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“ShareMelbourne is an initiative to connect all local sharing economy groups across the city including community gardens, tool & seed libraries, car-sharing programs, collaborative consumption start-ups, food co-ops and co-working communities” (Shareable.net 2016) More
FL1 is a community workshop founded by a global software company to showcase the future of design. It was founded in 2013. NB. MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SII IS FOR INTERNAL TRANSIT USE ONLY More
HS4 is a non-profit community-run workshop founded in 2009 by members of the technology community in a large Southern UK city. NB. MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SII IS FOR INTERNAL TRANSIT USE ONLY More
IH was founded in 2011 in Belo Horizonte, a city in southeastern Brazil, with several different membership plans that were affordable and decided in a participatory manner. IH BH is relearning to organize the company in a way that can make a profit, because it... More
Participatory budgeting in Amsterdam consists of a community-initiated and a municipality-initiated stream that together make for more budget transparency and accountability on the local level and strengthen participatory democracy. More
The living lab in Eindhoven is a way of thinking and working that emerged in the city of Eindhoven and it is materialized in various places in the city. It combines technological innovation (i.e. ICT) with collaborative forms of working and citizen engagement. More
HS3 is a hackspace founded in July 2009 by members of the technology community in a city in Southern England; and playing a leading role in many grassroots technology events across the city. NB. MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SII IS FOR INTERNAL TRANSIT USE ONLY More
HS2 is a grassroots innovation organisation, based in the North of England. The organisation’s primary areas of focus are science & technology; arts and culture. it has been running since 2009. NB MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SII IS FOR INTERNAL TRANSIT USE ONLY. More
The Impact Hub Amsterdam was founded in 2008, being one of the first in the wider global network. The Impact Hub facilitates a co-creative working environment for social entrepreneurs aiming for impact for a more social and sustainable society. More
The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) is a voluntary, non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting informed, constructive public dialogue leading to a basic income guarantee in Canada. More
Since 2005 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, a key component of PB is that citizens and the municipal government have come together each year for several assemblies. More
The National Indigenous Peasant Movement are a Movement of more than 20,000 peasant and indigenous families of Argentina. It's main aim is achieve the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty through the Popular Organization. More
After the founding of BIEN-SUISSE (BIEN-Switzerland) in 2001 and the Initiative Grundeinkommen (Initiative Basic Income) in 2006, Switzerland saw a surge of activities and activism around a citizen initiative for a popular vote that took place in the summer of... More
Slow Food USA is the national chapter of Slow Food in the United States of America, which has 127 active local chapters and around 6.000 members. Slow Food USA aims to inspire individuals and communities to change the world through good, clean and fair food. More
Slow Food Mexico is the Mexican chapter of the Slow Food movement for Mexico and Central America. counts with 30 local chapters and around 500 associates in the Mexican territory, including some indigenous convivia. More
Participatory budgeting is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making in which citizens decide how to allocate part of a municipal or public budget. In Belo Horizonte the Participatory Budget process began in 1993. More
Porto Alegre’s PB is the oldest successful participatory budgeting experience in the world (26-years). It is a consolidated annual process that promotes the participation of citizens in the organization and which defines the municipal budgeting in Porto Alegre. More
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