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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.

Democratising work beyond growth: primer #3

Instead of assuming that every sector of our economy needs to grow and create jobs, we need to have a democratic discussion about what we want our economy to deliver - and what kind of jobs and work are needed to get there.