[P2P-F] latam currency experiences

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Eli,

I wonder if you could present these to our blog?

see http://www.ijccr.net/IJCCR/2011_%2815%29.html

Michel



Complementary Currencies for Sustainable Local Economies in Central America

Erik Brenes D 32-38


After more than a decade of researching, implementing and supervising
complementary currencies projects in the region, the Social Trade
Organisation Central America (STRO-CA) has accumulated many lessons learnt
and developed complementary currency methods along with strategies to
stimulate its circulation, but most of all to create stable, diversified and
resilient local economies in the cities where projects are in research,
execution and/or supervision. This report introduces the STRO-CA approach to
complementary currency development, and reflects on ten years of currency
innovation and development in Central America.


 <http://www.ijccr.net/IJCCR/2011_%2815%29_files/08%20Place.pdf>

Community Currency Progress in Latin America (Banco Palmas)

Christophe Place D 39-46


After losing its lawsuit against a community bank issuing a community
currency, the Central Bank of Brazil has just started a cooperation
agreement with the National Secretary for Solidarity Economy of the Labour
Ministry of Brazil to support and develop the current 51 community banks and
their own social currency in order to reach about 300 by 2012, becoming an
exemplary model. This world premiere central bank support associated with
one of the highest amount of community currency systems of Latin America
brought Brazil as a significant site of experimentation in this field.
Furthermore, some daring innovations seem to confirm this position in a
long-term future unless this normative control of a centralized institution
decreases the creativity. Indeed, sustainable economic orientation still
needs creative tools, associated to an ethical vision, to decrease material
consumption dependence and increase post-materialist values exchange:
community currency transformation to an effective grassroots innovation for
sustainability, prosperity and democracy seems to be necessary.

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