although what I propose in the next lines is not a short term solution,<div>on the medium term,</div><div>an additional source of financial support may <br><div>possibly come from the creation of ( official ) partnerships ( again )</div>
<div>within this EU co-sponsored framework ?</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><a href="http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/">http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/</a></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/"></a>I went to the opening ceremony here in Brussels.</div><div><br></div><div>That's where I heard of "dialoguecafe".</div><div><br></div>
<div><div>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 ) ,...</div><div><br></div><div>
One of the buzz words seemed to be "scalability"...</div></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>( 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 : <a href="http://thebureauinvestigates.com/2010/11/29/top-story-3/">http://thebureauinvestigates.com/2010/11/29/top-story-3/</a> )</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I would recommend getting in touch / talking directly, on the phone, if you can, with</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 14px; ">"Diogo Vasconcelos" </span></div>
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</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi Franz,<br><br>I have substantially downgraded my plans for the Chiang Mai Commons,<br><br>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,<br>
<br>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,<br><br>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,<br>
<br>the building is now for rent, and the aim is to provide a basic income to continue my research and engagement,<br><br>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,<br>
<br>Michel<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Franz Nahrada <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:f.nahrada@reflex.at" target="_blank">f.nahrada@reflex.at</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Lucida Grande;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Lucida Grande" size="+0"><b>Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com" target="_blank">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> </b></font><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">wrote on Dantes link</font><font style="font-family:Lucida Grande;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Lucida Grande" size="+0"><b>:</b></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><a href="http://dialoguecafe.org/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="+0"><i>http://dialoguecafe.org/</i></font></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(49, 45, 28)" color="#312d1c" face="Times New Roman" size="+0"><i>"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."</i></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">....</font><span style="background-color:rgb(208, 208, 208)"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="+0">indeed seems similar to video-bridging,</font></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">I was in touch with them. very exciting idea, although they implement in heavy business areas..</font></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">seems the same digital divide and bias is happining anywhere unless a community is crazy enough to go the global villages way.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">AND it seems I have to be after that myself (sadly) - We are still trying in iuzr fiberopitic villages to get things going.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">all I know is that I want to bridge with Chiang Mai and have us start regular P2P lectures soon.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left"><font style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="+0">I think if Michel simply would comprehensively do a biweekly lecture giving hints on what he did in his research that would be great....</font></div>
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