Initiative types

Understand the basics

Initiative types are the main framework for initiatives, as they allow administrators to define the different forms initiatives can take, as well as the specific rules and number of signatures needed for each type of initiatives.

For example, your organization could allow participants to:

propose a new regulation
open a working group or a committee
modify an existing regulation
calls for an extraordinary general assembly
adding items to a city council agenda

In general, such mechanisms are specified in an internal regulation (like a municipal normative or state law), specifying the number of signatures required.

You need to create at least one initiative type and one initiative type scope to enable participants to publish initiatives. If you create several initiative types, then participants can choose which type their initiative belongs to.

Konfiguration

Create an initiative type

To create an initiative type, click the "Manage" button in the top right of the page, then the "Initiative types" menu item.

Then, click the "New initiative type" button. You are redirected to the initiative type creation form.

General information

Table 1. Admin-Formular für neue Initiative Typ: Allgemeine Informationen
Feld	Typ	Beschreibung
Titel	Benötigt	Titel der Art der Initiative.
Beschreibung	Benötigt	Erläuterung dessen, was mit dieser Initiative getan werden kann.
Bannerbild	Benötigt	Ein Bild für diese Initiative. HINWEIS: Im Moment wird dies nicht verwendet.

Options

Table 2. Admin-Formular für neue Initiative Typ: Optionen
Feld	Typ	Beschreibung
Signaturtyp	Optional	Which kind of signature type is allowed. Optionen sind: Online, In-Person und Mixed. The Mixed option allows a participant to choose which signature type the initiative can collect.
Anhänge aktivieren	Optional	Wether it allows to upload attachments to initiatives of this type.
Teilnehmer können ihre Online-Signaturen rückgängig machen	Optional	Kann ein Teilnehmer seine Unterschrift rückgängig machen, wenn er bereits unterzeichnet hat?
Autoren erlauben, das Ende der Unterschriftensammlung zu wählen	Optional	Can the authors of an initiative change the end of the signature collection period when creating their initiative?
Enable authors to choose the area for their initiative	Optional	Allow authors and administrators to categorize initiatives thanks to organization Areas.
Unterschriftsbereich aktivieren	Optional	This configuration flag only support online votes. It enables sub-scopes and works with an authorization handler that associates a scope to the user. Make sure you select that authorization below in authorization settings. Damit es funktioniert, müssen Skizzen auf hierarchische Weise konfiguriert werden: 1 Elternteil - N Child.
Ermöglicht nur die Erstellung globaler Initiativen	Optional	Markieren Sie dieses Flag, wenn Sie "Child scope signature" aktiviert haben und den globalen Geltungsbereich als Ihren Elternbereich konfiguriert haben. By enabling this, scope selection is skipped in the initiative creation wizard.
Werbeausschuss aktivieren	Optional	Whether this type only allow individual initiative or allow collective initiatives (multiple promoters, being multiple individuals or a user group).
Mindestanzahl der Ausschussmitglieder	Optional	When "Enable promoting committee" option is checked, defines the minimum number of promoter’s committee member to send the initiative to technical validation.
Enable comments	Optional	Whether initiatives of this type can receive comments from participants.
Personendaten des Teilnehmers auf Unterschrift sammeln	Optional	Fügt dem Signaturprozess einen Schritt hinzu. When a participant clicks on the signature button, they are redirected to a form asking for some personal data. This is then used with the PDF export action after the recollection period has ended.
Rechtliche Informationen über die Erhebung personenbezogener Daten	Required if previous flag is checked.	Datenschutzhinweise und Nutzungsbedingungen für die persönlichen Daten des Teilnehmers während des Unterzeichnungsprozesses.

Authorization settings

Table 3. Admin-Formular für neuen Initiationstyp: Autorisierungseinstellungen
Feld	Typ	Beschreibung
Autorisierung, um die Dokumentennummer auf Unterschriften zu überprüfen	Optional	The type of authorization required to sign an initiative. Leave blank is no authorization is needed.

Click the create button at the bottom of the form to save your initiative type. Only after this, you are able to create the initiative type scope needed for creating the first initiatives.

Create an initiative type scope

An initiative type must have associated scopes to allow participants to create initiatives. Indeed, they allow to associate a scope with a number of signatures, and therefore to have multiple signatures threshold for a same initiative type.

On the initiative type form, scroll down to find a new section called "Scopes for the initiative type" and a button.

Click the "New initiative type scope" button to create one.

Table 4. Admin-Formular für neue Initiative Typ Anwendungsbereich
Feld	Typ	Beschreibung
Bereiche	Benötigt	Choose the scope related to this number if signatures. If you don’t have any rule, keep Global scope.
Unterschriften erforderlich	Benötigt	Number of signatures the initiative need to have before the end collection date to be accepted.

You can add multiple initiative type scopes if you have specific number of signatures for specific scopes. For example, it can be a percentage of different territories inhabitants.

Initiative type form scopes with three scopes

Manage initiative types

Once you created one or multiple initiative types, you are able to manage them on the list in the administration panel, with:

Initiative types: title of the initiatives type.
Created at: date of creation of the initiative types.

Aktionen

Table 5. Aktionen
Icon	Name	Definition
	Konfigurieren	To edit the configuration and initiate type scopes for this type.
	Berechtigungen	To edit the permissions for this initiative type.
	Löschen	To delete the initiate type. Can only be done when no initiative is linked to this type.

Berechtigungen

You can configure permissions for an initiative type by clicking the image:icons/action_permissions.png icon.

On this page, you can ask for specific Authorizations in order for participants to be able to sign or create an initiative.