<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nicole.alix@coopdescommuns.org">nicole.alix@coopdescommuns.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 8:33 PM<br>Subject: Do you want to sign?Towards a people and planet-oriented (digital) transition in Europe: Platform cooperatives and their fundamental role in the context of recovery<br>To: <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br></div><br><br>
<div lang="FR" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_8903254272883991726WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dear</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Michel,<span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Digital transition figures high on the EU policy agenda (Digital Europe and the digital single market, EU Recovery Plan, Cohesion Policy, etc.). <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">At the same time, concerns are expressed on how gigantic players such as Amazon, Uber or AirBnb are about to monetize and “platformize” almost any aspect of people’s lives, including the most sensitive ones: personal opinions, daily activities, the functioning of democracies, the autonomy of states and the EU. Other digital start-ups follow their example. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Some alternatives, so-called « platform cooperatives », have emerged to develop alternative models in many sectors : provision of food, mobility, care, support of SMEs, tourism, IT, … They differentiate themselves through democratic governance, territorial links, a fair sharing of the created value, a particular care for users’ wellbeing, ethical use of data, specific attention to enhancing social utility and environmental protection, inter-cooperation between projects. They have proven their value for the resilience of territories once again in the framework of the covid19 crisis. An increasing number of cities and regions are developing partnerships with these platform coop initiatives. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">However, a lot remains to be done so that platform coops can compete on a level playing field with dominant platforms and are able to attain sustainable economic models. The EU Recovery Plan and related policies are an important lever of change also in the platform economy</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">This is the reason why the following organisations, decided to elaborate a position paper, here attached. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">This paper is open to the signature of other organisations.<br>You will find the list of organisations following</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://coopdescommuns.org/fr/platform-cooperatives-and-their-role-in-the-context-of-recovery/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#1155cc">https://coopdescommuns.org/fr/platform-cooperatives-and-their-role-in-the-context-of-recovery/</span></i></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">NB : <span style="color:black">This paper has been written by the Co-communs working group, acting as an emerging European Alliance with commons activists, social economy networks and academics (<b>La Coop des Communs</b> - France ; <b>Smart</b> - Belgium ;<b> Internet Interdisciplinary Institute of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</b> - Spain ; <b>Réseau Européen des Villes et Régions de l’Économie Sociale (REVES) aisbl </b>- European Network ) and its partners (<b>Coompanions</b> - Sweden). They are in relation with the Platform Cooperativism Consortium, based in the New School (New York).<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Looking forward to hearing from you,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">With all my best thoughts,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Nicole<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" style="width:300.0pt"><tbody><tr><td width="124" valign="top" style="width:93.0pt;padding:0cm 7.5pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.coopdescommuns.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="160" height="139" style="width:1.6666in;height:1.4479in" id="m_8903254272883991726_x0000_i1025" src="https://nextcloud.coopdescommuns.org/index.php/s/7PofTXBx4P5qiBd/preview" alt="Logo La Coop des Communs"></span></a><span><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:2.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins;color:#4b4b4d">Nicole Alix</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"> <br><span style="color:#3cb1d4">Présidente</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:2.25pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins">+33 (0)6 14 15 04 34 <br></span><a href="mailto:nicole.alix@coopdescommuns.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins;color:#4b4b4d">nicole.alix@coopdescommuns.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"> <br></span><a href="https://coopdescommuns.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins;color:#4b4b4d">coopdescommuns.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Poppins"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" 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></div>