2018 | ECA Madrid

Commoners! What’s Next?

Author: Thomas de GrootOn: Oct 31Categories: Articles and Opinion

After the first European Commons Assembly in Brussels in 2016, the ECA landed in Madrid in 2017. This time, the theme of the Assembly was ‘Re-Imagining The Urban Commons’. A fitting topic in a city that since 2015 is being governed by Ahora Madrid....

European Commons Assembly: Accelerator for local commons initiatives like ‘Commons Lab Antwerp (Belgium)’

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Oct 16Categories: Articles and Opinion

European Commons Assembly: Accelerator for local commons initiatives like ‘Commons Lab Antwerp (Belgium)’

Articles and Opinion

By Koen Wynants, Commons Lab Antwerp. It was in the spring of 2017, that I discovered the world of the commons. I was in Barcelona for a training on ‘urban green space management’ (‘Progress’). The training started with a theoretical framework...

Notes: Solidarity as a Commons

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Oct 16Categories: Articles and Opinion

Notes: Solidarity as a Commons

Articles and Opinion

Participants of the Solidarity as a Commons workshop took notes. Here they are. 1. Typology of the various actions of solidarity undertaken by citizens and groups: Humanitarian / emergency initiatives (food, sanitation, education, healthcare, shelter,...

What Distributed Apps Mean for Data Commons and Collaborative Cities

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Oct 16Categories: Articles and Opinion

What Distributed Apps Mean for Data Commons and Collaborative Cities

Articles and Opinion

Digital liberation advocate Emaline Friedman participated in the Data Commons workshop. She wrote about it on her blog, and she allowed us to re-post her essay. On October 25th, the European Commons Assembly, in partnership with the Transeuropa festival,...

Data Commons: Problems and Solutions

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Oct 16Categories: Articles and Opinion

Data Commons: Problems and Solutions

Articles and Opinion

By Sophie Bloemen, director of Commons Network. At the European Commons Assembly in Madrid at Media Lab Prado last year, co-organised by Commons Network, one workshop was dedicated to ‘Data Commons’. We had a very solid, knowledgeable group...

Citizen Participation in Madrid: Reflections about Virtual and Face-to-Face Platforms

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Oct 16Categories: Articles and Opinion

Citizen Participation in Madrid: Reflections about Virtual and Face-to-Face Platforms

Articles and Opinion

By Margarita Rodríguez Ibáñez, Madrid. Spain. Abstract: Since 2015, Madrid City Council has been trying to include the citizen vote in participatory processes, using digital platforms and face-to-face tools. In this paper, we ask ourselves whether...

ECA Madrid: Introducing the Commoners

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Mar 12Categories: Articles and Opinion

ECA Madrid: Introducing the Commoners

Articles and Opinion

On the eve of the European Commons Assembly held in Madrid this week, we asked the participants to introduce themselves and their projects. Click on the titles below to jump to the different sections and join us at the assembly, if possible. Demetra Commons...

The European Commons Assembly in Madrid for a Renewed Political Force in Europe

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Mar 12Categories: Articles and Opinion

The European Commons Assembly in Madrid for a Renewed Political Force in Europe

Articles and Opinion

The crisis of the European Union begs for new, unifying and constructive narratives – alternatives to the right-wing populist and nationalist wave getting fiercer every day. A commons approach holds the potential for a unified vision towards an alternative...

The next European Commons Assembly will be in Madrid on October 25-28

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Mar 12Categories: Annoucements

The next European Commons Assembly will be in Madrid on October 25-28

Annoucements

You’ll need to book travel and accommodation ASAP and submit it here to be reimbursed. The deadline for reimbursements is this Friday, 13th of October. For more information about the program, click here. In cooperation with the Transeuropa Festival...

Join us in Madrid for the next European Commons Assembly

Author: European Commons AssemblyOn: Mar 12Categories: Annoucements

Join us in Madrid for the next European Commons Assembly

Annoucements

The next European Commons Assembly will be in Madrid in October. You can still be a part of it: Click here to join. In cooperation with the Transeuropa Festival and MediaLab Prado, the assembly features 4 days of workshops, visits to local commons initiatives,...