Benchmarks for a Public Policy of the Commons - JPPC France
= French initiative, based in Lille: Projet JPPC -Jalons pour une politique publique des communs.
URL = https://chairesec.univ-lille.fr/projet-jppc/
"This chair is one of the most explicit attempts within French political economy to formulate a commons-centered post-growth economic paradigm."
Description
Translated from the French by ChatGPT:
"The JPPC project seeks to answer the following question: How can ecological and social transition be conceived through social innovations inspired by commons theory, that is, innovations based neither on market mechanisms nor on state administration, but on the democratic governance by the community of users itself of the resources or institutions that enable the satisfaction of needs?
Project JPPC aims to define the contours of a public policy that would support local initiatives and experiments focused on the transition of the productive model.
This transition is envisioned as a shift toward a post-growth productive model based on:
- the transcendence of private property,
- democratic deliberation concerning the rights and responsibilities of stakeholders in production,
- the objective of meeting the needs of the community over the long term while ensuring the sustainability of resources.
These three dimensions outline a commons-based approach, which requires an evolution of public policies that are still largely founded on the strict dichotomy between state and market, while neglecting the importance of this third sector, which carries emancipatory citizen-led experiments adapted to the requirements of the transition.
Drawing on a series of case studies representing such experiments, the research team seeks to define what an economic policy in support of the commons would look like and what kind of structural institutional changes it would entail.
The project therefore contributes to describing what a post-growth economic system could be.
It is based on:
- interdisciplinary collaboration (particularly between economics and management),
- international cooperation between the University of Lille and UCLouvain,
- partnerships developed in the Hauts-de-France region with the ChairESS HdF and the Coop des Communs.
The project also builds upon ongoing work within the Chair of the Socio-Economics of the Commons and the WILL-DDDC Chair.
Identified Themes
The JPPC project is structured around six major thematic areas (corresponding to its principal research axes):
- Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Commons — led by Pierre Robert and Clotilde Grassart.
- Models of Consumption — led by Isabelle Robert.
- Governance and the Democratization of Organizations — led by Magali Saves.
- Agriculture and the Agri-Food Sector — led by Ornella Boutry.
- Work and Employment — led by Léna Masson.
Together, these themes explore how commons-based institutions can contribute to ecological transition, economic democracy, and the development of post-growth forms of production and social organization."
(https://chairesec.univ-lille.fr/projet-jppc/)
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