---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nicole LEONARD <[email protected]> Date: Thu, May 11, 2017 at 11:09 AM Subject: ECA Weekend June 9-11: Municipalism in BCN and SSE in Athens To: [email protected] Dear commoners, The ECA will soon be having a big weekend, June 9-11! We will be present at two separate events in Barcelona and Athens. We encourage those of you who are close to attend if possible (unfortunately we do not have enough funds to support travel). If you cannot make it, look for follow-up articles on the experiences there. Contact for both up until the event is through this ECA Weekend thread <https://www.loomio.org/d/yE60lQhK> on loomio. **Friday June 9 - ECA side event at Fearless Cities Barcelona (organized by BCN en Comú, June 9-11)* Fearless Cities <http://fearlesscities.com/>, an international municipalist summit which takes place in Barcelona from June 9-11, is sharing local experiences in different cities of the municipalist movement. One of their focuses is on commons. As part of their program, there will be an event for the ECA on Friday June 9. The tentative format is an open assembly to discuss municipalism and the commons followed by a work session to share experiences and develop the ECA proposal on urban commons <http://wiki.commonstransition.org/wiki/ECA:_The_Urban_Commons>. The exact time and location will be announced shortly. We expect this to be a point of departure for the next ECA in Madrid in late October this year. Additionally, the organizers of Fearless Cities are still looking for testimonies from women on local experiences of urban commoning and municipalism to add to their program. If you are interested in presenting please get in touch with the organizers: [email protected] *If you plan to attend* the ECA side event, please help us out by signing up HERE <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclKYnTzT_LVQWEV35mmCpfBc65C-e4a3r23wp73ilndZi6rA/viewform?usp=sf_link>(takes 1 min.) It’s a useful way to stay in touch for updates. Link- register for Fearless Cities <http://fearlesscities.com/registration-workshops-and-roundtables/>. It’s not necessary to participate in the ECA event, but it is if you want to participate in other Fearless Cities events. **June 9-11, Assembly and Policy Workshop at the 4th Social Solidarity Economy Congress in Athens * The 4th Social and Solidarity Congress <https://universse2017.org/>, where RIPESS is also holding their 6th General Assembly, features the commons as a thematic axis and includes many commons sessions. The ECA will host two activities there. The exact times (along with more info on content) are still TBA. (1) Open Assembly: “What Economy for the Commons?” - Exploring convergence between SSE and commons We will hold an 2-hour session of short panel and then open discussion to explore our mutual understanding of how the commons and social and solidarity economy relate to each other. It is also an opportunity to discover the ECA, make new introductions, and connect with local commoners. (2) Workshop: European policy for SSE and Commons After the assembly, we focus on developing policy for the commons and SSE. We are particularly interested in sharing examples and tactics for commons policy. This is a way to prepare concrete proposals for the November Forum for the Social and Solidarity Economy in Brussels at the EP, and to continue to develop the ECA proposal on <http://wiki.commonstransition.org/wiki/ECA:_Social_and_Solidarity_Economy_and_Participation>Social and Solidarity Economy and Participation <http://wiki.commonstransition.org/wiki/ECA:_Social_and_Solidarity_Economy_and_Participation> . *If you plan to attend *either of these two sessions, please help us out by SIGNING UP HERE. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6IGZjPlfl1Nn9SvlTJ4xmMICyPZiDyZiqMv74s95_l8QxMg/viewform?usp=sf_link> This will ensure you get updates as they arise. There’s no need to also register for the Congress. Best, Nicole -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/