That's a fantastic initiative, congrats to taking this on, and I believe the Knight Challenge to be the right platform!
Let's hope for great results. 2014-03-17 12:23 GMT-05:00 Kevin Flanagan <[email protected]>: > Show your support for the submission to the Knight News Challenge to build > on the experience of the floksociety.org project and create a global > platform for transition to an open knowledge society. You can help by > spreading the word or show a little love by applauding the project and > others on > www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/a-global-platform-for-research-and-collaboration-for-transition-policies-to-an-open-knowledge-society > > ------------------------------ > ---------------------------------------- > In ONE sentence, tell us about your project to strengthen the Internet for > free expression and innovation. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > We're working to create a permanent, expandable platform for open > technology-focused policy making, as free technical infrastructures can > only exist in the favourable context of a more open society. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Who will benefit from what you propose? What have you observed that makes > you think that? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The project has the potential to empower and transform local policy and > decision-making processes through our open knowledge platform. Following > the global responses we have received, we believe that the time is right > for an expanded effort rooted in various locations, in order to refine > locally-adapted policy models, validated by local input and experience. A > truly open Internet doesn't only depend on the interconnection of bottom-up > open technologies, but also requires policy frameworks that are favourable > to their adoption and maintenance. Cities, regions, nation-states and > supra-national entities will be able to benefit from collaborative open > policy-making, learning from each other's experiences. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > What progress have you made so far? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > FLOKS' collaborative efforts have already produced 10 draft policy > proposals toward an integrated transition program, the first effort of its > kind. Our documents on Human Capabilities, Commons Oriented Productive > Capacities, Social Infrastructure and Institutional Innovation, Open > Technical Infrastructures, and Commons Infrastructure for Collective Life > may be viewed (under the heading of Research - Streams) on the FLOKSociety > wiki (en.wiki.floksociety.org). These proposals will be presented and > discussed at a global-local summit in Quito at the end of May 2014. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Show your support for a global platform for transition to an open > knowledge society on > www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/a-global-platform-for-research-and-collaboration-for-transition-policies-to-an-open-knowledge-society > > Our friends from the P2P Lab in Greece have also made a submission - The > P2P Urbanism Platform: From the Social to the Urban Web > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/the-p2p-urbanism-platform-from-the-social-to-the-urban-web > > source - > http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/knight-news-challenge-submission-a-global-platform-for-transition-to-an-open-knowledge-society/2014/03/17 > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > >
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