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URL = http://grassrootseconomics.org/certificate-course
The following wiki will be used to hold all of the support material for the Course in Community Currencies for Grassroots Development created by Grassroots Economics (GE). Through the course you will be able to learn from the experience of Will Ruddick and the various projects his organization has set up in Kenya.


=Description=
http://grassrootseconomics.org/certificate-course


"This course will immerse you into the world of Community Currencies as a tool for economic and community development. We will cover why and how Community Currencies have been implemented in marginalized communities as well as their history. In the field you interact with people using Community Currencies in real life settings to understand the social dynamics and economic systems that are needed to make Community Currencies thrive. After completing this course you will be have a strong foundation to design, customize and implement Community Currencies."
(http://grassrootseconomics.org/certificate-course)




=Contents=
=Overview=
This course will immerse you into the world of Community Currencies as a tool for economic and community development. We will cover why and how Community Currencies have been implemented in marginalized communities as well as their history, set backs and future projections. After completing this course you will be have a strong foundation to design, customize and implement Community Currencies.


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* Community Currency Theory: development economics, history of money, financial systems and debt, currency models, goals standards and ethics.
* Community Currency Theory: development economics, history of money, financial systems and debt, currency models, goals standards and ethics.
* Preparation & Development: community participation and ownership, system design, voucher creation, communications, partnerships, and legality.
* Preparation & Development: community participation and ownership, system design, voucher creation, communications, partnerships, and legality.
* Setup & Launch: cooperative facilitation, collateral asset development, financial sustainability, and marketing.
* Setup & Launch: cooperative facilitation, collateral asset development, financial sustainability, and marketing.
* Long Term Care: long-term support, audits, Community Currency renewal.
* Long Term Care: long-term support, audits, Community Currency renewal.
Management: system maintenance, legal reporting, accounting, currency circulation, administration, data collection, and personnel.
* Management: system maintenance, legal reporting, accounting, currency circulation, administration, data collection, and personnel.
* Fieldwork: on-the-ground survey work and interviews; lessons learned from previous Community Currency models; taking part in community currency events and activities; economic resource mapping."
* Fieldwork: on-the-ground survey work and interviews; lessons learned from previous Community Currency models; taking part in community currency events and activities; economic resource mapping.


To register for the course do it directly through the GE page -http://grassrootseconomics.org/certificate-course
Below you will find relevant materials to fully understand the taxonomy of the currencies and support materials to be able to design and implement them.
=Theory=
==What is Money?==
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Revision as of 08:26, 22 March 2018


The following wiki will be used to hold all of the support material for the Course in Community Currencies for Grassroots Development created by Grassroots Economics (GE). Through the course you will be able to learn from the experience of Will Ruddick and the various projects his organization has set up in Kenya.

http://grassrootseconomics.org/certificate-course


Overview

This course will immerse you into the world of Community Currencies as a tool for economic and community development. We will cover why and how Community Currencies have been implemented in marginalized communities as well as their history, set backs and future projections. After completing this course you will be have a strong foundation to design, customize and implement Community Currencies.

Topical Outline:

  • Community Currency Theory: development economics, history of money, financial systems and debt, currency models, goals standards and ethics.
  • Preparation & Development: community participation and ownership, system design, voucher creation, communications, partnerships, and legality.
  • Setup & Launch: cooperative facilitation, collateral asset development, financial sustainability, and marketing.
  • Long Term Care: long-term support, audits, Community Currency renewal.
  • Management: system maintenance, legal reporting, accounting, currency circulation, administration, data collection, and personnel.
  • Fieldwork: on-the-ground survey work and interviews; lessons learned from previous Community Currency models; taking part in community currency events and activities; economic resource mapping.

To register for the course do it directly through the GE page -http://grassrootseconomics.org/certificate-course

Below you will find relevant materials to fully understand the taxonomy of the currencies and support materials to be able to design and implement them.


Theory

What is Money?

Topical Outline:

1

2

3

4

5

6

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