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#ECAmadrid: Introducing The Commoners
On the eve of the European Commons Assembly held in Madrid this week, we asked the participants to introduce themselves […]
February 20, 2018
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 […]
#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 […]
The European Commons Assembly Debuts in Brussels
Proposes new citizen-based institutions for revitalizing Europe and policy. On November 16, 2016 commoners from across Europe will gather in […]
Commoners hit the capital of Europe: Commons Assembly in Brussels
22 November 2016- In the wake of Trump´s shocking victory and in the midst of a deep EU crisis accelerated […]
Community energy meets the Sustainable Development Goals
Berlin, December 12. Nr. 3 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow Cecile Blanchet. […]
Commons Network at energy conference “Future without the NAM”
Our Energy fellow Cecile Blanchet participated on Saturday 7 January to “a future without the NAM“in the Netherlands. The focus was on […]
Commons Network co-hosts ‘the City as a Commons’ at Pakhuis de Zwijger-Amsterdam
Amsterdam 1 September 2016- An evening on the rich history and promising future of the commons. How can we govern […]
Dispatches from the European Commons Assembly
February 1st 2017 Watch: Three days in Brussels Read: Stories on ECA Many people are engaged in […]
Commons Network Co-Host of PeerValue Conference
Peer Value: Advancing the Commons Collaborative Economy is a conference integrating conversations and plans of action for shaping and connecting […]
Public Return for Public Spending – Horizon 2020
Press Release […]
Thoughts from the Peer2value conference
During two days at the beginning of September, the commons collided with renewable energy. Lots of very interesting exchanges […]
Energy as a common good
February 22- 2017 Locally designed and owned energy systems can provide several comparative advantages in Europe and beyond: it favors […]
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 […]
Is (renewable) energy a common good?
Nr. 2 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow Cecile Blanchet. How relocating energy […]
Responses to EU Horizon 2020 and IMI Consultations
12 March 2017. Commons Network responded to the European Commission Public stakeholder consultation on the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 as well […]
Announcing: A European Commons Assembly
Our call 26 September 2016. Civic and community initiatives are working to vitalize our urban, rural, scientific and digital commons, […]
On the rise: European Commons Assembly
Networking, unity and policy around the commons paradigm On September 26, a group of nonprofits, activists, and other civil society […]
TTIP & COMMONS – European Parliament
What does TTIP mean for the commons ? What can we say about TTIP from a commons perspective? Commons Network […]
Images: Public Space in the Digital Age- October 1st European Parliament
On October 1st Commons Network in cooperation with the European Green Group and the Heinrich Böll Foundation held and expert […]
A Commons perspective on TTIP & Europe
July 7th European Parliament: Intervention Sophie Bloemen on TTIP, CETA & Commons – Committee meeting Intergroup on Public Services & Common Goods. […]
Le Temps des Communs in Paris: Urban Commons
On October 10th Commons Network’s David Hammerstein talked about urban commons at the festival ‘Temps des Communs’ in Paris. Here […]
Why Does Community Energy Matter?
Community energy: a commons approach. Nr. 1 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow […]
Stop Trade Secrets- A Dangerous EU Legislation Which Must Be Rejected
What is the problem? Trade secrets are everything companies keep secret to stay ahead of competitors. A secret recipe or […]
Activist Campus in a Castle: Commons Network takes part
The campus of European Alternatives brought together 80 activists from different parts of Europe to exchange, reflect and strategise together […]
The EU can take the lead for affordability, openness and accessibility
Below is a short summary of David Hammerstein’s talk at the event “Health for sale”, The Hague, February 6th, 2016 […]
Why you should be concerned about TTIP and Access to Medicines
February 17 2016. Both the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) are confronted with increasingly high medicine prices. […]
Constructing Urban Commons
The New Towers of De Keyser, Marieke Giele, TU Delft March 7.2016 On the 3rd and 4th of March I […]
Launch Commons Intergroup European Parliament May 26th
Article: What we Share, A Commons Integroup takes of in the European Parliament 2015-05-18 14:12:59 – Commonsnetwork
Dutch EU Presidency takes note of excessive IP protection for medicines
Call for backing comes as Health Ministers meet in Amsterdam today 18 April 2016 AMSTERDAM—We strongly support the Dutch […]
Commons Network selected for Idea Camp on Urban Commons !
June 12th, Berlin. Commons Network has been selected by the European Cultural Foundation for the 3 day Idea Camp ‘Build the City’ on the Urban […]
Roundtable: Why the EU needs Knowledge Commons
On June 1st, hosted by Isabella Adinolfi in cooperation with Commons Network, civil society considers Internet, copyright, health and climate […]
End of Transparency: Paving the way for Trade Secrets in TTIP
June 15th, Brussels, in EUROPOLITICS: Fear struck communities in 2009 as the H1N1 influenza virus (commonly known as swine flu) erupted […]
Dutch propose evaluation of the IP system for medical innovation: Civil Society supports!
Civil Society urges Member States to defend the need for a critical review of the intellectual property system and incentives for […]
Radical Democracy in the European Parliament
June 16th- Brussels. At the event Radical Democracy: Reclaiming the Commons hosted by MEPs Julie Ward (S&D) and Paul Dennanot […]
Art & Commons in times Digital Capitalism
On July 2 Sophie Bloemen of Commons Network speaks at this Berlin event about arts, commons and self-organisation […]
Internet as a Commons in the European Parliament
On the 1st of October The Commons Network, the Green Group and the Heinrich Böll Foundation organised Internet as a Commons: […]
Trading away Europe
March 21, 2014 Negotiating on trade issues must be exciting. Apart from the long hours spend on detailed boring issues; it’s about power, […]
TTIP van de IJsberg
March 5th, 2015 Krant over TTIP-vrijhandelsverdrag waarover wordt onderhandeld tussen de EU en de VS. De krant is gemaakt door […]
BMJ reports on Commons Network TTIP paper
March 27, British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports on Commons Network TTIP paper: 'Trade talks between US and EU could increase cost of drugs, […]
MEPs must protect public from EU-US trade deal threat
March 3, 2015 – As the European Parliament drafts its opinion on the controversial TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) […]
Can open knowledge save your life?
Building bridges between the open digital knowledge and access to medicines movements This Open Knowledge Fest Fringe event will take […]
A Commons Intergroup in the European Parliament
March 12-2015 Commons Network coordinator Sophie Bloemen contributed an article to the online journal Berliner Gazette on the Commons Intergroup […]
Investor-to-state dispute settlement’ in EU–US trade deal risks access to affordable medicines
Several European and American health NGOs publicly criticised the inclusion of investor-to-state-dispute-settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership […]
EU trade secrets directive threat to free speech, health, environment and worker mobility
March 24 2015 A Broad public interest coalition issues a statement on the Trade Secrets Directive being dicussed in the […]