Simpol's policy content is a work-in-progress. It is being developed by citizens around the world who support the campaign using a process hosted by the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation.

Supporters are invited to design, propose, refine, negotiate and ultimately approve Simpol's policies themselves. In this process, they may take advantage of policies already developed by non-governmental organisations or they may choose to take advantage of independent policy experts.

The policies being developed remain strictly provisional until sufficient international consensus for their implementation has been achieved. In that way Simpol's policy content remains

• Flexible: The policies can be changed at all times until the point of implementation to ensure they are fully appropriate for then-prevailing world conditions
• Democratic: The policies are not fixed so that, as new supporters join the campaign, they still have the opportunity to contribute to the process

Simpol is also globally inclusive. Not only does it allow citizens in democratic countries to participate in developing policy, at a later stage in the campaign, the governments of non-democratic nations can also participate.

For you as a politician, the flexible, on-going nature of Simpol's policy development means you can sign the Pledge without coming into conflict with your party's policy. Or read and sign it online.

To ensure Simpol only includes policies that genuinely require simultaneous implementation, the process incorporates a unique criterion for screening out national policies. In this way it achieves a healthy subsidiarity between the global level and the national level, so safe-guarding national sovereignty. This criterion is expressed in the following question:

Would the unilateral implementation of the policy by a single nation (or by a restricted group of nations) be likely to cause it a significant competitive disadvantage?

If the answer is:

• No: the policy does not qualify for inclusion in Simpol because it could be implemented by any nation (or restricted group of nations) alone.
• Yes: the policy qualifies for inclusion in Simpol.

In this way, only appropriate policies are included while the national sovereignty of all nations is maintained. By signing the Simpol Pledge you are therefore promoting your nation's interest to cooperate to solve global problems while still protecting its right to self-determination on all issues that have no international impact. You can read and sign the Pledge online here.

The process of Simpol's policy development is designed in two stages; the first to include the differing perspectives and priorities of supporters in each nation; the second, the need for a final set of policies which supporters and all governments can agree to, and implement.

Stage 1 is already evolving with some national Simpol organisations having already started their own national policy development process. Stage 2 would only commence once international support for Simpol was already widespread and the possibility of implementation was approaching.

• Stage 1: Supporters engage in their own independent national processes for developing Simpol's policy content. In this way, national perspectives and priorities can be taken into account;
• Stage 2: Representatives from each national Simpol organisation, as well as the representatives of non-democratic governments would meet to negotiate a final set of measures.

Stage 1 of policy development is an organic self-organising process, with many details to be determined as citizens join the process. For the latest, most advanced state of affairs, please contact Simpol-Australia for more information.

The details of Stage 2 cannot be predicted. But it is anticipated that, for democratic countries, representatives from both national governments and their respective national Simpol organisations would be involved, side-by-side. Also involved would be the governments of non-democratic nations. The details will become clearer as the process evolves and grows. In the meantime, Simpol needs YOUR Pledge to move the process further along!