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* [[Ruth Meinzen-Dick]], 1) Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); 2) Coordinator of the [[CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights]] (CAPRi) ; President of the [[International Association for the Study of the Commons]]
* [[Ruth Meinzen-Dick]], 1) Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); 2) Coordinator of the [[CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights]] (CAPRi) ; President of the [[International Association for the Study of the Commons]]
* Neal Gorenflo, CommonSource, a Tides Center project and publisher of Shareable Magazine.


=Participating Organizations=
=Participating Organizations=

Revision as of 18:41, 4 August 2010

Participating Individuals

Canada


Colombia

  • Carolina Botero


Ecuador


Germany

Read Mr. von Weizsäcker's contributions to the policy debate:

  1. Limits to Privatization

Finland

  • Jiri Rasanan (jiri.rasanen@iki.fi), eCars Now


Italy


Kenya


Philippines


UK


U.S.A.

  • Neal Gorenflo, CommonSource, a Tides Center project and publisher of Shareable Magazine.

Participating Organizations

International

Finland

eCars Now [6], Jiri Rasanen


Ireland

  1. Feasta


Policy Proposals by Topic

Introduction and Generalities

  1. Developing the Meta Services for the Eco-Social Economy, draft proposed by Feasta writers, Ireland/UK
  2. Infrastructural Commons for Sustainability, edited by Emer O'Siochru and David Korowitz. EENGO Submission to the (Irish) National Sustainable Development Strategy. Final Report January 2008.
  3. Securing the Commons. By Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Esther Mwangi, and Stephan Dohrn. CAPRi Policy Brief 4. [7]

Topics and Policy Domains

Earth and Climate Commons

  1. Cap and Share: A Fair Way to Cut Greenhouse Emissions [8], written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK.
  2. Global Climate Trust, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
  3. The Viable Systems Model and Climate Governance; written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK


Currency or Monetary Commons

  1. Liquidity Network [9]: Mutual credit commons written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK


Infrastructure Commons

  1. Developing the Meta Services for the Eco-Social Economy, draft written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK


Land, Food and Water Commons

  1. Food and Water Watch, USA, represented by Maude Barlow
  2. Land Value Tax, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
  3. Biting the Bullet: How to Secure Access to Drylands Resources for Multiple Users. By Esther Mwangi and Stephan Dohrn. CAPRi Working Paper 47. [10]

(Commons-based) Taxation

  1. Land Value Tax, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK (video

General Documentation

Video

  1. Emer O'Siochru on Reclaiming the Commons [11] : addresses destruction of 'the commons' - the vital but undefined resources that sustain life and civilisation that are under threat form the current system. It offered ideas about how they can be redefined, given legal protection within the market economy
  2. Dan Sullivan on the Land Value Tax as a Community Development Tool