The Incontro dei Valori at Vasto finished on Sunday 7 October.
I tackled certain topics that I want to pick up and publish on the blog. The first is the Internet Party.
”The Internet Party is the future organizational structure for Italia dei Valori. The Internet allows for a direct relationship between the citizens and the elected people, between those who benefit from administration and those who administrate.
Direct democracy, possible thanks to the Internet with the active participation of the citizens, creates a new political scenario in which the act of delegation that happens at the moment of voting is substituted by daily control in the application of the programme.
Changes in information have always produced profound modifications in the social and political context. This is what is happening with the Internet.
Communication and interaction with the citizens, a trim organisation that operates effectively and in real time. This is what the party wants to offer. To be continuously relating to its members with an exchange of proposals. These are some Italia dei Valori’s objectives in making use of the Internet in its organisation.

Italia dei Valori has been operating blogs for some time. One of these is www.antoniodipietro.it. The purpose is to inform and interact with the citizens. The party has an important presence in Second Life. There’s a weekly video published on YouTube concerning the meetings of the Council of Ministers. From today it has a portal that is designed to interact with the citizens: www.italiadeivalori.it.
For the first time in Italy, the conference at Vasto uses video to broadcast the activity using free video streaming software called Stickam. Thanks to this software, by going to the blog, you can follow the meeting live wherever you are in the world.
The Internet is moving the weight of politics from the capital to the ideas. The costs of politics will tend to decrease naturally over time because of the Internet. Ideas will come to the fore."