[P2P-F] The Commons Transition Plan for the City of Ghent has been delivered and accepted

[Kevin Carson]

I would definitely like to see the English translations when it's
convenient for you.

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Michel Bauwens
<michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
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> Dear all, we have just finished crafting the first Commons Transition Plan
> for the city of Ghent, which will be published officially next thursday, so
> far in Dutch only but it will be translated into english later. It has been
> accepted by the city officials and the red-green-blue coalition, and the
> mayor has declared that this would be the way forward. The study is based on
> 80 conversations with commoners, an extended questionnaire filled in by 70
> projects, and 9 workshops on the different provisioning systems seen as a
> commons as well as a workshop using the Commons Finance Canvas to explore
> ethical and generative livelihoods.The commoners in Ghent (500 projects have
> been identified) have also welcomed the proposal. This fall, a Assembly of
> the Commons, not unlike procomuns.net or the french Assemblies that alreadhy
> exist, will be organized for a dialogue with the city on how to move forward
> on the basis of this report. Barcelona, along with Bologna, Frome and
> others, have of course inspired that work, An appendix, written by Vasilis
> Niaros of the P2P Lab, is a comparative study of the approches of Bologna,
> Barcelona and others, for example, the Impetus Plan in BCN. Yurek Onzia was
> the coordinator of the project, with myself as researcher.
>
> The dutch-language press release is here:
> https://stad.gent/over-gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/nieuws-evenementen/een-commons-transitie-plan-voor-gent.
>
> I have english presentation slides which can be obtained on request,
>
> Vasilis in cc can also share the english language summary of european urban
> commons approaches,
>
> Michel Bauwens
>
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> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Mayo Fuster Morell <mayo.fuster at eui.eu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Procomuns is a forum for the cocreation of public policies for a
>> commons-oriented collaborative economy. Collaborative policies for
>> collaborative economy. A space for the codesign and development of
>> proposals, and public-commons solutions for a commons collaborative economy.
>>
>>
>>
>> The collaborative economy based on digital platforms is growing
>> exponentially, creating challenges and opportunities. It has turned into a
>> top priority for the political agenda around the world, and the involvement
>> of citizenship is key, as well as the differentiation of models and to
>> impulse of the commons model and platform cooperativism as an opportunity to
>> democratize economy at a large scale.
>>
>>
>>
>> This year 2017 is the year of the regulations of the collaborative
>> economy: we will discuss with representatives of the European Parliament,
>> the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council about which
>> policies could support the commons, and we will define guidelines for
>> cities. We will reflect with Yochai Benkler, expert in digital commons, on
>> the deep transformations underway, as well as define strategies of passing
>> from an oligarchical economy to open social economy. We will present
>> resources for entrepreneurship, economic models and technologies for the
>> scalability of initiatives, and co-design solutions for city challenges,
>> regarding housing, care, precarity and exclusion.
>>
>>
>>
>> 27 & 28 of June (Tuesday and Wednesday) in Barcelona Activa (C / Laguna
>> 162-164) from 9am to 19pm every day, and final party at 28th at La T.
>> Registration is open and free. .
>>
>>
>>
>> Program: http://procomuns.net/ca/programa-2017/
>>
>> Registration: http://procomuns.net/ca/inscripcio/
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> --
> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org
>
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> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org
>
> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net  - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net
>
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