For a 10-year period, the property owner housing corporation Havensteder has transferred the managing of buildings placed in Rotterdam Noord to City in the Making, without any charge, but with taking on all responsibilities.

Contact : info@stadindemaak.nl

Its aim is the development of an alternative point of view about the existing cultural and economic social model, through spaces, knowledge and tools sharing in the following areas: cultural production (music and art) critical consumption, sustainability, descriptive and common goods, information and media, active participation in the life of the territory, intercultural learning, access to knowledge, education, digital cultures and technological innovation.

Contact : info@fusolab.net

The Eco Museo Casilino project wants to restore the agricultural, natural and archaeological areas against progressive increase in construction. The aim is to recover the relationship people have with the ground. The museum delivers many services, as green transports, rentals,tourist information service, sports service, restaurants, cycle path.

This project is the result of a work expressed by a civic network in the V City Hall (ex VI). The genesis of the Ecomuseum is so typical of the “pact with which a community decides to take care of its territory” based on the principle of subsidiarity (art. 118 Cost.). It is a participatory design process open to contributions and instances of citizens, Schools, associations, businesses, parishes.

With the aim of taking over the abandoned theatre in the center of Rome, and tackling the inertia of public institutions regarding the care and investment in the artistic and cultural sector, this citizens initiative has initiated an innovative process to rethink the way cultural institutions are managed in the city.

Thanks to the contributions of two legal experts, Ugo Mattei and Stefano Rodotà, the Teatro Valle Foundation embodies an alternative legal framework in order to take care of the urban commons outside of the dichotomous private – public management solution.

This solution envisages a participative, horizontal, and cooperative management of urban public goods in order to provide a framework for self-government in partnership and with the support of public and private actors and promote a new idea of citizenship.

Contact : teatrovalleoccupato@gmail.com

In order to ensure the implementation of an open governance model the collective pursuits three main missions:

1. Support projects on democratic innovation
2. Animate the community of democratic innovators through training, workshops, events, and meet-ups
3. Spread and advertise the projects and initiatives of Démocratie Ouverte and her partners or members.

DO focuses mainly on projects happening in France and in francophone countries but it also inspire its own action by researching and collaborating with organization or initiatives from all over the world.