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What is the Magazine about?
Our new book, “The Power of Civic Ecosystems: How community spaces and their networks make our cities more cooperative, fair and resilient” collects from 15 countries over 50 inspiring practices of civic ecosystem-building, ranging from municipal policies to strategic design methods and citizen initiatives. Available for free download.
Public procurement with social impact
Local communities and their local governments have two possible ways to cooperate. One is centred upon the use of public procurement for social purposes. The second is based on
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Neighbourhood Mothers – from the target group to actor
Neighbourhood Mothers (Naapuriäiti in Finnish) is a social inclusion programme that is reaching out to women who moved to Finland and encouraging them to become
The promotion of the commons in Naples: from self-organisation to co-governance
The city of Naples (Italy)[1] is an exemplary case study of how a city can co-design legal and sustainable urban commons governance mechanisms and enable
Mobilising local resources: The Val di Noto Community Foundation
Community foundations are a means to mobilise resources within a territory in order to help the creation of local initiatives. In an area with limited
Gólya: collective ownership in a self-organised social and cultural centre
Gólya is a self-organised community space in Budapest’s 8th district. Gólya has relocated to its current location due to intense property development and increasing real estate
Placemaking
What kinds of financial support and solidarity structures are needed to help community-led development projects flourish?
Gamification
How to make digital interaction more engaging and fun? We explore the use of digital games to experience and design your city.
Urban commons
How can urban commons strengthen communities and help face the upcoming social and economic challenges? Produced in cooperation with the gE.Co project.
Manifesto to Action
We advocate for existing knowledge, policy recommendations and financial resources to be geared towards the strengthening of social and solidarity economy practices throughout Europe.
