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Good Prac ce examples about Crea vity and Sharing ac vi es in urban areas CREATUSE
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Research about Creativity and Sharing activities in urban areas in Ireland, Sweden, Cyprus, Greece, Finland
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Good practice Ireland
How it works:
CoderDojo is a global community of free peer to
peer coding clubs for young people (7 to 17 year
olds) encouraging them to be creative and have
fun when learn to code. It is not a teaching
space, but it is a space about giving kids and
young people a better access to the world be-
hind technology, where they can learn how to
code, develop websites, apps, programs and
games.
The movement is entirely volunteer led and
open source: no one has to pay to join a Dojo or
to set one up. There is no curriculum required
and the children are, for the most part, allowed
to learn and make whatever they want. Coder-
Dojo gives children the opportunity to become
digital creators rather than consumers and of-
fers them the chance to become adept at a skill
that will be in very high demand as they grow
up.
However, the unique approach to learning
teaches young people more than just how to
code: they help each other through peer to peer
learning where they ask each other how to do
things before asking their mentor; they are en-
couraged to collaborate with other young peo-
ple in their Dojo which promotes teamwork and
a sense of community among them.
There are two important reasons that CoderDo-
jo is and can be a success. Its open source mod-
el enables local champions to take ownership of
their club and adapt it to their local communi-
ty’s needs. It is also a global community which
volunteers and mentors feel part of and con-
nected to.
What: a learning community and creative space
Market orientation: Non‐Profit
Where: Ireland, Dublin
Running since 2011
By Who: CoderDojo Foundation
Title:
CoderDojo
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Good practice Ireland
The ethos and the culture differentiate Coder-
Dojo from other organizations. Self-led learn-
ing, peer learning and youth mentoring are all
central aspects to the movement. CoderDojo’s
ultimate goal as an open-source community is
to provide every young person with the tools
and guidance they need to learn how to code for
free, giving young people the opportunity to be-
come the next generation of digital creators.
The Dojos’ concept is spreading all over the
world: there are over 740 Dojos worldwide and
they reach over 35,000 children on a monthly
basis.
This good practice is:
socially oriented, reciprocal, collaborative,
fair, green, sustainable, transferable,
transformative,
Contact: http://coderdojo.com
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Good practice Sweden
How it works:
Hoffice is one of the more interesting concepts
of co-working or third spaces. It is a portman-
teau of home and office, which was launched in
2013 and has expanded to multiple locations
across the globe.
Hoffice’s concept is based on a group of free-
lancers who rotate the hosting of an “office” at
their homes for free. However, it differs from
many other similar organizations in that mem-
bers follow a structured work approach that is
based on research showing that people cannot
concentrate for more than 40 minutes at a
time: therefore, people work in 45-minute
shifts followed by short breaks to exercise or
meditate, which is followed by a brief check-in
of their progress. However, even though there
is a structure, people are also very welcome to
ignore it, keep working while the others take
breaks, come and go whenever they want.
Hoffice.nu is a network of freelancers aiming at
creating free workspaces where people can feel
at ease. The workspaces are free of charge, us-
ing the during-the-day underused resource:
homes. It is based on the method of structuring
the day that allow individuals to benefit from
the support and intelligence of the collective.
What: co‐working or third‐space
Market orientation: Non‐Profit
Where: Sweden, Stockholm
Running since 2013
By Who: Hoffice
Title:
Hoffice
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Good practice Sweden
Being a freelance worker can give people the
feeling of unlimited freedom, but at some mo-
ments they can feel lonely sitting behind the
laptop in that noisy coffee bar or an expensive
co-working center. The Swedish peer-to-peer
community Hoffice wants to overcome this
problem by building an urban community of
working nomads who works at people’s homes.
People can register for free and offer their living
room as a daytime co-working space, or book a
spot at someone’s home office. Guests are asked
to pay in the form of snacks, coffee or some
food.
Platforms like Hoffice are part of a bigger trend
about the changing use and function of our
homes that can offer more possibilities than
one traditionally believes. Hoffice shows that
underused living rooms or big kitchens can be
shared with others and used as co-working
spaces. The sharing economy is on the rise, and
it slowly changes the way public and private
spaces are perceived. By working at Hoffice,
people give themselves and each other the gift
to spend their days in a social working environ-
ment, where they can be productive without ig-
noring human needs.
The idea behind Hoffice shows some similari-
ties with the Dutch initiative Huiskamerkan-
toor (Living Room Office), although Hoffice
looks to be a more global platform. Hoffice
groups exist already in Taipei, Paris, Vienna
and Canada, besides Sweden.
Contact: email [email protected] http://hoffice.nu
This good prac ce is:
socially oriented, reciprocal, fair, green,
sustainable, transferable, transforma ve,
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Good practice Cyprus
How it works:
The Open School (OS) is an innovative institu-
tion within the district of Agios Athanasios. It is
open to all citizens, independent of age, and of-
fers a wide range of courses enabling people to
learn and develop new skills and abilities. Some
of these classes include English, Modern Greek,
I.T. and Art courses, such as Arts & Crafts, the-
atre, dance, sports activities i.e. aerobics, tennis
and fencing.
The vision for the Open School is based upon
the principles of the EU Lifelong Learning pro-
gram and adapted by the local authorities for
the purpose of implementing educational re-
form and further training of its citizens; the
motto is “It is NEVER late to learn”. For people
over the age of 50, OS offers education opportu-
nities, job opportunities, social cohesion and
engagement. It also gives the opportunity for
organizations, associations and residents to
show their intellectual, artistic and athletic
skills to a wider audience. Everybody, inde-
pendent of age, can be an active participant in
the Open School program.
Lessons are offered on a regular weekly basis.
The timetable and duration of each course is
dependent upon the nature of the subject. The
teacher plays the role of the Mentor, is respon-
sible for providing stimulation, motivation and
discussion between participants. S/he is also
responsible for the encouragement of students,
the engagement in linguistic games, for interac-
tive and communication activities (group dia-
logue building), for the use of audio-visual ma-
terial. Each academic year begins in October
and finishes in May of the following year.
What: sharing skills and education
Market orientation: Non‐Profit
Where: Cyprus, Agios Athanasios
Running since 2007
By Who: Association Open School
Title:
Open School
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Good practice Cyprus
The Open school aims at the following quality
objectives:
- the utilization of school buildings and equip-
ment for the use of sports, cultural events and
recreational activities during the afternoons;
- the active participation of members of the
Council and the local residents for a greater un-
derstanding of the needs of the community in
order to improve the quality of life within the
district;
- the development of cultural and sport activi-
ties and competences in the community;
- the opportunity for organizations, associa-
tions and persons, who have intellectual, artis-
tic and sport skills to show their work in the
wide community;
- the tightening of relations between the com-
munity and the Municipality.
Official sponsors and supporters of this pro-
gram are the Ministry of Education and Cul-
ture, the Cooperative Savings Bank of Limassol
and the Agios Athanasios City Council.
Contact: http//agiosathanasios.org.cy
This good practice is:
socially oriented, reciprocal, collaborative,
fair, sustainable, transferable, transformative
transformative,
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Good practice Greece
How it works:
Skoros is a self-managed and self-funded shop
(a gratuitous bazaar) that brings a proposal for
creative resistance based on exchange, re-use,
alteration and many more.
Skoro is a solidarity and anti-consumerist store
that is addressing everyone, regardless of eco-
nomic situation. It is a give-and take of things
but also a meeting point for exchange of
knowledge/experience/practices; however, it is
neither a philanthropic organization, nor a kind
of “alternative church”. It is a group of people
that question in practice the dogma “I consume,
therefore I am”.
Skoros (which means ‘moth’ or ‘inchworm’ in
Greek) is a solidarity economy collective that
offers an alternative to consumerism. It is locat-
ed in a space in the Exarcheia neighborhood of
Athens where everyone is welcome to give or
receive products and services without exchang-
ing money. People can simply drop by and get
things or clothes that they need or give stuff as
they would to a friend.
This is not philanthropy; this is solidarity econ-
omy in practice. The space has also been used
for lessons and workshops on various topics,
ranging from clothes alteration to communal
kitchens. It runs a space where people can come
What: giving and taking objects, knowledge,
practices
Market orientation: Non‐Profit
Where: Greece, Athens
Running since 2010
By who: SKOROS
Title:
Skoros
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Good practice Greece
and give, take, or give and take goods and ex-
change services, where get to know each other
and share knowledge and experience.
Skoros aims at the following objectives: pro-
moting social economy; creating of a group of
interest about collective consumptions tools;
supporting bartering/swapping activities-
bazars; creating a swapping net.
Originally, Skoros emerged as a response to an
increasingly commercialized and consumerist
Athenian society. It represented an experimen-
tation with doing things differently (i.e. shar-
ing, exchanging, supporting different values,
spreading solidarity and social justice).
At the beginning, Skoros’ idea was too radical
for people to grasp as they would be reluctant
to enter, take an item; they would insist on do-
nating whatever they considered to be the
equivalent market value. Despite these prob-
lems, Skoros proved to be a very popular. The
current crisis made Skoros’s critique of con-
sumer needs somewhat redundant; the need to
provide solidarity and to approach life differ-
ently has become urgent.
In the face of formidable (negative) socio-
economic circumstances, this is a case of soli-
darity/ies and collective sharing.
Contact:
address,
email, www
This good practice is:
socially oriented, reciprocal, collaborative,
fair, sustainable, green, transferable,
transformative
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Good practice Finland
How it works:
Helsinki Timebank is an unregistered,
politically and religiously unaffiliated collective.
It is open to everyone, and anyone can apply for
membership, also minors, but permission from
parents is required. Different associations and
organisations can also join, providing their
activities in support of the timebank’s values
and principles.
When joining Helsinki Timebank, one commits
to observe the Tovi etiquette: Helsinki
Timebank works by a time based exchange tool
(the Tovi), which supports economic relations
based on solidarity.
This implies that the flows of assistance and
working together should not carry profit.
Helsinki Timebank does not use money and it
works without external funding and predefined
working plans. The main decisions concerning
the timebank are made during its membership
meetings and by way of membership votings.
Helsinki Timebank’s objective is to facilitate the
exchange of services. Members have agreed
upon common values and principles, which are
guiding the bank’s workings and describe its
position and relation with regards to other
actors in society. The objective is to provide
everyone with an equal opportunity to
participate in the development of the timebank.
The main goal is to support mutual assistance
between people and, through this, strengthen
common culture and social ties, in a context in
which everyone is of equal value and has equal
possibilities.
What: Time banking
Market orientation: Non‐Profit
Where: Finland, Helsinki
Running since 2009
By Who: Helsinki Timebank Group
Title:
Helsinki TimeBank
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Good practice Finland
In an inclusive and participatory culture everyone
has an equal opportunity to develop oneself and
common life, whilst respecting everyone’s diversity.
Helsinki Timebank workings are based on
cooperative forms of organising, which enhance
common understanding. Also in the development of
the timebank, the aim is to prevent conflict and
increase mutual understanding.
The workings of Helsinki Timebank are based on
the needs of its members and the community in
which it operates at large, as well on voluntary
participation. All of the timebanks workings are
initiated and kept up by its members. Moreover,
Helsinki Timebank aims at reduce the
environmental impacts supporting ecologically
sustainable and local production and the recycling of
goods and sharing
The workings of Helsinki Timebank are based on
the following values and principles:
Equality
Reciprocity
We-spirit: the workings of the timebank is to
support collective forms of organising in which
everyone has the possibility to use its capacities for
its own and for the common good;
Ecological sustainability
Economic justice
Local and participatory culture
Freedom of action and autonomy
Cooperation and just decisionmaking procedures
The timebank is part of the Finnish network of
timebanks and of the international Community
Exchange Systems network. It operates according to
the internationally known Timebanking principles.
Contact: tel. 050 436 2171050 436 2171
email kpne@community‐exchange.org www.community‐exchange.org
This good practice is:
socially oriented, collaborative, transferable,
transformative
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Good practice Italy
How it works:
FabLabs first appeared in the United States fol-lowing the intuition of Chris Anderson (editor of Wired US) who gave birth to the so-called companies’ garage.
The term is the short for ‘fabrication laborato-ries’: it deals with digital production workshops that provide personalized services to all users, thus allowing the production of all kinds of items from virtual to real ones.
FabLabs are small communities of people who, using digital fabrication, open source method-ologies and collaborative practices, are interest-ed in devising new production processes, new business models as well as new social inclusive practices.
FabLabs can be understood as research labora-tories and small-scale innovative places with advanced technologies and sophisticated tools, like 3D printers, laser cutters, milling ma-chines, etc. Such instruments are all controlled by computers and these allow the carrying out of digital fabrication projects, that is they can
transform data and information in real objects and vice versa.
These research and innovation labs do not simply compete with mass production but they are centers for experimenting and achieving low-cost prototypes. They allow to develop new design patterns that change the way we pro-duce, to think and innovate. A product can in-deed be designed on a computer and instantly realized by technologies. This has also conse-quence on the supply chains. In the FabLab, infact, anyone who has a project can try to put it into practice thanks to the working tools made available to the community: 3D printers, a laser to cut and engrave plastic, wood and fabric, a cutter to work the hardest materials. In other words, FabLabs are meant to give to any-one the opportunity to create and build new products starting from ideas and needs.
In Italy there are 42 FabLabs, although not all of them can be identified as FabLabs for inno-vation: some are in fact associations promoting digital fabrication. The first FabLab was devel-oped in Turin in 2011.
What: markerspace and digital fabrication
laboratory
Market orientation: Non‐Profit
Where: Italy, Torino
Running since 2011
By Who: Officine Arduino Torino
Title:
FabLab Torino
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Good practice Italy
The experience of the Torino Fablab was born out of different pressures and different needs but with a common goal: to bring the Digital Fabrication and Open Source culture in a physi-cal location, where machines, people, ideas and new approaches mix freely.
Fablabs often work as competence hubs, where people can learn the skills they lack to imple-ment their projects.
In this sense, FabLabs seek to facilitate an hori-zontal exchange of skills and capabilities among
people.
Today digital fabrication continues to spread in Italy and globally and seems to pave the way for
a third industrial revolution.
Through innovation, it seems possible to simul-taneously: (a) increase business competitive-ness (b) create new jobs (c) ease public financ-es.
According to many, innovation is one of the key factors that may contribute to economic growth and social development introducing new tech-nologies, new services and new production pro-cesses.
One of the main objectives of Fablab Torino is to spread digital literacy and the culture of fab-bing, to collaborate with universities and re-search centres and to organize a number of ac-tivities: i.e. summer schools and lectures on technologies, on prototypes developing, work-shops on various topics including Arduino, technologies of digital fabrication, electronics base, parametric modeling, etc.
Fablabs are therefore communities having dif-ferent interests, professions and skills but whose value generation is not just for compa-nies but for society more generally.
Contact: Via Egeo 16, 10145 Torino
email [email protected] www.fablatorino.org
https://www.facebook.com/fablabtorino
This good practice is:
socially oriented, collaborative, transferable,
transformative, sustainable, green, fair
Good Prac ce
Terminology
C ollaborative consumption
the term is used to describe an economic model which refers to peer-to-peer-based sharing of access to goods and services . Wikipedia
The idea is not new. Together, entire communities and cities around the world are using network technologies to do more with less by renting, lending, swapping, bartering, gifting and sharing products on a scale ne-ver before possible. From Airbnb to Zipcar to Taskrabbit, collaborative consumption is transforming business, consumerism and the way we li-ve for a more fulfilling and sustainable quality of life.
collaborativeconsumption.com
S haring
the joint use of a resource or space. In its narrow sense, it refers to joint or alternating use of an inherently finite good, such as a common pastu-re or a shared residence. It is also the process of dividing and distribu-ting. Still more loosely, “sharing” can actually mean giving something as an outright gift (car sharing, bike sharing, food sharing, etc…) Wikipe-dia
P ooling
is a resource management term that refers to the grouping together of resources (assets, equipment, personnel, effort, etc.) for the purposes of maximizing advantage and/or minimizing risk to the users. The term is used in many disciplines(carpooling, etc…) Wikipedia
T ime banking
is a pattern of reciprocal service exchange that uses units of time as cur-rency. It is an example of an alternative monetary system. A time bank, also known as a service exchange, is a community that practices time banking. As well as gaining credits, participating individuals, particular-ly those more used to being recipients in other parts of their lives, can potentially gain confidence, social contact and skills through giving to others
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B artering / swapping
Barter is a method of exchange by which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. It is usually bilateral, but may be multilateral, and usually exists parallel to monetary sy-stems. . Wikipedia
C oworking
is a style of work which involves a shared working environment, sometimes an office, yet independent activity. Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values, and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space. . Wi-kipedia
C rowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a form of alternative finance. It is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, today often performed via internet. Describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations.
The crowdfunding model is based on three types of actors: the project initiator who proposes the idea and/or project to be funded; individuals or groups who support the idea; and a moderating organization (the "platform") that brings the mo-derating organization (the "platform") that brings the parties together to launch the idea .[3]
Crowd funding occurs for any variety of purposes: from disaster relief to citizen jour-nalism to artists seeking support from fans, to political campaigns, to funding a star-tup company or small business or creating free software. . Wikipedia
C ohousing
community is a type of intentional community composed of private homes supple-mented by shared facilities. The community is planned, owned and managed by the residents – who also share activities which may include cooking, dining, child care, gardening, and governance of the community. Common facilities may include a kit-chen, dining room, laundry, child care facilities, offices, internet access,guest rooms, and recreational features. Cohousing facilitates interaction among neighbors for so-cial, practical benefits, economic and environmental benefit.. Wikipedia
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