[P2P-F] dialoguecafe.org.....

Thu Mar 17 14:07:16 CET 2011

although what I propose in the next lines is not a short term solution,
on the medium term,
an additional source of financial support may
possibly come from the creation of ( official ) partnerships ( again )
within this EU co-sponsored framework ?

http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/

<http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/>I went to the opening ceremony
here in Brussels.

That's where I heard of "dialoguecafe".

Some of the people present seemed to be well aware of the difficulty for
smaller projects to access funds and the heavy bureaucratic burden ( not
sure if they ll do anything to it ) ,...

One of the buzz words seemed to be "scalability"...

Several high placed technocrats from various "Directorate
General's", including one commissioner, expressed their interest in
supporting the platform within the limits of their respective missions and
budgets. This morning, the President of the Commission, Miguel Barosso,
officially opened the platform.

( one of the biggest budgets probably being the regional structural
development funds - 350 Billion euros over a time laps of 7 years - note :
the current 7 year program "only" spent 10 percent of its budget by mid-term
- ref : http://thebureauinvestigates.com/2010/11/29/top-story-3/  )

I would recommend getting in touch / talking directly, on the phone, if you
can, with

"Diogo Vasconcelos"
http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/node/4618

more about "SIX"

http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/aboutsix

SIX is a global community of over 1000 individuals and organisations –
including small NGOs and global firms, public agencies and academics -
committed to promoting social innovation and growing the capacity of the
field.   Our aim is to improve the methods with which our societies find
better solutions to challenges such as ageing, climate change, inequality
and healthcare.

SIX was designed to fill a gap. There are some existing networks of social
innovators – both groups and individuals – in particular sectors (e.g.
health, environment, cities), particular fields (e.g. social
entrepreneurship, policy, design), and particular countries and regions. SIX
does not aim to compete with, or supplant, any of these initiatives, but
rather intends to link them together to promote learning and collaboration
across sectors, fields and countries.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Franz,
>
> I have substantially downgraded my plans for the Chiang Mai Commons,
>
> in fact, numerous talks with thai people did not yield any committments for
> cooperation, and even amongst the more activite local digital expats, it
> seems location was an issue,
>
> so, I decided to continue the kind of work that yields  more effect,
> responses and results, i.e. the global online work I'm undertaking,
>
> this does not mean of course, I cannot cooperate with local initiatives (I
> now joined the bi-weekly barcamp meetings here), nor participate, through
> webcam, in any global initiatives,
>
> the building is now for rent, and the aim is to provide a basic income to
> continue my research and engagement,
>
> I will literally have almost zero income for the first half of this year,
> as a lot of cultural institutions seem now to have serious budget and
> austeritiy issues, so the need to focus on this material aspect becomes
> quite serious,
>
> Michel
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Franz Nahrada <f.nahrada at reflex.at>wrote:
>
>>  *Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> *wrote on Dantes link*:*
>>
>> *http://dialoguecafe.org/* <http://dialoguecafe.org/>*"Dialogue Cafe
>> enables face to face conversations between diverse groups of people from
>> around the world so that they can share experiences, learn from each other
>> and work together to make the world a better place. Dialogue Cafes are now
>> open in Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon and Amsterdam."*
>>
>>
>> ....indeed seems similar to video-bridging,
>>
>> I was in touch with them. very exciting idea, although they implement in
>> heavy business areas..
>>
>> seems the same digital divide and bias is happining anywhere unless a
>> community is crazy enough to go the global villages way.
>>
>> AND it seems I have to be after that myself (sadly) - We are still trying
>> in iuzr fiberopitic villages to get things going.
>>
>> all I know is that I want to bridge with Chiang Mai and have us start
>> regular P2P lectures soon.
>>
>> I think if Michel simply would comprehensively do a biweekly lecture
>> giving hints on what he did in his research that would be great....
>>
>> Franz
>>
>>
>>
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