Just Transition: #EDGEtalk webinar series on systemic change and the role of philanthropy

26 September 2016, 15h-16h CEST Sympathy for the Commons: an introduction to the Commons as a political paradigm and a new meme for European change agents and beyond

Heike Loeschmann – Heinrich Boell Foundation

Co-chair of the EDGE Funders Alliance

“I was around in the fields of Runnymede when King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest guaranteeing peasants the right to access the resources of the royal forests.

I was acting unknown in many indigenous or vernacular traditions of self-governed communities. I’ve been campaigning with the young heroes of Internet freedom to fight against abusive property rights, leading them to forge the legal instruments to protect knowledge sharing. I’ve crossed the centuries empowering people and communities, confronting both market enclosures and power hierarchies! Hope you guess my name and the nature of my frame…

I am the Commons, and I provide a global alternative paradigm to neoliberal capitalism and State.So have some courtesy, have some sympathy and come and meet me at this #EDGEtalk webinar.” This first #EDGEtalk of our new Just Transition webinar series is an introduction to the Commons, its movements in Europe and beyond, and how funders can further engage in this field. It will be followed by additional sessions in a roughly bimonthly rhythm. The #EDGEtalk webinars are conversation spaces for funders, with movements on systemic change and the Just Transition. We particularly invite funders and philanthropic actors, EDGE members and beyond, to join in and to share this information in their philanthropic networks. 26 September 2016, 15h-16h CEST Sympathy for the Commons: an introduction to the Commons as a political paradigm and a new meme for European change agents and beyond Speakers:    Stacco Troncoso – P2P Foundation

• Will provide a general but sharp introduction to the Commons as both transformative practices by citizens movements and a new fresh agenda for progressive politicians

Sophie Bloemen – The Commons Network

• Will share the plans of the newly formed European Commons Assembly,  and the agenda for the launch event taking place in the European Parliament on the 16th of November in Brussels

Vivian Paulissen – European Cultural Foundation

• Will talk about the programme “Connected Action for the Commons”

  Heike Loeschmann – Heinrich Boell Foundation

• Will talk about why supporting the search for theories and practice of the commons can become a path for philanthropy to catalyse system change

Moderation:

Nicolas Krausz – Foundation Charles Leopold Mayer/FPH

Co-chair of the EDGE Funders Alliance