Italy	Partito Pirata Italiano *	Europe
Japan	Pirate Party Japan	Asia
Kazakhstan	Қазақстан Қарақшылар Партиясы *	Asia
Croatia	Piratska Stranka Hrvatske	Europe
Latvia	Pirātu Partiju	Europe
Luxembourg	Lëtzebuerg Pirate Party *	Europe
Morocco	Parti Pirate Maroc	Africa
New Zealand	The Pirate Party of New Zealand Internet Party of New Zealand	Australia and Oceania
Netherlands	Pirate Party Nederland *	Europe
Norway	Pirate party Norge	Europe
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria *	Europe
Poland	Partia Piratów	Europe
Portugal	Partido Pirata Português *	Europe
Romania	Partidul Piratilor *	Europe
Russia	Пиратская Партия России *	Europe
Switzerland	Pirate Party Switzerland *	Europe
Slovakia	Slovenská Pirátska Strana	Europe
Slovenia	Piratska Stranka	Europe
Spain	Partido Pirata * Pirates de Catalunya	Europe
South Korea	Pirate Party South Korea	Asia
Czech Republic	Česká pirátská strana *	Europe
Tunisia	Pirate Party Tunisia	Africa
Turkey	Korsan Partisi	Europe
Ukraine	Українське піратське співтовариство	Europe
Hungary	Kalózpárt	Europe
Belarus	Pirate Center Belarus	Europe

* Founding members

observer

Germany	Pirate Party Bavaria Pirate Party Berlin Pirate Party Hesse Pirate Party Lower Saxony Pirate Party North Rhine-Westphalia Pirate Party Potsdam europe beyond division
France	Pirate lobby
Iceland	Besti flokkurinn
Serbia	Pokret Napred
Sweden	Ung Pirat (Youth Association of the Swedish Pirate Party)
Spain	Piratas de La Rioja
United States	Florida Pirate Party Pirate Pirate Party of New York
International	Pirates Without Borders

• The Pirate Party of Ireland's membership (founding member) was revoked in June 2012 after the party disbanded.
• In February 2015, the Pirate Party Australia (founding member) and the Pirate Party UK (founding member) resigned.
• The Pirate Party of Belgium (founding member) suspended its membership in March 2015.
• In April 2015 the Pirate Party of Iceland resigned.
• The Pirate Party of Sweden terminated its observer status in May 2015.
• On July 24, 2016, the Pirate Party of Canada / Parti Pirate du Canada resigned . The party was dissolved on November 30, 2017.
• The Pirate Party of Serbia (founding member) was dissolved in 2017.
• The Danish Pirate Party (founding member) was dissolved in 2017.
• The Austrian Pirate Party Tyrol was dissolved on January 11, 2019.

Board

The first board was elected at the founding meeting. Since then, the board has been re-elected annually at a PPI conference. The PPI Board of Directors is made up of an equal pair of chairs, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the assessors .

Previous board members of Pirate Parties International

year	Chairperson	CAO	CFO	Assessor	Substitute assessor
2010/2011	Grégory Engels , Jerry Weyer	Joachim Mönch	Nicolas Sahlqvist	Aleksandar Blagojevic, Jakub Michálek , Bogomil Shopov	-
2011/2012	Samir Allioui , Marcel Kolaja (resigned)	Lola Voronina	Patrick Mächler	Finlay Archibald (resigned) , Paul da Silva (resigned) , Thomas Gaul	-
2012/2013	Grégory Engels, Lola Voronina	Travis McCrea	Ed Geraghty	Nuno Cardoso , Jelena Jovanović, Denis Simonet	Brendan Molloy, Thomas Gaul, Alessandra Minoni, Andrew Norton (resigned April 26, 2012)
2013/2014	Grégory Engels, Vojtěch Pikal	Thomas Gaul	Marc Tholl	Nuno Cardoso, Azat Gabrakhmanov, Denis Simonet	Jelena Jovanović, Paul Bossu , Radosław Pietroń, Yasin Aydin
2014/2015	Maša Čorak until January 6, 2015, Koen de Voegt	Thomas Gaul	Sebastian Krone	Grégory Engels, Anders Kleppe, Stathis Leivaditis	Marco Confalonieri, Yasin Aidin, Min Chiaki, Chemseddine Ben Jemaa
2015/2016	Andrew Reitemeyer Patrick Schiffer	Henrique Peer	Karla Medrano	Min Chiaki, Chemseddine Ben Jemaa, Richard Hill	Anders Kleppe, Nikolay Voronov, Koen De Voegt, Gregory Engels
2016-2017	Guillaume Saouli, Bailey Lamon	Thomas Gaul	Keith L. Goldstein	Andrew Reitemeyer, Raymond Johansen, Koen De Voegt	Anders Kleppe, Patrick Schiffer, Adam Wolf , Grégory Engels
2017 to November 2018	Guillaume Saouli, Bailey Lamon	Keith L. Goldstein	Thomas Gaul	Andrew Reitemeyer, Raymond Johansen, Koen De Voegt, Nikolay Voronov	Adam Wolf, Etienne Evelin, Daniel Danta Prazeres, Grégory Engels
November 2018 - December 2019	Guillaume Saouli (chair) Bailey Lamon (vice-chair)	Keith L. Goldstein	Michal Gill	Etienne Evellin, Raymond Johansen, Ladislav Koubek	Daniel Dantas Prazeres, Grégory Engels, Kitty Hundal, Cédric Levieux
since December 2019	Bailey Lamon (chair) Grégory Engels (vice-chair)	Keith L. Goldstein	Daniel Dantas Prazeres	Cédric Levieux, Thomas Gaul, Michal Gill, Linda B. Tørkle, Giuseppe Calandra	Sebastian Krone, Carlos Polo, Svein Mork Dahl, Cristina Diana Bargu

patronage

The Pirate Party International is the patron of the Pirate Security Conference .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pirate Parties. Retrieved June 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ About PPI on the PPI homepage, accessed April 14, 2010
3. ↑ Self-presentation on the Wiki of the Pirate Parties International, accessed November 10, 2010
4. ↑ Press release ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Establishing the PPI, Retrieved November 10, 2010 
5. ^ PPI Conference 2011
6. ↑ https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/ecosoc6843.doc.htm
7. ↑ Resigned on 22nd of February 2020 . Retrieved March 13, 2020.
8. ↑ International Security Conference of the Pirate Party ›Pirate Party Germany. Retrieved on August 13, 2019 (German). 

Web links

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