Parti Collective: Reimagining Organizational Design and Digital Rights

Parti Collective is an international network and informal group that strives to pioneer new organizational approaches, utilizing the dancefloor and the metaphor of a party as its conceptual framework. Founded by innovation manager and political activist Michele d'Alena, the collective has been active for approximately twenty years, pushing for a radically just and regenerative society. The organization specializes in democratic digitalization and digital sovereignty, emphasizing a digital transition that is rooted in human rights by design and by default. A key area of their work involves the creation and management of digital commons, drawing from tangible experiences in cities like Barcelona and Bologna. Parti Collective collaborates with a wide array of partners, including CIDOB, Universitat de Barcelona, and Xnet, to promote digital public infrastructures that allow users to control the destiny of their content and data. Through various initiatives, such as the "Don't blame the people, blame the power" report and the 4D Conference on Democratic Digitalisation, Parti Collective advocates for public investment in sovereign technical solutions and European code. Their mission is to bridge the gap between community creativity and political action, fostering collective intelligence to address complex social and environmental challenges. By redefining how groups organize and collaborate, Parti Collective aims to build a more inclusive and resilient digital and social landscape.