<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Synergia Summer Institute</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:synergiainstitute@gmail.com">synergiainstitute@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 1:22 AM<br>Subject: Synergia Summer Institute July 2017 - Transition to Cooperative Commonwealth, Pathways to a new political economy<br>To: <a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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Monte Ginezzo, Tuscany, Italy<br>
July 10 – 21, 2017<br>
Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth:<br>
Pathways to a new political economy</h2>
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<font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">The Synergia Institute is excited to be launching its first face-to-face training program </font></font><font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">next July 2017</font></font><font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"> in Tuscany! For change makers everywhere this program offers an opportunity to explore real pathways to system change with leading experts in their fields.</font></font><br>
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<strong><font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth - Pathways to a New Political Economy</font></font></strong><font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">, is an intensive </font></font><font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">2 week</font></font><font face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"> program that links the global with the local through the diffusion of transformative ideas, models, and practices that advance game-changing solutions for progressive change in the following key areas:</font></font></p>
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