WE ARE…

The open Co-op

…FOR BUSINESS
…TO CHANGE
…TO COLLABORATION

A new model for grant funding – to finance the collaborative Commons

The conventional funding model, in which grant making bodies hand out six figure sums to qualifying organizations, is broken. At

The self-reinforcing nature of cooperation and ethical business

Business as usual is unsustainable. Capitalism has legitimised the externalisation of various ‘costs’ to such an extent that it has

Resonate is creating a Co-operative Privacy and Trust system for digital dignity across communities

Artists in every field want to collaborate with each other and with their own community-supporting audiences. But trusted collaboration without

Decent Gov Now

By definition our government should be decent. But it is not. Being decent requires ‘conforming with generally accepted standards of

OPEN 2020 – Videos

We’ve now edited and uploaded all the videos from the main two days of OPEN 2020 – here they are

Bristol Pay – a possible future for local currencies

This webinar starts with a presentation of the history of the Bristol Pound and the learnings gained from running the

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Governance in collaborative projects

OPEN 2020 was run using an open source video tool, managed by a new platform co-op, meet.coop. But how should

Video: OPEN 2020 – Mutual credit deep dive

Although Mutual Credit has a strong pedigree, both theoretical and practical, it cannot be said to have ‘moved the needle’

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Cooperation will win

Watch the Introduction to day 2 and discussion with Esther Foreman from the The Social Change Agency. Esther and team

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Mr Gee

At the end of Day 1 of OPEN 2020 – after 6 hours of focused discussion about co-creating the collaborative

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Universal Basic Everything

During this session we hear from Iris Schönherr about the amazing Every One Every Day project they have been running in Barking

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Coordination in decentralised networks

There are hundreds of thousands of groups and communities working on building a new economy, but no centralised control or

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Tools of collaboration

Every group, project or community needs digital tools to enable collaboration. But which tools should we choose? This is the

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Introducing mutual credit

What is mutual credit? How does it work? How can we enable local mutual credit networks and transition away from

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – The language of the commons

“Throughout history, problems have arisen when the language used to represent reality fails to meet the needs and aspirations of

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 Introduction

OPEN 2020 is a collaborative online event for anyone that is interested in creating a world which places people and

building the commons economy - enric duran faircoin

Building the commons economy – Q&A with Enric Duran from Faircoin

In the run up to OPEN 2020 we interviewed Enric Duran, a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC

OPEN 2020 Webinar – Vocdoni as an engagement tool for cooperatives

In this webinar we hear from Ferran Reyes of Vocdoni. Vocdoni is a FLOSS project building a privacy-centric platform for