Brussels: December 5th, 2017 Mercosur negotiations & Policy incoherence: the Commission ignores EU Member States’ doubts on pharmaceutical patents. This week, the EU will finish trade negotiations with Mercosur, a union of…
Special Event in Brussels on Health Commons, FP9 and Public-Needs Oriented R&D
Health Action International (HAI) and Commons Network (CN) organize a discussion on the opportunities and challenges of the system of medical research & development (R&D). The event will be in Brussels,…
‘Health Care Is Not A Business, But A Fundamental Right’
Recap: Access to Medicines Movement Meets in Brussels On Wednesday the 31st of January, activists, doctors, advocates, MEPs and representatives of the European Commission met in the European Parliament during an event…
About solidarity
Recently, Commons Network added a new member to our team: Irene Alonso joined us in January as an intern from our office in Berlin. We are very happy to be working with…
Can Commons Thinking Break into the European Mainstream?
June 8 2017- Blog by David Bollier on our new paper on EU & the Commons Can Commons Thinking Break into the European Mainstream? 2017-06-08 11:46:03 – Commonsnetwork
Commons Network Co-Host of PeerValue Conference
Peer Value: Advancing the Commons Collaborative Economy is a conference integrating conversations and plans of action for shaping and connecting the Commons on a global level. The conference is organized along three…
Thoughts from the Peer2value conference
During two days at the beginning of September, the commons collided with renewable energy. Lots of very interesting exchanges and new ideas on energy cooperatives, barriers and enabling environments, storage and…
Letter to the EU Commission on pharmaceutical system review
Open letter to the European Commission on the follow-up of the June 2016 EU Council Conclusions on “Strengthening the Balance in the Pharmaceutical Systems in the EU and its Member States” On…
Is (renewable) energy a common good?
Nr. 2 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow Cecile Blanchet. How relocating energy in the commons helps scaling-up renewables & saving energy Is energy a…
Announcing: A European Commons Assembly
Our call 26 September 2016. Civic and community initiatives are working to vitalize our urban, rural, scientific and digital commons, and promoting a future guided by democratic participation, social equity and environmental…