[P2P-F] Fwd: [members] Declaration commons collaborative economy: Public policies recommendations to promote commons oriented models of the collaborative economy

Wed May 18 00:21:11 CEST 2016

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From: Mayo Fuster Morell <mayo.fuster at eui.eu>
Date: 2016-05-17 19:01 GMT+07:00
Subject: [members] Declaration commons collaborative economy: Public
policies recommendations to promote commons oriented models of the
collaborative economy
To: P2P Value Members List <members at lists.p2pvalue.eu>

Hola P2Pvalue

Finally, the Launching of the Declaration for a commons collaborative
economy: Public policies recommendations to promote commons oriented models
of the collaborative economy

Please help to spread the word though your channels and Ann Marie I would
appreciate very much if you send it around from p2Pvalue accounts.

Thank you.

Mayo today going to Paris for the Ouishare event

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Launching of the Declaration for a commons collaborative economy: Public
policies recommendations to promote commons oriented models of the
collaborative economy

We are please to announce the launching of version 0.3 of the Declaration
for a commons collaborative economy. The Declaration aims first to
highlight the importance to distinguish several models of collaborative
economy -depending on the type of economy, technology and knowledge access
that are based on- , as well as the relevance of a commons-oriented model
within the collaborative economy. Second, to provide policy recommendations
for the public administrations, generally,  and specifically for the design
process of regulatory guidelines engaged by the European Commission and
Committee of Regions of the European Union. In this regard, the document
provides more than 120 policies recommendations.

The Declaration is the result of a process of co-creation of public
policies which included several channels of online consultation and
participation, and the debate at an international event that took place in
Barcelona in March 2016, which gathered more than 400 experts, citizens and
sector representatives, ending in this joint statement of public policies
for the collaborative economy.

Complete version: http://procomuns.net/en/policy/

Summary of Declaration for a commons collaborative economy: Public policies
recommendations to promote the commons oriented models of the collaborative
economy
Collaboration means Economy

Collaboration in achieving shared objectives and the provision of goods and
services that meet the needs of the population and ensure a decent life is,
or should be, the purpose of the economy. The adoption of new information
technologies and communication has greatly reduced coordination and
collaboration transaction costs, generating a universe of new opportunities.

Commons as a third productive model

Commons-based production is accomplished by communities who work for mutual
and collective benefit under the principles of participation and shared
governance, resulting in collective property and open access resources and
services. Commons is a third model that breaks with the binomial
market-state notion, formed -allegedly- by the only two organizational
models able to meet the needs of the population; it aspires to have a more
respectful balance between the conventional replication system and that of
a caring social economy, as well as looking after the Environment.

The most renowned and highly successful cases are Free Software (which
dominates over proprietary software in many fields, including for example
Internet servers) and Wikipedia (a global leader in free knowledge and
online participation), which demonstrated that the commons model can
succeed and have more presence than traditional proprietary economic models
in sectors where it operates. Commons-based production is growing at a fast
pace, expanding into many areas.

What economy do we want? Extractive and privative collaborative economy vs
social, solidarity and commons economies

Recently, we have seen the emergence and growth of hybrid models that adopt
the same ethos and present organizational rationales that are similar to
the collaborative commons economic model, based on principles of
collaboration, but which in turn -at the same time- privatize other aspects
and layers (that are privately owned and which do not allow people who
contribute to intervene in its governance model). This is the case of Uber
and Airbnb, multinational corporations based in Silicon Valley, which
behave in the style of the prevailing globalized capitalist economic model,
based on extracting profits through networked collaboration.

The collaborative economy has been on the one hand readapted to a deepening
process of economic models, driven primarily by profit and speculation
(Internet as the new bubble, like real estate in the past), creating severe
inequalities and loss of rights, and on the other hand, it is a reality
that allowed the principles of a cooperative, social and solidarity economy
to ascend and gain centrality, with great potential for economic
transformation and innovative solutions for social and political exclusion
problems, as well as environmental sustainability. It is time to choose
what type of collaborative economy -and in the end what kind of economy- we
want.

An economic model for a different economy: from privatization to
“commonification”

The commons collaborative economy also represents a different public policy
model. Organizational commons models can be an inspiration for public
administrations, becoming more efficient and making better use of public
resources, as well as opening new channels for the participation and
activation of civil society in solving common problems and public needs
through commons-private partnerships. It is a way of moving from prevailing
privatization -within the globalization crisis cycle- to "commonification",
through the involvement of citizens and democratic institutions in the
provision and production of public goods and services, without having to
fall into a private framework or state re-centralization, but via the
activation of citizenship.

Now is the time for promoting public policies for changes towards a commons
based collaborative economy

Now is the time for administrations and governments to join and strengthen
this type of collaborative economy, ignoring the one that is appropriating
its name, taking action to stop the enclosure of knowledge and digital
commons. Now is the time because the emerging role of cities and
municipalities as operating systems of change is coming together, as well
as the need to advance towards shared solutions against inequalities,
participation in and with institutions, testing of new formulas in which
economic activity is understood in a holistic way and at the service of the
people.

The collaborative commons economy: what are we talking about? Guiding
principles

The guiding principles of the collaborative commons economy approach, and
the things we can do, therefore, in order to address the initiatives
designed to promote and foster a collaborative economy (taking into account
the different actors involved) would be:

What kind of economy?

   -

   One that seeks to provide a service or resource that is economically
   sustainable, without putting profit above the purpose of service or
   entering into speculative dynamics.
   -

   One that recognizes beyond monetary value through governance procedures
   adopted to ensure the control of value generated by users and community
   members.
   -

   One in line with company procedures related to the cooperative, social
   and solidarity economy, such as cooperative tradition and the third sector
   (e.g. foundations representing the community).
   -

   One which is attentive and responsible for externalities generated, both
   in terms of environmental and social reproduction.
   -

   One that includes principles of equality and justice in the development
   and distribution of work, focusing on the welfare of people in the
   governance of the community.

What kind of knowledge?

   -

   Open knowledge through the use of open licenses (such as Creative
   Commons licenses). One that seeks to promote access and reclaim the
   resources generated through public or collective ownership.

What kind of technology?

   -

   Technology options that favor the transparency, participation and
   freedom of citizens, taxpayers and users. In this sense, one based on free
   software, open standards and if possible on decentralized architectures.