my reflections, with Vasilis Niaros, on the experience, which we wrote in the summer, manuscript at https://docs.google.com/document/d/ 10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit# for others who might be interested: Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions By Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Niaros Contents Executive Summary 2 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.zihpf5gh14z7> 1. The Centrality of Urban Commons in the Social-Ecological Transition 7 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.abmd36lg963i> 1.1. Understanding the global conjuncture in which urban commons emerge 8 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.1oajxpye5qif> 1.1.1. Placing the re-emergence of urban commons in a ‘material’ historical context 8 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.74ly24q2clpz> 1.1.2. The political conjuncture for the urban commons as locus for societal change 12 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.5bji08qmxyg9> 1.1.3. The role of the commons in reducing the material footprint of humanity 13 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.xgn5gmojaesm> 1.1.4. The challenge of meaningful work in the age of Trumpism 15 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.geomrhuvf6pa> 1.2. The challenge of urban commons for the actors in the city 15 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.m2xmqh4bjrgu> 1.2.1. Contributory democracy as a challenge to representative democracy 15 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.fxky5ioeopd0> 1.2.2. The generative economy as a challenge to market power 16 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.jqhf3fk7fgqb> 1.2.3. The commons as a challenge to traditional civil society organisations 17 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.tava22e8k7l8> 2. Recent Developments in Urban Commons Transitions 18 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.rz7ynv39cukp> 2.1. Grassroots initiatives in urban commons transitions 18 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.fi77xctbsoxf> 2.1.1. Developments in the Global North 18 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.m6m0e3z1ify0> 2.1.2. Developments in the Global South 19 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.7o2njnk9z5lb> 2.1.3. The Assemblies of the Commons as the ‘voice’ of the commoners 20 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.n6tvimtohs82> 2.2. Commons-oriented municipal coalitions 22 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.kvzc8b5sxiel> 2.2.1. The rationale for our case study choices 22 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.mxcb7t2hksfc> 2.2.2. The city of Barcelona 23 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.2xzg3d64j6en> 2.2.3. The city of Bologna 26 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.8ybpnt54sjac> 2.2.4. The city of Naples 28 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.lryilkp9bjgu> 2.2.5. The city of Milan 29 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.t0cr3g8zomqr> 2.2.6. The city of Frome 30 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.xvkyp31ovlkw> 2.2.7. The city of Ghent 31 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.ofl1t11by0pr> 3. Towards a Coherent Institutional Design for Public-Commons Partnerships 35 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.mz1vxsuuhvok> 3.1 The basic concepts underlying public-commons partnerships 35 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.u9e9m5cqnj0u> 3.2 How is the Commons Transition Plan in Ghent related to the FLOK Society Project in Ecuador? 37 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.cfebyu6mqenx> 3.3 A three-pronged strategy for the commons transition 38 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.1d2maiuotqzd> 3.4. An institutional design for the city administration 39 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.tj1dyks4lev8> 3.5. Other proposals 41 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.b68gxng3lo4b> 3.6. Towards a global infrastructure for commons-based provisioning 44 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.21gjt5pyx10b> Acknowledgments 45 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.wjut7lfw6ysg> References 45 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.nebqfrbycrjg> -- 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/