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NEW: a Vision for a Shared Digital Europe
Today, together with our partners from Centrum Cyfrowe and publicspace.online, we are launching a new vision for digital policy making […]
April 12, 2019
Let’s Talk: What Does a Truly Democratic Society Look Like?
Commons Network is going to the island of Texel this week to join our friends of the European Movement International […]
April 11, 2019
EVENT: Democracy Alive
The launch of the manifesto ‘Democratise Europe’ is less than a week away and we are very excited to share […]
April 8, 2019
A New Vision For A Shared Digital Europe
This document summarises the efforts undertaken by Kennisland, Centrum Cyfrowe and Commons Network to develop a new vision for digital […]
March 21, 2019
EVENT: Democracy Alive
Commons Network is excited to announce we will be attending the Democracy Alive festival on the Dutch island of Texel […]
March 15, 2019
Commons Network New Colleague
Recently, Commons Network added a new member to their team: Renee Kuiken. She joined us in March as an intern […]
March 14, 2019
Horizon Europe – Open, but not too much
On November 28th the Commons Network and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines organized the event “Open medical science for better […]
January 30, 2019
Commoners! What’s Next?
This essay was written by the organizing team behind the European Commons Assembly in Madrid. It was originally posted on […]
December 14, 2018
Letter To The Dutch Minister Of Health
How much we pay for medicines and how the pharmaceutical system works is currently a matter of hot debate in […]
December 11, 2018
Defend the precautionary principle: remove so-called “innovation principle” from Horizon Europe
This Wednesday December 12th the European Parliament will vote on the Horizon Europe, EU’s largest scientific program. This is the […]
Putting People’s Health First: The #EP2019 Manifesto
Putting People’s Health First: Improving Access to Medicines in Europe Many European countries have been able to provide high […]
November 29, 2018
An Interview With Mai Ishikawa Sutton, pt. 2
Mai Ishikawa Sutton joined Commons Network this year as a Digital Commons Fellow. After years of working along side eachother, […]
November 28, 2018
Commons for the Arts: Commons Network in the Cultural Capital of Europe
Commons Network traveled north to work with the Cultural Capital of Europe, Leeuwarden where organizations like Tandem, ECF, Keunstwurk, De […]
November 23, 2018
Shared Spaces: New Paper on Urban Commons
Today, Commons Network is releasing the latest publication called ‘Urban Commons Shared Spaces’. The paper is a research project and […]
November 16, 2018
Event: Open medical science for better health-care for all: Making EU research work for the public interest
Commons Network and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) hosted an event “Open medical science for better health-care for […]
November 13, 2018
Reframing Digital Europe
Last week, October 3rd and 4th, Commons Network, Kennisland and Centrum Cyfrowe hosted a workshop in Amsterdam on ‘reframing digital […]
October 11, 2018
How To Ensure Public Investment Makes An Impact On Society
This week, Commons Network and many others from the Alliance for Affordable Medicines and Responsible R & D released a […]
September 27, 2018
An Interview With Mai Ishikawa Sutton, pt. 1
Mai Ishikawa Sutton joined Commons Network this year as a Digital Commons Fellow. After years of working along side eachother, […]
September 26, 2018
Commons and Democracy: Challenges in Europe
Commons Network organized the workshop ‘The Challenge of Democratic Societies and Citizen Participation in Europe’, in cooperation with the European […]
August 21, 2018
Commons Network in London: What would an alternative Internet look like?
#SummerNews: In this series, Commons Network writes about what we’ve been doing over the past few months. It’s been a […]
August 1, 2018
Urgent Letter to the European Commission to Stop Illegal Data Retention
Today, 62 organizations from civil society and civil rights activism sent an urgent plea to the European Commission to […]
June 27, 2018
From Lab to Commons: Shifting to a Biomedical System that’s in the Public Interest
Commons Network releases a paradigm-breaking paper on practical commons-based alternatives to the EU’s pharmaceutical policies Today Commons Network publishes a […]
June 24, 2018
EU-Mercosur Negotiations Endanger South American Access to Medicines
Sophie Bloemen joined the seminar organized by Podemos in Madrid on the EU-Mercosur negotiations and the potential impacts on the […]
May 11, 2018
Neighbourhoods as Commons
How did I realize that a Commons Good based system was everything but utopian?
March 10, 2018
Solidarity as a Commons
Recently, Commons Network added a new member to our team: Irene Alonso joined us in January as an intern from […]
‘Healthcare is not a business, but a fundamental human right’
On Wednesday the 31st of January, activists, doctors, advocates, MEPs and representatives of the European Commission met in the European […]
Costs Overview
Summary of costs for setting up the new CommonsNetwork.org website, excluding hosting costs.
February 21, 2018
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Watch The Livestream Here: #ECAmadrid
The European Commons Assembly is about to start, in MediaLab Prado Madrid. Hundreds of commons activists get together in Madrid […]
February 20, 2018
#ECAmadrid: Activists!
On Thursday, as part of the European Commons Assembly in Madrid, local activists will join the commoners from all over […]
Access to Medicines: An Urgent Letter
Dec 1- 2017, Brussels. The negotiations between the EU and Mercosur countries are being finalised this week. The trade agreement’s […]
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 […]
Mercosur trade agreement negotiations threaten to raise prices on lifesaving medicines.
Brussels: December 5th, 2017 Mercosur negotiations & Policy incoherence: the Commission ignores EU Member States’ doubts on pharmaceutical patents. This […]
For Peace, People and Planet.
July 2017. For Peace, People and Planet: A civil Society Perspective on the next EU Research Framework Programme (FP9). Ensuring investments […]
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 […]
EU “copyright reform” threatens freedom of information, open access and open science
In early October, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on the Digital Single Market copyright legislation. Here we […]
‘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 […]
Will You Join Us In Madrid?
The next European Commons Assembly will be in Madrid in October. And you can still be a part of […]
About solidarity
Recently, Commons Network added a new member to our team: Irene Alonso joined us in January as an intern from […]
Conference: Bottom-up Citizens Movements and Urban Commons
Commons Network director Sophie Bloemen will host a workshop on urban commons on Saturday (September 23rd) as part of the […]
The European Commons Assembly: You Can Still Come To Madrid
It’s almost time for the next European Commons Assembly, a global gathering of commoners and commons activists in MediaLab Prado, […]
Community Networks: Sharing Collective Connectivity For Everyone?
Can we see communication as a commons? Can citizens use community networks to become more autonomous? How is it going […]
#ECAmadrid: Introducing The Commoners
On the eve of the European Commons Assembly held in Madrid this week, we asked the participants to introduce themselves […]
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 […]
The doctors’ voice in the European medicines debate
On March 27 and 28, the Commons Network will co-host a brainstorming-strategy meeting and a public event at the European […]