<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">-<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">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 <a href="http://procomuns.net" target="_blank">procomuns.net</a> 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.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The dutch-language press release is here: <a href="https://stad.gent/over-gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/nieuws-evenementen/een-commons-transitie-plan-voor-gent" target="_blank">https://stad.gent/over-<wbr>gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/<wbr>nieuws-evenementen/een-<wbr>commons-transitie-plan-voor-<wbr>gent</a>.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I have english presentation slides which can be obtained on request,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Vasilis in cc can also share the english language summary of european urban commons approaches,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Michel Bauwens</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span id="m_-6221611282626144477gmail-docs-internal-guid-8072b5da-9dc4-aa9c-ed3c-dbf8e57b0c27"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:18pt"><br></p></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Mayo Fuster Morell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mayo.fuster@eui.eu" target="_blank">mayo.fuster@eui.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Procomuns
is a forum for the cocreation of public policies for a commons-oriented collaborative economy.
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Collaborative policies for collaborative economy.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
A space for the codesign and development of proposals, and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">public-commons</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
solutions for a commons collaborative economy.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">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 </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">platform
cooperativism</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> as an
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">opportunity to democratize economy at a large scale.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">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
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">which policies could support the commons</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">,
and we will define guidelines for cities. We will reflect with </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Yochai
Benkler</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">, 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
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">resources for entrepreneurship</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">,
economic models and technologies for the scalability of initiatives, and </span>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">co-design solutions for city challenges, regarding housing, care, precarity
and exclusion</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">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. .</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Program:
</span><a href="http://procomuns.net/ca/programa-2017/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://procomuns.net/ca/progra<wbr>ma-2017/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Registration:
</span><a href="http://procomuns.net/ca/inscripcio/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://procomuns.net/ca/inscri<wbr>pcio/</span></a></p></blockquote></div><br><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div class="m_-6221611282626144477gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/<wbr>mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-<wbr>complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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