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(Dutch-spoken) Job position: Projectmedewerker Democratische en Zorgzame Economie
Vacature Projectmedewerker Democratische en Zorgzame EconomieBen jij geïnteresseerd in de gemeenschapseconomie en het bouwen aan een democratische en zorgzame economie? […]
New collegue: Lin
Lin is joining the Commons Network team!
A major step for the community economy in Amsterdam
Amsterdam parties pledge to strengthen Amsterdam’s community economy.
New colleague: Jo
Jo is joining the Commons Network team!
Power relations within Amsterdam’s energy and housing cooperatives
How democratic and egalitarian are our alternative organisations in reality? We share a study on power relations within Amsterdam's cooperatives.
Democratic technology for Amsterdam
What if our digital tools worked for and with Amsterdam’s communities?Today, Commons Network and Waag Futurelab publish the Roadmap for Democratic Technology.
We present the Democratic Tech Alliance, a coalition for Europe’s democratic and sovereign technology
On the occasion of the Franco-German Summit on Digital Sovereignty, we held a press conference to present the newly established Democratic Tech Alliance.
We announce the European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty
We announce ETRS, a network aiming to inform public policies and support the development of tech that serves European society and competitiveness.
Watch our masterclass on democratic technology
Learn about digital commons and their role for a postgrowth transition with insights from the Beckn Protocol and Som Mobilitat.
Stories from the cooperative movement
With 2025 being the International Year of Cooperatives, we put three cooperatives in the spotlight: Mondragon, Up&Go, and SEWA.
Housing cooperatives in neoliberal cities: the story of SUP
Welcome to the second article of our series on Postgrowth and Housing. Today, we delve deeper into a concrete example of a collective struggle to establish a housing cooperative and all that it entails.