[P2P-F] Workshop "Commons Josaphat" on Urban Commons in Brussels

Wed Nov 9 12:13:29 CET 2016

dear Geert

I would love to meet you and your crew, however, my agenda is already full
for this very short trip to belgium,

in the spring though, I will be 3 months in Ghent and will definitely visit,

Michel

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Geert de pauw <geertdpw at gmail.com> wrote:

> dear all,
>
>
> Commons Josaphat <https://commonsjosaphat.wordpress.com/> is a Brussels
> collective that believes in the commons as a paradigm for urban
> development.
> To realize this, we worked out a proposal for the development of the
> Josaphat site, one of the last undeveloped  pieces of land in our Region
> (24ha).
> The owner, the Brussels Region, wants to sell a big part of the land to
> developers. We propose to develop this futur urban neighborhood in a new
> way, in cooperation with existing civic initiatives: cohousing groups,
> community land trusts, energy cooperatives,...
> The principles are collective land ownership, anti-speculation,
> solidarity, collective management. (more info in the french version of our
> proposal for this Commons Neigbourhoud
> <https://commonsjosaphat.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/commons-josaphat_josaphat-en-commun01light.pdf>
> )
>
> The presence of so many European commoners in Brussels is the ideal
> occasion for us to discuss our proposal with you and to learn of your
> experiences. That's why we organize a *workshop on Tuesday, 15/11 from 16
> to 19h* at Zinneke, Place Masui 13 in Brussels. We want to organize
> exchanges between members of our collective and people who work elsewhere
> in Europe in the development of urban commons.
> We are mainly looking for concrete and inspiring examples. We would like
> to focus on:
>
>    - The drafting of a charter
>    - Developing a governance model to scale of a neighborhood
>    - Citizen funding of such a large-scale project
>    - Models for the collective management of the public and common space
>
> Can you let us know if you are enthusiast (and available) to participate
> the 15/11 from 16 to 19h? Thanks!
>
> Annexed you'll find a short description of what we do. If you're
> interested, let us know, we'll send you a short presentation with more
> inof. Hope to meet you on our workshop (or at on other moment of the
> European Commons Assembly),
>
> Geert De Pauw, Sophie Ghyselen, Verena Lenna, Loic Géronnez for Commons
> Josaphat
>

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