Funding the Cooperative City
FRIEDA 23 is a venue for art and media production. Located in Rostock, Northern Germany, [...]
Polis is a platform developed by Martha Giannakopoulou and her studio, If- untitled, to [...]
Ecos is a cooperative of cooperatives which works to support the growth of single [...]
In the early 2000s, some cities in the Central Eastern European region began to introduce [...]
Southern European countries were among the hardest hit by the 2008 economic crisis. In [...]
The Jurányi Incubator House brings together dozens of theatre groups, associations and [...]
Paralelní Polis is a community space organised around the notions of bitcoin and [...]
Civic initiatives regenerating urban areas emerged all over Europe as an answer to the [...]
While affordable space for housing and community activities in Europe has traditionally [...]
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a model of community-led development, where local [...]
Stad in de Maak is an association set up to take on the redevelopment of vacant [...]
Locality is the national network of ambitious and enterprising community organisations, [...]
In the past years, civic crowdfunding has become an increasingly used tool by communities [...]
Shuffle Festival is an annual event that exhibits creativity through films, performances, [...]
Brickstarter is a platform for crowdfunding and crowdsourcing architectural projects, [...]
Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust was created in 2011 to address housing issues [...]
Stiftung Edith Maryon was created in 1990. The foundation’s mission is to secure [...]
In the last decades, ownership has become a key factor of our societies and economies. As [...]
Homebaked is a cooperative bakery in Anfield, close to the famous stadium of Liverpool [...]
In the following months, we will bring our new book Funding the Cooperative City: [...]
To a large extent, the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a result of excessive [...]
Coop57 is a cooperative for ethical financial services with the objective of financing [...]
In 2011 a dozen young people retreated for a weekend to one of the suburbs of Hungary’s [...]
During the past few decades, housing has been at the forefront of community-led [...]
Goteo is a platform for civic crowdfunding founded by Platoniq, a Catalan association of [...]
Vivero de Iniciativas Ciudadanas is a platform to support citizen projects in Madrid. [...]
Művelődési Szint (MÜSZI Art & Community Centre) is a cultural space operating on [...]
Bottega Artistico Musicale is an experimental centre of independent cultural [...]
La Cuciria - Sartoria Creativa Emotiva aims at creating awareness of ethical [...]
The Peissnitzhaus, a historical building in Halle/Saale was abandoned between 1990 and [...]
Stiftung trias was established in 2002, to help community groups and co-housing projects [...]
Located in a building of 220 m2 in Matera, Casa Netural includes a co-working space, [...]
Largo Residências is a hostel, hotel, artist-in-residence and café in Lisbon’s [...]
Carrozzerie_n.o.t is an ex-car repair workshop in Rome that has been transformed into [...]
Interazioni Urbane is an association based in Rome. Composed of architects, [...]
“If you have space, you should do something directly for the people who make up the [...]
Gängeviertel is a historic neighbourhood of Central Hamburg. When plans emerged about [...]
De Besturing was founded in 2006 in an industrial area of The Hague and over the years it [...]
Funding the Cooperative City: Community Finance and the Economy of Civic Spaces Edited [...]
BIP/ZIP is a pioneering strategy by the Lisbon Municipality’s Body of Housing and Local [...]
In the past decade, with the economic crisis and the transformation of welfare societies, [...]
Cascina Roccafranca is a multi-functional community centre operating in a building owned [...]
Tudigo (ex-Bulb in Town) is a French crowdfunding platform established in 2012 by [...]
Afrikaanderwijk Cooperative operates in South Rotterdam’s Feijenoord area. Evolved from [...]
Alianca Stará Tržnica is an NGO managing the Old Market Hall, a historic building in [...]
MarktHalle Neun, Market Hall Nine, is the ninth of the 14 market halls built in Berlin, [...]
We met Massimo Marinacci at the Primavalle market in Rome. Massimo is the membership [...]