IDS and the Open Society Foundations are trying to identify exciting economic
alternatives: ways that governments, enterprises, communities and societies are
making economic decisions in which ‘ordinary’ people have a real voice. The
work is not only about understanding economic alternatives, but those that have
a strong participatory element.
We hope you will help us by sharing examples - or forwarding this to others
that might have good cases? It will help support research, policy-making and
investment towards economies that promote social justice, by publicising good
practice demonstrating what meaningful participation looks like.
Examples are likely to fall in one of three broad categories (although other
ideas are also welcomed):
1. Citizen voice in government economic policy-making: These examples might
include participatory budgeting, citizens’ economic councils or even campaigns
and activism that influence economic policy decisions.
2. Grassroots economic alternatives where people claim ownership over economic
processes that affect their lives: People are not just waiting to be invited
into processes led by others. Alternative forms of worker or consumer-owned
enterprises, such as cooperatives, can be owned and managed by people for their
own benefit. In addition, new models are emerging, often enabled by technology,
in which people claim control over economic processes. These include local
exchange networks and alternative currencies, for example.
3. Alternative forms of economic management that enable workers, consumers,
communities, farmers, for example, to have a voice. Examples could include the
participation of workers or consumers on company boards,
self-managed/autonomous work teams, community involvement in the allocation of
development funds or the management of infrastructure, or more collaborative
value chains.
More information at:
https://www.ids.ac.uk/project/linking-participation-and-economic-advancement
** Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2018 **
alternatives: ways that governments, enterprises, communities and societies are
making economic decisions in which ‘ordinary’ people have a real voice. The
work is not only about understanding economic alternatives, but those that have
a strong participatory element.
We hope you will help us by sharing examples - or forwarding this to others
that might have good cases? It will help support research, policy-making and
investment towards economies that promote social justice, by publicising good
practice demonstrating what meaningful participation looks like.
Examples are likely to fall in one of three broad categories (although other
ideas are also welcomed):
1. Citizen voice in government economic policy-making: These examples might
include participatory budgeting, citizens’ economic councils or even campaigns
and activism that influence economic policy decisions.
2. Grassroots economic alternatives where people claim ownership over economic
processes that affect their lives: People are not just waiting to be invited
into processes led by others. Alternative forms of worker or consumer-owned
enterprises, such as cooperatives, can be owned and managed by people for their
own benefit. In addition, new models are emerging, often enabled by technology,
in which people claim control over economic processes. These include local
exchange networks and alternative currencies, for example.
3. Alternative forms of economic management that enable workers, consumers,
communities, farmers, for example, to have a voice. Examples could include the
participation of workers or consumers on company boards,
self-managed/autonomous work teams, community involvement in the allocation of
development funds or the management of infrastructure, or more collaborative
value chains.
More information at:
https://www.ids.ac.uk/project/linking-participation-and-economic-advancement
** Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2018 **